In this special episode of Spatial Report, we crossover with our sibling Esri Canada podcast Geographical Thinking. Michelle Brake joins us to talk about her first year as podcast host, sharing stories and conversations through the lens of geography. She then introduces her year-end episode for our listening pleasure: 2024 Geospatial Reflections.

Rundown

0:00 – Spatial Report: Geographical Thinking Crossover

8:43 – Geographical Thinking: 2024 Geospatial Reflections

Spatial Report: Geographical Thinking Crossover [0:00]

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Host

Mark Ho, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada

Mark Ho welcomes back Michelle Brake to her old podcast stomping grounds. She was our original ArcGIS Enterprise GeoGeek before becoming the host of the Geographical Thinking podcast in January 2024. In this special episode, they chat about her first year as host of our sibling Esri Canada podcast, then goes deeper into how Geographical Thinking has a unique perspective compared to Spatial Report. Michelle also gives us a sneak peek at some of the guests lined up for future episodes. Finally, she introduces us to one of her favourite episodes for our listening pleasure: 2024 Geospatial Reflections.

Guest: Michelle Brake, Senior Technical Solutions Specialist, Enterprise at Esri Canada

Geographical Thinking: 2024 Geospatial Reflections [8:43]

As 2024 comes to a close, the Geographical Thinking podcast is taking a moment to reflect on 2024—a year filled with innovation, breakthroughs and unforgettable moments in the world of GIS.

In this episode of Geographical Thinking, host Michelle Brake asks some of her colleagues at Esri Canada to share their most memorable GIS moments of the year. From game-changing technology to community growth, you’ll hear stories that highlight how GIS continues to make an impact. Join us as we look back on these standout moments, explore why they resonated and celebrate the power of geography to transform our lives and communities.

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Stay up-to-speed on products and developments affecting you in our blog, Getting Technical

Have a podcast idea? E-mail us at spatialreport@esri.ca

Host

Mark Ho, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada

We’ve got stockings full of gifts in our year-end what’s new spectacular starring our GeoGeeks. Join your hosts Maggie Samson and Mark Ho as they welcome Alison, Justin, Sue, and Brandon back to the podcast. They’ll celebrate the holidays by sharing their three favourite new features and enhancements in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Mobile Apps, and ArcGIS Online.

Rundown

0:00 – Introduction

1:33 – What’s New in ArcGIS Pro 3.4

8:15 – What's New in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4

16:23 – What's New in ArcGIS Mobile Apps (November 2024)

23:02 – What's New in ArcGIS Online (November 2024)

33:15 – Wrap

What's New in ArcGIS Pro 3.4

To kick things off, gliding in from the Rideau Canal Skateway with a cocoa and a Beavertail is our skating superstar Alison O’Brien. She’s back to share three new additions you need to know in ArcGIS Pro 3.4, released in November 2024.

• Setting the time for offline license checkout
• Creating combo charts
• Adding hyperspectral imagery

What's New in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4

Next up, joining us around the virtual fireplace is our holly jolly soul, Mr. Bonhomme himself, Justin Brassard. He guides us through three major improvements in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4, released in November 2024.

• Updated User Types now available for ArcGIS Enterprise
• ArcGIS Web Editor now in ArcGIS Enterprise
• New item classification functionality

What's New in ArcGIS Mobile Apps (November 2024)

Returning from her canoeing and camping trip up at the North Pole is our field apps GeoGeek Sue Enyedy. She drops some knowledge about one new enhancement in each of our mobile apps: ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcGIS Survey123, and ArcGIS QuickCapture.

• ArcGIS Field Maps: more ways to work with the web map
• ArcGIS Survey123: support for the grid layout in the web form
• ArcGIS QuickCapture: configure project user input variables using dynamic lists

What's New in ArcGIS Online (November 2024)

Finally, our GIS Grinch Brandon Wheatley joined the pod. Not only has he stole Christmas, but he’s also stolen our hearts. And he breaks down three huge new innovations in the November 2024 release of ArcGIS Online.

• Map Viewer improvements, including embed maps
• Introducing ModelBuilder (Beta)
• Introducing ArcGIS Experience Builder Express Mode

For more information

Visit our website

See our full interviews and GeoSnaps on the Esri Canada YouTube channel

Stay up-to-speed on products and developments affecting you in our blog, Getting Technical

Have a podcast idea? E-mail us at spatialreport@esri.ca

Hosts

Maggie Samson, Product Specialist, ArcGIS Online at Esri Canada

Mark Ho, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada

Guest: Alison O’Brien, Technical Solutions SpecialistGuest: Justin Brassard, Technical Solutions SpecialistGuest: Sue Enyedy, Product Specialist, Mobile SolutionsGuest: Brandon Wheatley, Technical Solutions Specialist Wrap UpWe wrap up the podcast by saying farewell to Maggie as a permanent co-host of the Spatial Report podcast. But as the new Product Specialist for ArcGIS Online, she will return often as a guest to share information on our web mapping solutions. As her last task, she is forced to read the outro one more time!

Are you looking for great data? We got you covered with this data-heavy edition of the podcast. First, we’ll introduce you to the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. Then our honorary GeoGeek will provide tips to finding imagery data.

