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As Maps Transform, So Must the Ethics of Mapmaking | ArcNews | Fall 2022 The potential for mapping—and what a map can be—is enormous. This potential comes with great responsibility.

When the power goes out in winter, the cold can be deadly--but even without power, there are still ways to warm things up. Closing blinds and curtains and closing room doors can help contain heat, and stuffing towels in the cracks under doors can help keep the warmth in. Don’t forget about eating and staying hydrated - food provides energy to warm the body.
Learn more about winter safety: weather.gov/safety/winter

New map restores Native names to northern Minnesota The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and the Ely Folk School have teamed up on a new map that restores more than 100 Ojibwe names to lakes, rivers and other significant places in northern Minnesota.

You can now choose from 43 different pretrained deep learning models in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World! See what's new: http://esri.social/8OSt50KOjIL

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The Count Overlapping Features tool in ArcGIS Pro makes determining the number, area, and location of overlapping polygons simple. Learn how to use this tool to create a biodiversity map. http://esri.social/kb3450KsCBX

Yi-Fu Tuan - AAG AAG - Yi-Fu Tuan - By Mary Ellen Gabriel Yi-Fu Tuan, a towering intellectual figure and University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of geography died Aug. 10 at UW

Better, faster, smoother, stronger. The next generation of heat mapping is here.🔥 http://esri.social/2QsR50KcXnJ

Map layer: Colleges and Universities in the United States, U.S. Dept. of Education

At the beginning of July 2022, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted temperatures well above average across much of the United States. The outlook “proved prescient,” says NASA Earth. Read the full story: https://go.nasa.gov/3zDCYps

The heat has broken records across the U.S. this summer — from Boston to Texas to Alaska.

Seattle and Portland, Oregon both set new daily temperature records on Tuesday, and Portland was forecast to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit again on Thursday. https://nyti.ms/3zHmM86

Confirmed overnight cooling centers in the Portland area will open Tuesday (7/26) at 2 p.m. at the following locations:

Charles Jordan Community Center: 9009 N. Foss Ave., Portland
East Portland Community Center: 740 S.E. 106th Ave., Portland
Portland Building: 1120 S.W. 5th Ave., Portland
Sunrise Center: 18901 E. Burnside, Portland

A daytime cooling center will be open Tuesday (7/26), from 2 to 10 p.m., at the following location: Old Town: 435 N.W. Glisan St., Portland.

More information at https://blanchethouse.org/heat-relief-water-and-cooling-centers/