The Start of A Semester - Fall 2021

2021-08-10

Spring 2021 is in the can and it was a mostly successful fully remote asynchronous semester; kudos to all those involved. Here are their feedback and some responses and updates for Fall 2021.

Reproducibility

2021-02-02

Happy Groundhog’s Day. Yay! More winter. Here’s the low-down on Client Meeting progress reports on the reproducibility of published geoprocesses. This will be updated each semester, so check back to see how it’s going.

The End of A Semester - Fall 2020

2020-12-07

Fall 2020 was like no other. My appreciation goes to all my students who muddled through yet another trying semester. Here’s their feedback and what I plan to do about it next term.

Getting Started With Notebooks

2020-10-29

In the past year, ArcGIS Notebooks became a part of ArcGIS Online. This cloud environment gives us the features of AGOL combined with the power of arcpy - the Python interface to ArcGIS Pro’s geoprocessing and analysis. So long Windows only troubles and hello platform independent programming. Post includes Python lexicon.

Web GIS

2020-10-05

Why do we care about web GIS and what is it anyways?

The Ethics of Geoethics

2020-09-28

Here, I try to provide some resources to help guide you on discovering the world of geoethics and how it likely relates to the work you are doing.

Podcasts and Vlogs

2020-08-03

Sometimes creativity and expression need a new medium. A new section has been added for web tutorials.

Utility Scripting

2020-07-28

A place to keep track of utility scripts as they are created.

Markdown, Markup

2020-07-07

It’s summer session and we’re off to the races. Now, what’s the deal with markdown, markup and all this talk about plain text?

The End Of A Semester - Spring 2020

2020-05-14

It has been a roller coaster of a semester, but there are some amazingly excellent work to be shown for it. Well done everyone.

The Trouble With Geofences

2020-04-20

More stabs at Esri’s developers API for creating a geofencing application. Updated with a semi-working example.

Hello, JavaScript World!

2020-04-13

Taking the first steps into the world of Arcade/Javascript API via ArcGIS for Developers.

Designing for Field Applications

2020-04-06

A look at designing web maps for field applications, including bespoke feature classes, domains, and file geodatabases.

QGIS and Me

2020-03-18

Open source GIS for the win! Kind of.

St. Patrick’s Day

2020-03-17

Working on a utility script during the COVID-19 crisis.

Understanding Arcpy

2020-03-14

A student consulting team pieces together developing an arcpy toolbox that calculates landslide susceptibility.

The Landslide Analysis Toolbox

2020-03-05

Figuring out how to write a Python toolbox in ArcGIS Pro.

Plan B

2020-03-02

In the real world it seems that well over 80% of your GIS work is dealing with data. It’s only a minor setback; honestly.

A Case Study

2020-02-24

This week, we take a look at how far we’ve gotten towards modeling our landslide susceptibility.

Growing Pains

2020-02-20

Sometimes you realize that starting simple isn’t actually a bad thing and that ambition can get the better of you. As long as we got each other… growing pains!

Hacking Python

2020-02-17

Things get tricky without Python installed on the classroom computers; ArcGIS Pro to the rescue! Finally solve the Rubik’s cube that is Jekyll only in time to abandon it completely.

Toolbox Revelation

2020-02-10

A first draft of working on a ArcGIS Python toolbox (and all the setbacks that entails). I take a small step forward working with Jekyll.

The Jekyll

2020-02-03

The failed attempts of using Jekyll as a simple blogging site begins. What have I gotten myself into?