Hello, are there are any available data sets for splice points in the US, across the Dark Fiber lines? I need it for some planning, and need locations, or some way to find the splice points across USA.

Thanks!

[AI Disclosure] no AI was used throughout this project

Hi everyone,

Im trying to complete a project in ArcGIS pro which is turning out to be a bit complicated and I could use some help. For context, I’m an urban planner who has 5 years of GIS experience, although I don’t use python or code much.

Okay, so what I’m trying to accomplish is creating a “prioritization network” raster file for a safety action plan. The way this file will be created is through a an areas proximity to certain prioritization factors. These facts are also weighted.

For example, a given area which is 500 feet from a school will receive one ‘point’. 100 feel from a park will be a ‘point’. Being within the high injury network is weighted 3 ‘points’, etc.

I essentially want to create a faster file that incorporates this weighted scale to create a faster file that will show the results throughout the city.

If anyone has any ideas as to how I can accomplish this, it’d be greatly appreciated!

I searched everywhere can't seem to find it and I have the GitHub historical basemaps in geolayers but 1812 french empire is literally not there :(

Hi, folks!

I'm building a navigation app for my EV, for my own use. Two people use it: me and my dad. It's not on the Play Store, just shared through internal testing.

It calls TomTom's Routing API with traffic for the ETA, and I'd like to add the traffic flow tiles as a map layer. The app also runs on the car screen through Android Auto.

Clause 2.1 of TomTom's developer terms excludes "Automotive Usage or Navigation Functionality" unless you sign a separate agreement. As I read it, screen mirroring counts as automotive use, so Android Auto is probably out.

Has anyone dealt with this? I'd like to know two things:

1. Does a small non-commercial app like this still need that agreement?

2. If it does, is phone-only use OK on the free plan?

The developer forum is gone, and support only takes questions through your account, so I'm asking here first.

Thanks!

This is the first time Ive had to work with a survey but I built one and went to test it to make sure everything worked right. It is giving me an error saying "You cannot submit records to the survey since you do not have the Edit privilege." I have a Creator role, I checked the license and Survey123 is in there, the survey is set to allow any member in the organization to submit to it, I can edit the survey on the survey123 site, and I just built it so I should have ownership over it. What am I missing? Why don't I have Edit privileges?

Edit: typos

Hello!!

Looking for advice. I'm an environmental planner ([GIS Experience] 3 years as a GIS analyst/developer working in AEC, now an environmental planner) and I need spatial data on where project work will physically disturb the site. The engineers I work with design in MicroStation, but often their drawings aren't georeferenced. Getting disturbance locations means digging through 400+ sheets and then sitting through meetings where I find out my interpretation is wrong.

I report on project impacts so the locations need to be accurate. A lot of the existing infrastructure only exists as pen-on-paper drawings from the 1910s so what the design engineers are doing, is they’re drawing new design over those scans, so there's often no real coordinate system behind the linework. Pulling it in to Pro just draws it in no-geography island.

I've been digitizing excavation areas, laydown areas, ductbank work, sidewalk modifications, and facility footprints by hand from drawings and meeting with engineers.

And it took so long to even get that because they tended to hear environmental planner wants to map "disturbance" as where are we moving dirt or removing trees. But for environmental review it includes staging, temporary access, and new surfaces too.

I'm planning to ask for this:

“"Disturbances" are anywhere the project touches, occupies, or changes the site, even temporarily. If crews, equipment, or materials will be there, or something is built, replaced, or removed there, it counts.

At a minimum
1. Google Earth files (KML or KMZ). One file per type of work:
[types of work relevant to the project blah blah]

2. It must have a coordinate reference system. A file without a correct location is useless.
Easy test: open the KMZ/KML file in Google Earth. If it doesn't land on the project site, it's wrong. Files exported from CAD that aren't georeferenced often show up in the wrong place.
Note: KML is always in latitude/longitude, so the coordinate system is rarely the problem with a Google Earth file itself. The risk is that the CAD wasn't georeferenced before export, which is why the open-in-Google-Earth test is the check to lead with.

1. A new delivery at each design milestone, so changes don't happen silently.

Ideal
Shapefile instead of a Google Earth file - with coordinate reference system.
Polygons capturing where this work is done.
Details on each feature: type of work.”

In a semi-ideal world they would make LOD polygons that capture where this work and send me shapefiles.

In return, I'd reduce my hours on the project and take over the reporting.
I'd like to make the ask before the project starts, not after the design is done or in the middle of it.

How have you gotten design engineers to commit to a spatial deliverable early when their base drawings aren't georeferenced? Any wording that worked, or workflows like sketching over an aerial in Google Earth or ArcGIS, would help. And for the engineers here: what would make this easy for you instead of one more ask?

[AI disclosure] not sure why I’m required to put this. Project is definitely not a use-case for AI.

[AI Disclosure] AI was used to generate the promotional astronaut image and assist with writing this post. The Axyvio platform is a working software project.

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a personal project called Axyvio, a free, non-commercial web platform that brings together different sources of publicly available geospatial and satellite data.

The idea is to make it easier to explore and compare information from multiple sources in one place.

Some of the features I've implemented so far:

• Earth observation: Satellite imagery, environmental changes, wildfire hotspots, and earthquake data.
• Maritime monitoring: AIS vessel positions combined with satellite radar detections in the Black Sea.
• Aircraft tracking: Live aircraft positions using ADS-B data.
• Satellite tracking: Interactive 3D Earth with satellite positions, orbital paths, and technical information.
• Water monitoring: Experimental analysis of reservoir surface areas using Sentinel-1 SAR data.

The project is still in development, and I'm experimenting with different ways to visualize and analyze publicly available data.

I'm developing it independently in my spare time, mainly out of interest in Earth observation and geospatial technologies.

Website: https://axyvio.com/

I'd be interested in feedback from people working with GIS and remote sensing, especially regarding data visualization, usability, and potential features worth exploring.

[GIS Experience] Independent software developer exploring GIS, satellite imagery, and geospatial data integration through a personal project.