NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.

Black River — near total destruction.

I am curious if you or or a fire department you work with still uses paper box books? #GIS #Greysky #FireDepartment #PublicSafety

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/FTudfu/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Yes
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/FTudfu/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">No: We usa a mapping application
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/FTudfu/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Sort Of: The Box Book is a PDF but not printed
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/FTudfu/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">What is a box book?

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Today is Phelan-McDermid Syndrome awarness day. It is a rare genetic disorder, which present a lot of different daily challenges especially around communication. My daughter was diagnosed about 3 years ago and knowing has answered some questions but left many others. https://pmsf.org

Since starting back to school after teaching a long while, I am realizing just how much good teaching pedagogy means to me. I have focused a lot over the years improving my pedagogy. It is so frustrating to have professors that struggle with the basics. I can see just how much that impacts learning.

Disasters have cumulative impacts that are often greater than the sum of the individual events. In the Gulf States, EVERY county has had at least 3 federally declared disasters since Hurricane Katrina, and some have had upwards of 20.

Disaster Mythology and Fact: Hurricane Katrina and Social Attachment

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The recording of yesterday’s eulogy and Viking funeral for #ArcMap at the summer #gissig #MappyHour youtube.com/shorts/l...

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GISSIG is hosting a #MappyHour Farewell to ArcMap next month. #GISSIG #GIS #ArcGIS #ArcMap gis-sig.org/2025/07/...

I wanted to wish everyone a happy #esriuc. I wish I could be there with you all. #GIS

One of the reasons FEMA's Katrina response was so disorganized was that they'd recently been reorganized when the federal government created DHS after 9/11. Experts are saying a similar brain drain is happening now

Last night I posted something personal and somewhat vulnerable. I thank everyone who replied. It made me feel much better connected and just not alone in what I was feeling. In reflection, I do not know if impostor syndrome was the right term, but your replies did give some guidance. Thank you!

I have a serious question to those who have gone back to school after being a working professional for many years. How did you get over the imposter syndrome or feelings like you did not belong? I have finished my first year of my PhD and while most things are going well.
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Anyone curious about the ground resolving distance of Maxar (maybe Airbus) ultra-high-resolution satellites? Use this calibration target near Batou, China to find out!

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this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

In the meantime, NHGIS (https://www.nhgis.org/) has much of the data you'll need, and will remain functional. NHGIS has the latest ACS data and Census data back to 1790 along with Census boundary files.

You can support NHGIS here: makingagift.umn.edu/...

I was just throwing together a flood inundation example and tried something new. I did a hillshade on the inundation layer and had a crazy idea to set the exaggeration to -3. It produced a cool visualization. #GIS #Flooding #EmergencyManagement

A standout sentence: "resilience is best understood as the sum of numerous individual decisions and strategies. It is neither inherent nor immutable, and there is no universal strategy that reliably works across all types of crises"

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#GreySky | #EMBsky

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Shoutout to @alambsinclair.bsky.social and @gisetc.bsky.social for creating and delivering such an impactful project.

One more "How To" post is available on my blog for the break. It is on the basics of using NetCDFs and ArcGIS Pro to model Climate Change. It is a simplistic analysis but it shows the power of NetCDFs and what is possible. #GIS #ClimateChange #RemoteSensing #ArcGISPro
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I just posted a walkthrough on moving your content from one #ArcGISOnline account to another. http://justincolegis... #GIS

What is it with the Icelandians thinking potatoes are bad. Mash them! Boil them! Put them in a stew!

Time's running out but you can still download one of my maps for free, run into the empty office, crank it out on that Designjet, and BOOM - a free Christmas gift for someone. Or yourself!

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When I uninstall my last ArcMap user's software and install ArcGIS Pro.