Rundown

0:00 – Introduction

2:00 – What’s Making Us Mappy

5:24 – Inside the Arc: ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World

15:56 – The GeoGeeks: Finding Imagery Data

25:40 – M versus M

What's Making Us Mappy - Our hosts share one cool thing that is catching their eye in the world of ArcGIS

Maggie highlights a cool website she discovered. Your Name in Landsat is a fun way to discover amazing imagery from around the world. All you need to do is type in your name, and it spells out your name as Landsat satellite imagery. But please give Maggie more G imagery!

Mark delves into the developer world as he shares some information on the new ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter. Flutter is the hip open-source technology from Google that is taking the mobile app world by storm. The newest way to build cross-platform mapping native apps is currently in beta but will be in full release by the end of 2024.

Inside the Arc - Feature interview that takes our audience inside an Esri product or capability

At the heart of a good GIS is great data. But finding authoritative data can be challenging. Thankfully, Esri curates a library of the best geographic content from around the globe. From boundaries to basemaps and everything in between, the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World provides data layers, maps and apps that are ready to use. To give us a tour of all the data you can discover in the ArcGIS Living Atlas, we welcome our tour guide Malena McCrossan. She is the Data and Content Curator for the Living Atlas at Esri Canada.

The GeoGeeks - Rotation of Esri Canada panelists share what's new in ArcGIS technology

We keep the data train rolling with a special honorary GeoGeek, but he’s no stranger to the pod. Jeff Petillion, our imagery guru at Esri Canada, returns to the podcast to drop some knowledge on how to find and procure imagery data. He offers up some great tips, from connecting to STAC imagery in ArcGIS Pro to third-party vendors that can provide quality high-resolution data.

M versus M - Our hosts quiz each other about all things ArcGIS and GIS

Mark is back in control of the game show controls, and this time he has ArcGIS Pro layouts on his mind. In the inaugural game coined Is This a Thing, Mark quizzes Maggie about whether different functions are available when making a layout in ArcGIS Pro. Is a Magnetic North Arrow Left a thing? Play along to find out!

For more information

Visit our website

See our full interviews and GeoSnaps on the Esri Canada YouTube channel

Stay up-to-speed on products and developments affecting you in our blog, Getting Technical

Have a podcast idea? E-mail us at spatialreport@esri.ca

Hosts

Maggie Samson, Product Specialist, ArcGIS Online at Esri Canada

Mark Ho, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada

We’re going to pumpkin spice up your GIS in this episode of the podcast. First, we’ll look at how our user community is using GIS to better understand and confront climate change. Then our ArcGIS Pro GeoGeek will share what’s new in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst.

Rundown

0:00 – Introduction

1:21 – What’s Making Us Mappy

5:40 – Inside the Arc: GIS & Climate Change

14:41 – The GeoGeeks: ArcGIS Spatial Analyst

24:00 – M versus M

What's Making Us Mappy - Our hosts share one cool thing that is catching their eye in the world of ArcGIS

Mark kicks off the podcast by sharing his mappiness about the latest additions to ArcGIS Solutions. He provides a quick rundown of the six new solutions, then dives a little deeper into one that might be useful for many GIS organizations to implement – GIS Request Management.

Maggie shares her excitement about ArcGIS Online is now authorized as FedRAMP Moderate. The Federal Risk and Authorization Program (FedRAMP) in the United States granted ArcGIS Online with this higher-level security standard on July 22,2024. Learn more about what this means and what’s coming next.

Inside the Arc - Feature interview that takes our audience inside an Esri product or capability

At the forefront of many of our global conversations is climate change. GIS is a critical tool to help us understand and tackle the impacts of a changing climate. From tracking extreme weather to modeling environmental scenarios, GIS enables stakeholders to make informed decisions and drive effective climate action. To walk us through an Esri Canada resource to help us address a changing climate using GIS, we are thrilled to welcome Madison Mackey to the podcast. She is a Technical Solutions Specialist with the President’s Office and is the creator and curator of our Climate Change Data & Resources site.

The GeoGeeks - Rotation of Esri Canada panelists share what's new in ArcGIS technology

Alison O’Brien, our ArcGIS Pro GeoGeek returns to the podcast to talk about one of her favourite topics, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst. This extension provides advanced spatial modelling and analysis tools for both raster and feature data. Alison highlights many of the new features and enhancements to ArcGIS Spatial Analyst included in ArcGIS Pro 3.3.

M versus M - Our hosts quiz each other about all things ArcGIS and GIS

Maggie takes control of the game board as she quizzes Mark about all things Paralympics. Learn more about the history and the geography behind one of the biggest sporting competitions on the planet in the afterglow of the latest event in Paris. Does Mark have his A-Game about these games? Gold medals are on the line!

For more information

Visit our website

See our full interviews and GeoSnaps on the Esri Canada YouTube channel

Stay up-to-speed on products and developments affecting you in our blog, Getting Technical

Have a podcast idea? E-mail us at spatialreport@esri.ca

Hosts

Maggie Samson, Product Specialist, ArcGIS Online at Esri Canada

Mark Ho, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada

The next generation of 9-1-1 is coming! We’ll discuss how GIS will play a big role in advancing emergency response. Then our field operations GeoGeek will tell us how to keep on mapping, even when you’re disconnected.

