Sigh. Tough post. #Fedihired

So I found that #DOGE is currently in the org I work at. Ive confirmed from 2 colleagues. They're going after contractors first, since we have mostly no protections.

I've been looking since Nov 6, but now things are getting down to the wire.

I'm a senior cloud systems engineer. Current is administering/developing #ArcGIS #GIS . Previously was systems engineer with greenfielding and putting together multiple ATO's. Before that, was systems engineer at a NOC.

I highly prefer #remote but can travel 60 miles around #bloomingtonIN

Geez if the US economy collapses, how much damage would it do to #ArcGIS, I wonder? I know they have European servers, but not many... Microsoft for that matter? Though I imagine they are a bit more globally spread. #gis

In the past, I was the guy who said "if you're already using #ArcGIS Enterprise, just use Hosted Feature Layers for everything".

I now admit, this was a bad idea, and I amend the statement thusly:

"…unless it's for something that is in any way important. If your data matters, keep it the hell out, because the lack of administrative access to the database is going to burn you when things go wrong. And they will."

In related news, it looks like I get to work through another weekend.

BAH. Another day of opaque vendor issues.

Add a new field to my #ArcGIS feature service: ERROR. There's a "field name collision".

No, I checked, there's definitely no field with this name. But okay, fine. Let's use a different name, not my preferred one.

Success! Except!

Now the table no longer loads at all! It can be queried and edited through its REST endpoint like usual, but generic queries to, y'know, view the whole table, just return an "UNKNOWN ERROR".

I'm so sick of this.

Hi all, I work in #NatureRecovery and #WildlifeConservation and have set this up as a semi-professional account to chat about #GIS (using #ArcGIS and #QGIS), #drones / #UAV for surveys, and generally tech in nature monitoring. I'm based in south west Wales and I also like looking at actual live animals instead of through a screen, and being outside generally. (I say, as I spend a huge amount of my time indoors on the computer). #Introduction #Introductions

I went and did a Solstice survey, but now I can't get the data off the data collection device. Worried I may have accidentally deleted it and will need to do another survey. I worried about this last time I did a survey and it wasn't the case, but I can't help freaking out a bit. Especially since the guy who helped me last time is out in the field right now. /grump

I wonder if anyone still uses #MapInfo to do #GIS. I remember having to learn it back in 2012, but have not used it ever since. MapInfo has a website and a changed owner, so they're around, but not in (my) view.

Most Finnish municipalities had chosen it as their GIS system back in the day, but I think that is changing rapidly. At least #Vantaa is fully in the #ArcGIS boat, #QGIS is common in #Helsinki and #Espoo but I am not sure of the rest.

Will important data disappear from federal #ArcGIS servers after the new administration takes over? For example, think about climate change data.

Many data layers on ArcGIS servers can be downloaded with a simple command. You do *not* need to be a #Geospatial expert.

Here is a PDF I produced with step-by-step instructions. The PDF refers to the Android app ATAK - just ignore that part.
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/atak/pdf/atak_kml_link_arcgis.pdf

All you need to do is (1) make an ArcGIS 'query' command as explained in the PDF, (2) enter that command into a browser and (3) save the KMZ file on your device.
#GIS #Resist

*Why* should it take nearly 2 GB of RAM to open an #ArcGIS #Dashboard? And sit on 15% of my CPU, without me doing anything? heaven forbid I attempt to interact with it.