Spatial Report from Esri Canada – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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

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

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.

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 

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!  

Erica Morra, the Director of Product Management, joins us to discuss ArcMap's coming retirement and the future of GIS. Then our new GeoGeek, Brandon Wheatley, shares the latest ArcGIS Online updates.

Rundown

6:22 – What’s Making Us Mappy

4:52 – Inside the Arc: ArcMap Enters Mature Support

17:57 – The GeoGeeks: What’s New in ArcGIS Online

29:33 – M versus M

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

Mark shamelessly plugs some GeoSnaps he’s been working on. It’s a five-part series walking through the workflow of editing related records in the Map Viewer for ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise. This is a game changer that makes it easy to perform data collection using a simple web app.  Maggie shouts out her love for Effects in Map Viewer. You can apply amazing cartographic effects to your map layers in a web map to make them pop! Two of Maggie’s favourite effects are Drop Shadow (which makes objects look like they’re floating) and Hue Rotate (which uses a colour wheel to transform colours).

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

On March 1st, ArcMap entered the Mature Support phase of its product life cycle. This marks the last milestone before the upcoming retirement of ArcGIS Desktop. For ArcMap users, now is a great time to plan the transition to ArcGIS Pro. To help us understand what this all means for those who are still using ArcMap, we are joined by our good friend Erica Morra. She is the Director for Product Management at Esri Canada. Erica shares her insights and advice for those who are still using ArcMap and a pathway towards migrating to ArcGIS Pro.

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

We are thrilled to welcome our newest GeoGeek!  But he’s not a new voice to this pod.  Brandon Wheatley was one of our first guests, and now he is our resident ArcGIS Online GeoGeek. In this podcast, Brandon gives you a rundown of what’s new in the most recent release of ArcGIS Online in February 2024.

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

It’s all about size on this battle of MvM. Maggie dives deep into the pages of Wikipedia to gather information for her epic game - What’s Bigger! Simple rules: she lists two countries, and Mark needs to guess which one is bigger in area. Will he finally break his painfully long losing streak? Tune in and play along.

For more information

Visit our website: esri.ca/spatialreport

See the full interviews and GeoSnaps on the Esri Canada Youtube channel: youtube.com/user/esricanadatv

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

Have a podcast idea? Email us at spatialreport@esri.ca

Jenny Fong from the Utility Technical Solutions team introduces us to the benefits of ArcGIS Utility Network. Then Justin Brassard, our newest GeoGeek, offers tips and advice on when to upgrade ArcGIS Enterprise.

Breakdown

0:51 – What’s Making Us Mappy

4:52 – Inside the Arc: ArcGIS Utility Network

18:46 – The GeoGeeks: Upgrading ArcGIS Enterprise

27:30 – 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 leads off with the latest addition to ArcGIS Instant Apps that will be a guaranteed hit!  She highlights the new Manager (Beta) template.  The app allows you to review and modify content from editable layers in one simple interface.  This is especially useful when collecting data using crowdsourcing.  This instant app is the next generation of the legacy Crowdsource Manager app. Mark is batting clean-up by introducing you to an exciting new Esri website: Maps.com. This new platform showcases engaging and informative maps and apps that feature beautiful cartography. Browse

through examples of stunning maps created by our user community to learn more about the world around you.  And you can even submit your map to Maps.com!

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

We have this saying in GIS that everything is somewhere. This certainly applies to the utilities industry. Location intelligence is essential for communications, water, electric, and gas utilities to manage complex networks that aim to maximize efficiency and minimize disruptions. To help us understand how utilities of all sizes and types can fully leverage ArcGIS, we are joined by our friend and pal Jenny Fong.  She is the Team Lead for Utility Technical Solutions at Esri Canada and is an invaluable resource for utility clients to understand the ArcGIS Utility Network.

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

We welcome Justin Brassard to our GeoGeek family, as he will be taking the reins as our ArcGIS Enterprise subject matter expert.  Today, Justin addresses a common question in the ArcGIS Enterprise community – when do you upgrade?  This can be a complex dilemma for many organizations, but Justin has some tips and thoughts on when to say when and make the plunge to a newer release.

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

Michelle Brake, the new host of the Geographical Thinking podcast, returns to her old stomping grounds to referee a game called Can You Date It?  No love or romance in this quiz, as Michelle tests the hosts knowledge in Esri software releases.  When was ArcGIS Online first released?  ArcGIS Pro?  ArcMap?  Michelle has the dates, and the hosts have the guesses in this true Maggie versus Mark battle royale.

Learn how you can make your maps and apps more accessible to everyone with Klara Schmitt from Esri Inc. Then Sue Enyedy, our Mobile Solutions GeoGeek, introduces us to ArcGIS QuickCapture, the fastest and easiest way to collect data on the go. 

There have been a bunch of new releases recently in the world of ArcGIS. We have invited all four of our GeoGeeks to count down their three favourite enhancements in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise and our field apps.

Sarah McDonald from Esri Inc. joins us to talk about how to transform your web maps into ArcGIS Instant Apps.  Then Alison O’Brien, our resident ArcGIS Pro GeoGeek, tells us how you can clean and prepare your data with Data Engineering.   

Dr. Doug Norris of Environics Analytics brings us to our census, filling us in on the data changes coming this year. Then our ArcGIS Enterprise GeoGeek, Michelle Brake, breaks down the collaborative applications that help you extend your ArcGIS Enterprise experience. 

Spatial Report is back for the September 2023 edition, and it goes deep on drone technology and location tracking.  First, we enter the drone zone as our imagery expert Jeff Petillion drops by to give us a high-flying snapshot of how drones are used to collect aerial imagery for your GIS organization. Then Sue Enyedy, our GeoMobility GeoGeek, returns to talk about how location sharing can be used to track where you’ve been using Esri’s data collection apps.  All this plus What’s Making Us Mappy and an appy version of M versus M. 

The August 2023 episode of the Spatial Report podcast has got a little something for everyone in our ArcGIS community. Paul Barker from Esri Inc. joins us to go Inside the Arc, or should we say, Inside the Arcade – Esri's flexible expression language used throughout the ArcGIS system. Alison O’Brien goes into full GeoGeek mode, sharing her favourite new features in the latest release of ArcGIS Pro. And we wrap with an epic new game that will revolutionize GIS trivia forever!