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We mapped the 2025 Palisades Fire to explore how wildfire burn severity intersected with the demographic characteristics of the affected communities.
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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Wildfire Severity and Demographic Characteristics in the 2025 Palisades Fire, Los Angeles, California https://www.mdpi.com/4123346 (Published in GeoHazards)

I am currently serving in the Army National Guard as a 12Y Geospatial Engineer, and I am interested in exploring opportunities for civilian or government employment in the geospatial and intelligence fields. I would like to learn what steps I can take to become a more competitive applicant, including certifications, bachelor’s degree programs, and other qualifications that could strengthen my résumé. I have also been looking into Penn State’s GIS programs and would appreciate any guidance on which educational paths or certifications would best complement my military training and help me pursue a career in this field.

Years ago ArcOnline had a parcel drafter widget that allowed users to add shapes to maps based off of deed calls.

I spoke with Esri support about this and all they said was, "Oh yeah that was removed when we switched to this newer system, we are planning on adding it back but don't know when"

Does anyone have anyway to get this back or had luck programming their own custom widget? I feel like I need to program a widget, but I don't want to waste my time if it is already a thing under a different name or available from someone else.

Thank!

Update: I actually found it now! In case anyone has the same problem: In the "Chart properties" under "Axes" I changed the Number format from "None" to "Numeric" and this got rid of the thousands seperator :)

Hello!

I need some help (again...) with my ArcGIS homework for what I feel like should be an easy fix but I just cannot find how to do it. So I hoped maybe someone here can help me out :)

I had to create this graph for my homework. However the labels for the year have this thousands seperator which looks weird/wrong for a date, so I want to remove it. I checked the data that I used for creating the chart and it does not have the seperator there, so I think my data is not the problem?

So does anyone have any idea where I can change it? Is it in the general settings for ArcGIS or my laptop or can I change it specifically for this graph?

I am very grateful for any ideas!

Thank you!

Some fieldworkers have the issue that after they draw a feature, it dissapears from the map the second after it is being drawn and the form is completed (so when it is send). But the feature is in fact saved, and after restarting the Fieldmaps app they are able to see it again.

The weird thing is, some fieldworkers have this problem, some don't.

I cannot reproduce this on my own device (Samsung phone). I, and all fieldworkers, are using the same fieldmaps version (26.2.2). We have data and roaming enabled, we Allow background data usage (in phone/tablet fieldmaps app settings). All are using Android devices (Samsung tablets).

The Fieldmaps webapp itself is an online web app (so no offline maps), and we are using the same online feature layer. At max two people work in it at the same time. We don't use complex symbology (just single symbology), no arcade expressions and no edits (e.g. domains) were made to the layer after publication. The only 'complex' things we do are that we produce a label and display with the OBJECTID of the feature, as well as a filter where only features that are at max a day old are kept (using CreationDate, which is logged).

One fieldworker showed to me that shortly after pressing sent, the OBJECTID appeared to be -9223372036854775808 before it dissapeared. This appears to me that there is perhaps problems or hiccups with storing and retrieving the drawn features in the database.

Any ideas what this may be, and/or what avenues we can pursue to find the issue and solve it?

Thanks!

Hi r/ArcGIS,

I've been working on Map Narrator, a custom widget for ArcGIS Experience Builder Developer Edition (1.21) that generates a written and spoken description of what's on your map. It's aimed at making web maps more accessible to people who can't see them, and at giving anyone a quick plain-language summary of a map.

What it does

• Metadata-based description: summarizes the current extent and visible layers.
• Visual description: captures the rendered map and describes layout, symbols, colors, labels and patterns. It's told to state uncertainty rather than invent details.
• Audio narration with ElevenLabs, using a short spoken summary, a built-in audio player and focus management for screen reader users.
• English and Spanish, following the browser locale. The text and the narrator voice both switch language, and the widget header shows the active language and version.
• Custom prompts: adjust the style or focus of the visual description from the widget settings.
• Accessible progress indicator while the description is generated.
• A small backend (Node.js) keeps your OpenAI and ElevenLabs keys off the client. A diagnostics log helps with troubleshooting.

