Keystone Pipeline System Web Map

ESRI has made a cool story map of Keystone Pipeline System. It shows the existing pipelines, traveling pipelines, different phases of the project, and river communities at risk. Source: ESRI

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Fort McMurray Before and After Wildfire Web App

The Web app below has a swipe widget that shows the before and after wildfire impact that swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. You can also view additional layers such as Latest active/non-active fires, Precipitation, Surface Wind, MODIS Thermal etc. Source: ESRI

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Wildfires in Alberta

The Web app below shows current wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta, overlaid with geo-tagged social media content (such as Instagram, flickr, youtube etc.), traffic and weather information. You can click on the left corner of the map below (the three horizontal lines just to the left of "Active Wildfires in Alberta" to view the layers tab and detail information about the web map. You can click on the areas of interest and get detail information about the wildfire situation in Alberta. Source: ESRI

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View Earth by using Landsat image services

Click on "Try it Live" link below to view the earth by using Landsat image services that are updated on a daily basis with new Landsat scenes. You can view a different combination of Landsat bands such as Natural color, Infrared, vegetation index etc. by using the tools on the left panel of the map viewer. The web application highlights some of the capabilities for accessing Landsat image services powered by ArcGIS for Server, accessing AWS Landsat Public Dataset running on the Amazon Web Services Cloud. Source: ESRI

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Climate Change and Water - Managing Water in the West

This web map highlights the anticipated impacts to water resources due to climate change and corresponding adaptation strategies across the eight major reclamation river basins in the Western United States. Source: ESRI

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Real-time weather information in USA and Canada via social media posts

This map features live feed layers from social media posts for Severe Weather across the United States and Canada. Click on reports and warnings to receive information about the specific location and read a short description about the issue. Source: ESRI

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Web map of Canada's Federal Election from 2000 to 2015

ESRI has created a web map of Canada's Federal Election from 2000 to 2015. You can click on the map to view the election results and graphs of any Federal Electoral Districts. You can change the election year by clicking the arrow on the bottom of the map. The legend's description can be viewed by clicking the info button (i) on the top right corner. It is a useful web map that shows Federal Election results in Canada from 2000 to 2015.

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Geoportal about earthquakes and relief efforts in Nepal

ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) did an amazing job in creating a geoportal that provides interactive maps, charts, and infographics about the earthquakes and relief efforts in Nepal. ICIMOD was honored with the ESRI Humanitarian Award in ESRI User Conference 2015 for their role in assisting Nepalese government with GIS technology. 

The key features of the geoportal are as followings:

• interactive maps and charts with facts and figures at national, district and municipality levels
• facts and figures under different thematic areas such as geohazards, infrastructure, education, landslides, agriculture etc.
• swipe visualization of high resolution satellite imagery to view before and after earthquake effect
• story map journals of affected districts providing the status of casualties, damage, and response efforts
• information on geo-hazards, including field data on landslides with 3D visualization
• incident reporting for disaster events in near real-time

Click here to access the geoportal

The geoportal is very responsive and the rendering of the layers is smooth. The graphs are clearly laid out. The home page is a collection of different thematic Map viewers, such as 'Country profile', 'Landslide assessment', 'Geo-hazard', 'Swipe map', 'Incident reporting' etcetera. The Map viewers are extremely user friendly. However, the geoportal would have been better with addition of basic Map viewer tools such as measuring, simple querying, exporting attribute data and printing tools. Having said that, the geoportal reveals how GIS technology can be effectively used for natural disaster management.  

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Nepal Earthquake 2015 Web Map

Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake on 25th April 2015. A major aftershock occurred on 12th May 2015. Here is a web map of earthquake in Nepal that contains layer such as photo log, earthquake incidents, damage assessment and census data symbolized based on total population at municipality and village development committee (VDC) level. You can click on any points and view the attribute information. Click on the arrow on top left to view the legends of the layers. Zoom in and out can be performed by clicking + or - button on the left corner. The home icon takes you to the full extent view. Search of address and places can be performed by using the search box located at the top right. ArcGIS online is used to make this web map. The web map services published on ArcGIS online are added as layers. A lot of customizations have been made on the layers to create this web map. Please note that some locations are not geo-referenced properly.

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Other web maps related to Nepal Earthquake 2015
Nepal Quake Unofficial Crisis Map on Google Map
Nepal Earthquake Google Crisis Map (contains Satellite Imagery of the area)

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Web map of Live Weather Data in USA and Canada

Web map of Live Weather Data in USA and Canada. This map pulls out several web map services from the web and overlays them, a term also known as "creating mashup". You can click on the double arrow on the left corner to view the legend. The attributes of the weather stations within Canada can be viewed by clicking on the weather station location. For USA, zoom in further to your desired area (click + buttton on top left corner above home icon) until you see the weather stations icon and simply click on that weather station. 

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Indian GeoPortal Bhuvan

Free GIS data, free access to high resolution satellite imagery, interactive web map viewer, access to land services, weather services layers, 2D and 3D views and so many stuffs on Indian GeoPortal Bhuvan. The web map viewer, though still in beta version, is interactive and user friendly. It's compatible with most browsers. I like Bhuvan! 

Here is the link to Bhuvan home page

Here is the link to the Map Viewer

Here is an article on Bhuvan posted on GIS Lounge

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Earthquake mapping in real time on OregonLive

There are plenty of earthquake mapping websites such as Seismic Monitor, the U.S. Geologic Survey, and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network etcetera to name a few. These websites show recent earthquakes across the globe, however, the Oregonian/OregonLive earthquake web map makes underwater features a major component, thereby focussing on tsunami waves triggered by the earthquakes. The Oregonian/OregonLive web map is updated every 15 minutes and makes it easier to track earthquakes in oceans. 

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Web Map of Median Household Income in Canada

Here is the Web Map of Median Household Income in Canada 2006. This web map was created in ArcGIS online and embedded in this website. The enhanced features now have the ability to include legend and layer details (click on the double forward arrow at the top left corner). The search box is on the top right corner. To obtain the attribute information, just click on the desired area on the map.

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