How do you reduce avalanche risk in one of the most dangerous mountain environments in the US? In Jackson Hole, maps play a critical role. See how local experts use GIS to make faster, safer decisions in avalanche terrain. Read the full story at the link in bio.
Version 5.0 of ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript is here! 🙌
💻 Build AI applications with AI components (beta),
✍️ Draw and edit curves with curve tools,
🌟 Create realistic nighttime 3D scenes with light emitting symbols,
👩🏻💻 Code faster with new web components ...and so much more!
Head to our link in bio to get started.
Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay 🪽 The @audubonsociety Bird Migration Explorer is your go-to guide in understanding the heroic journeys made by over 450 bird species.
Explore the full map at the link in our bio or visit explorer.audubon.org.
What if weeks of work took minutes? 🤯
Here's three powerful deep learning tools in ArcGIS that will supercharge your spatial analysis.
✨ Train models and perform object detection with GeoAI
💬 Find and run geoprocessing tools using the ArcGIS Pro AI Assistant
💻 Generate code faster with ArcPy & Arcade AI Coding Assistants
Learn more at our link in bio.
Heat stress is more than temperature alone.
The Global Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Baseline offers a 30 year view of monthly heat stress, capturing how temperature, humidity, wind, sun angle, and cloud cover combine to affect human health.
This dataset helps identify extreme heat risks, improve outdoor work safety, and track critical nighttime cooling for vulnerable communities. Explore the dataset at the link in our bio! 🌡️
Protecting biodiversity starts with knowing what's there. 🌿
The National Biodiversity Information System (NBIS), built on ArcGIS, is a scalable platform helping governments track thousands of species, monitor habitat change, and meet global conservation commitments.
Guyana is already leading the way, using NBIS as the foundation of the world's first standardized, border-to-border national biodiversity monitoring program! 🌎 Read the full story at the link in our bio.
The port of the future is being built today! Portcoast, an engineering firm in Vietnam, is using ArcGIS to create digital twins to reimagine the nation's busiest port, combining reality capture, real-time data, and predictive AI into a living 3D model. By 2050, a world-class superport will be a reality! 🏗️
Watch the full video at the link in our bio.
Ever wondered how often the sky is cloudy? 🌥️
The USA Cloud Cover Days layer is now available in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. The dataset maps the average number of cloud covered days per year across the U.S. from 2020 to 2024 using @nasa satellite data. These insights support solar energy planning, agricultural decision making, and research into how sun exposure affects mental and physical health.
Visit our blog to explore more. Link in our bio.
Some New Yorkers count steps while others count trees. Every 10 years, thousands of volunteers help NYC Parks catalog more than 800,000 trees. For the 2025-2026 census, volunteers are equipped with ArcGIS Field maps to record the location, species, size, and health of the trees. The data reveals how the urban canopy changed and shows where more trees are needed for shade and cleaner air.
These maps show street tree size (excludes parks) from the 2015 count. For the current census, the city is using vehicles equipped with Lidar scanners to create a 3D digital twin of street trees. #ArborDay
Data: NYC Open Data, 2015 Street Tree Census
🌊When oceanographer and geographer Dr Dawn Wright (@deepseadawn ) embarked on a ten-hour voyage to Challenger Deep in the western Pacific Ocean, she wasn’t nervous or scared – just excited.
With a childhood spent in Hawaii, Dr Wright’s love of the ocean began at an early age. Alongside her role as chief scientist of Esri (@esrigram ) – an organisation that makes geographic information system (GIS) software for mapping and spatial analysis – she’s also an award-winning professor at Oregon State University.
Dr Wright is one of the extraordinary people featured in Making Waves, our feature series that highlights the stories of women connected with the sea. Read more about her record-breaking expedition on our website (link in bio).
With grateful thanks to The TK Foundation for its support of the Making Waves series.
Images courtesy of Dr Dawn Wright, Caladan Oceanic and Esri
Water in the Eye of the Sahara? The Richat Structure or قلب الريشات, is an enigmatic geological formation in Mauritania that has captivated scientists and Atlanteans for ages. Recent Sentinel-2 imagery (renders agriculture, short-wave IR, and MNDWI displayed here) show pooling water in the lower elevations of the structure. It’s a surprising sight for a region that typically receives less than 100 mm of rain per year. However, new research from the University of Illinois Chicago predicts a 75% increase in precipitation for the Sahara by 2050. Could we see the emergence of Lake Richat in the future?
Visit the link in our bio to view this scene and more in the Esri Sentinel-2 Explorer.
Mangroves do more than line coastlines; they protect ecosystems, support wildlife, and store massive amounts of carbon! 🌏
With the Global Mangrove Layer in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World powered by @nasa 's Carbon Monitoring System you can explore and monitor mangrove coverage across the globe. See how these critical environments are changing and why they matter more than ever.
Learn more at the link in our bio!