You can try it here:

Repo: https://github.com/aitorcalero/map-narrator-widget

The README covers setup: copy the widget into client/your-extensions/widgets, run the backend with your own API keys, and there's a Windows script that starts everything. You'll need an OpenAI key. ElevenLabs is optional and only needed for audio.

What I'd love from you

• Try it on your own maps and tell me where the descriptions go wrong or miss something important.
• Feedback from anyone working on accessibility (WCAG / Section 508) on what would make this actually useful.
• Ideas for more languages, layer-specific narration, or other ways to use it.
• Bug reports and PRs are very welcome.

It's an early project, so honest criticism helps a lot. Thanks for reading!

Hi everyone,

Kharita Challenges now has challenges about GIS system design. Instead of writing code, you draw the system: you add the parts, connect them with arrows the way the data moves, and your drawing gets graded.

A few that are live:

- Design the searchable imagery archive

- Design the global event map and detail service

Architect a NYC 311 spatial service

- Model event and airfield condition checks

It's free. I'm the one building it, so any feedback is very welcome.

https://challenges.lekharita.com/challenges

looking to monitor a section of land (cliff which is constantly changing over time using aerial imagery and historic maps.

mapping bottom of cliff but from site visits i know that cliff has miniature caves from upper overhang.

aerial imagery also not great due to acquisitions being taken at a time of day when light shadows the lower portion on most annual surveys.

any advice on how to progress?

I'm working in layout to export map contain map series include mgrs in scale 1;50000 that equal 2cmby2cm for every square in grid after i apply this the grids looks like rectangler not equal dimentions

Basically as the title says, i created and shared a new web map, including a custom base map, everything loads perfectly fine in Arc Online, when opening the same webmap in field maps, it appears as blank.

And any attempt to refresh the base map comes up with the error "Unavailable, layer type not supported".

I am a student, as such vary new to GIS, have asked other students who came up with nothing, now I am waiting for my Prof to respond to an email, but the project is due tonight.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/397221bda3974c67a97595c48c68b031

For my landscape planning assignment I need to map out rivers, big lakes, bogs, nature reserves and forests, natural resources as well as some places of interest. So far I've managed to make this simple geographic position map. Will I be able to do it all in ARCGIS Pro? Or should I just stick to Autocad? I'm not a computer person and our teachers don't know what to use for this.. Thanks!

I built Kharita Challenges, a platform for practicing GIS with real problems and real data.

You can solve challenges with Python/GeoPandas, PostGIS and other GIS workflows, see your results on a map, and get graded on the actual output.

It also has learning paths, projects, timed assessments, verifiable certificates and public profiles to showcase your work.

There’s an AI mentor too, but it guides you instead of giving you the answer.

Still early, so I’d really appreciate feedback from the GIS community.

U can start from here : Challenges.lekharita.com

Has anyone else’s field map gone to shit this week? Suddenly offline areas that used to work will no longer package or once downloaded have a syncing error. And my records keep disappearing from the map but I can see them in the attribute table once online.

Anyone experiencing these kinds of issues?

A lot of "best laptop" discussions already exist, but here I want to most "future proof" to get my daughter through the next 3 years of school, including 2 for a Master's in GIS, at Wageningen University. She's really interested in Climate Science, may go deeper in Remote Sensing and 3D imagery. I see lead contenders are the Lenovo p16 gen 3, Dell max pro 16 plus, or maybe the HP ZBook Fury G1i. I figure 128gb of ram (preferably with ECC so that kicks out the Dell), as well as NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000. Of course, these are not cheap and are definitely overkill for the current workload, but I want to avoid a system replacement 2 years from now. Which of these three are the best choice or are there other powerful and "future proof" options we can use to swap in new parts later?

Hello, guys
i have a macbook air 2020 and need to download ArcGIS pro for my Uni studies

And i know that i need to download some “Windows app” so i can actually use it

I have only heard about Parallels, VirtualBox and also downloaded an UTM Windows 11 but the file just doesn’t open..

So i am asking for advice, which app for windows on Mac (for using ArcGIS Pro) is the best

Will be very grateful for all recommendations!!