Episode 5: Using ArcGIS software for Oceans-related work: An Overview with Keith Van Graafeiland, from ESRI.
Before we usher in 2023, the last ECOP Programme webinar of 2022 will share some of the fantastic opportunities available to help us in our research as early career ocean professionals. ESRI is one of the world’s premier GIS organizations and has the answers to most of our questions and challenges in the coming year as we plunge deeper into the UN Ocean Decade, towards our aspirations to reach the 7 Decade Outcomes and achieve “the science we need for the Ocean we want” by 2030.
Keith Van Graafeiland:
Keith is a Product Engineer at ESRI in Washington D.C. and serves as the Ocean Curator for the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World team. Keith works to create foundational layers that can help marine researchers, scientists, and others gain a better understanding of our oceans.
He is the Ocean Content Lead for the Living Atlas of the World, a long-term project with an emphasis on visually appealing and useful map information products. ESRI is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. Since 1969, they have supported customers with geographic science and geospatial analytics, what they call The Science of Where.
Join Keith as he guides us through the sea of knowledge and opportunities open to us via ESRI. We will be developing some specialized training courses around some of the topics Keith will share with us, so stay tuned, and share your ideas on how you think the information may be useful to you, your organization, and your specific training needs.
Watch Episode 5 on our YouTube channel now
Resources
ESRI Science hub
https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/science/ecological-marine-units/overview
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#?q=ocean
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=a170a0d522bb42f1a019e4e473cf1bdd
ESRI StoryMaps platform
ESRI slack channel that we maintain from our Ocean, Weather and Climate community
2022 Ocean, Weather and Climate Forum
Next Forum in 2023
Africa GeoPortal
ESRI Careers