Rundown

0:00 – Introduction

2:10 – What’s Making Us Mappy

6:36 – Inside the Arc: Next Generation 9-1-1

17:05 – The GeoGeeks: ArcGIS Field Maps Offline

28:43 – M versus M

What's Making Us Mappy - Our hosts share one cool thing that is catching their eye in the world of ArcGIS

Maggie brings back some intel from an announcement made at the Esri User Conference in July. iNaturalist is a global network of naturalists who share biodiversity observations to help identify and record species. It has over 800,000 contributors and millions of observations covering 479,000 species. This data is now available for everyone to use through the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.

Mark stays within the technical realm, as he highlights the four newest widgets to ArcGIS Experience Builder, added in the June 2024 update. He welcomes Measurement, Feature Report, Building Explorer, and My Location (Beta) to the widget family.

Inside the Arc - Feature interview that takes our audience inside an Esri product or capability

Imagine if you’re in an emergency. You pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1. But you must describe where you are and unable to leverage modern location technology on our devices. Well, that is about to change. The next generation of 9-1-1 is fast approaching, and GIS will play a pivotal role in its evolution. To help us envision the future of emergency response and address management, we are joined by our colleague Subany Arudchelvam. She is a Technical Solutions Specialist for the Ontario Region and has worked with Esri Canada’s tools to advance NG9-1-1 in this country.

The GeoGeeks - Rotation of Esri Canada panelists share what's new in ArcGIS technology

Our field operations GeoGeek, Sue Enyedy, loves the outdoors. You’ll often find her vacationing in the backcountry; canoeing, hiking and camping. This inspired us to talk about how to use ArcGIS Field Maps offline in places where you can’t connect to the web. Sue hooks us up with everything we need to know about setting up, receiving, and syncing your data offline using our native data collection app.

M versus M - Our hosts quiz each other about all things ArcGIS and GIS

Do you B-lieve in Maggie winning another game show? You’ll have to find out as Mark brings back the GIS Dictionary game. Maggie needs to decode the GIS term that begins with the letter B from its dictionary definition. Just the word – no spelling bee required!

For more information

Visit our website

See our full interviews and GeoSnaps on the Esri Canada YouTube channel

Stay up-to-speed on products and developments affecting you in our blog, Getting Technical

Have a podcast idea? E-mail us at spatialreport@esri.ca

Hosts

Maggie Samson, Product Specialist, ArcGIS Online at Esri Canada

Mark Ho, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada

The Community Map of Canada is on a roll. We’ll talk about how you can leverage our basemaps to access the most accurate and authoritative data. And our GeoGeek drops by to give us the details on the latest release of ArcGIS Enterprise.

Rundown

1:20 – What’s Making Us Mappy

4:55 – Inside the Arc: Community Map of Canada

20:49 – The GeoGeeks: What’s New in ArcGIS Enterprise

28:33 – M versus M

What's Making Us Mappy - Our hosts share one cool thing that is catching their eye in the world of ArcGIS

Maggie is still mappy and happy about Esri Canada Tech Trek, an internal event where our technical staff from across the country gets together for a week of learning and fun. And it’s why Maggie and Mark recorded the podcast together in the same room! Mark goes down the different rabbit hole to talk about his favourite type of map – transit maps! This is sparked by an article in the ArcGIS Blog about how ArcGIS Pro is used to make a schematic of the London Underground map. From cartographic design to wayfinding, transit maps are a special brand of map that deserves more love.

Inside the Arc - Feature interview that takes our audience inside an Esri product or capability

The Community Map of Canada is a significant initiative by Esri Canada that fosters community engagement and enhances the quality of mapping experiences, making it a source of great pride for all of us. Today, we are joined by Amanda Hunter, a Technical Solutions Specialist with our Community Maps team. She is here to celebrate an important milestone for the Community Map of Canada—500 publications of the basemap! She will give us an overview of the basemap and how the program can benefit our users and our communities.

The GeoGeeks - Rotation of Esri Canada panelists share what's new in ArcGIS technology

Hot off the presses, the latest release of ArcGIS Enterprise was recently released. And our GeoGeek has got your back! Justin Brassard returns to the podcast to give us an overview of the newest functionality in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3, including Map Viewer updates, ArcGIS Video Server, and custom web tools.

M versus M - Our hosts quiz each other about all things ArcGIS and GIS

Bigger than the beef between Drake and Kendrick, Maggie and Mark are battling again for GIS supremacy. Mark brings back our favourite game Tool or Fool! Will Maggie be able to spot the real geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro’s Ready To Use toolbox? Or will she be faked out?

For more information

Visit our website

See our full interviews and GeoSnaps on the Esri Canada YouTube channel

Stay up-to-speed on products and developments affecting ou in our blog, Getting Technical

Have a podcast idea? E-mail us at spatialreport@esri.ca

Hosts

Maggie Samson, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada

Mark Ho, Technical Solutions Specialist at Esri Canada