2013 ESRI User Conference Review - AIMS

ESRI UC2013

Plenary

•
Plenary

•
10.2

•
Roadmap

–
Incremental software releases

–
Continuous online improvements

–
More Apps

•
ESRI Maps for Office

•
Portal GIS

•
GeoEvent

Processor Extension

•
ArcGIS Professional

•
ArcGIS Online

•
Imagery/Premium Imagery

•
Examples

–
Philadelphia Police

–
Horry County

–
Center Point Energy




Desktop 10.2

•
10.2 Release
–

What’s New

–
Mostly a ‘quality’ release

–
MXD
Compatability

–

10.2
mxds

can be opened on 10.1 desktop

–
No more Bing Maps

–
Processing Improvements

–
Single sign
on

–
Import/Export
to Excel, JSON

–
Optimized Hotspot analysis tool

–
AGO access for all

–
Portal for
ArcGIS

–
Single
-
step analysis tools (resource center)

–
ESRI on
Github

–
Better performance (indexing LAS; multi
processors)


•
Didn’t hear much, if any, new functionality mentioned
outside plenary.

Road Ahead: Desktop

(
ArcGIS Professional
)




•
ArcMap
/Catalog never
mentioned in this session,
which makes one think
that Professional is the replacement for
ArcMap
, but presenters made a
point to say that this will run side
-
by
-
side with
ArcMap
.

•
Been working
on for over 2 years…largely based upon user feedback.

•
Beta tentatively arriving Q4 2013. Too early for licensing. Tentatively
called ‘11
’(?)…ESRI
staff even seemed
unsure.

•
Single
app; styled very much like MS Office
2013.

•
P
roject
-
centric workflow (several maps/layouts in one project
–

2D & 3D).

•
All
geoprocessing

tools, model builder,
python in
one ‘Analysis
’ ribbon
.

•
64 bit;
fully integrated
with AGO.

•
New graphics engine (heavy focus on 3D).

•
Faster & output not rasterized so it looks better.

•
Web
-
based installation, works much like Windows update
.

•
Simplified .NET
api



Ribbon
-
based

Dynamic

Symbology

&

Labeling

(No ‘OK’

d
ialogs to

c
lick through

i
n layer

p
roperties.)

Multiple

Views/

Layouts

p
er Project

Road Ahead: Online Content

•
A lot of new services & data available in coming months
(some free, others not).

•
Imagery

•
Big focus going forward.

•
High resolution (30 cm)
–

planning to update 1/3 of the U.S. every
year.

•
Premium imagery (Digital Globe &
RapidEye
).

–
Available
by subscription (still working on
licensing/cost
–

will be defined by area,
gov
,
etc
).

•
More
multi
-
spectral (Landsat 8, NAIP
) and event
-
driven imagery.

•
Basemaps

•
Will start to deliver in vector format so that users can turn layers
on/off.

•
Currently in a
comprehensive review
to
refine their
basemap

designs.

•
New
hillshade

& imagery
hybrid; new topographic design; new Local
Government
basemap

–

most will be updated yearly.

•
They
will NOT be providing more base map scale levels
(564
, 256
).

•
ESRI’s base maps used in
ArcMap

and AGO are ‘stacked’ services,
meaning their base maps are actually 2 services sandwiched into one.

–
You can use the search to get a single service (if you don’t want labels, only terrain, etc.) to
use in maps or apps
.

Python

•
10.1 (Python 2.7)

–
Now adding new
tools/functionality at
Service Packs (break from past)

–
Can create service definition draft, GP service (SP1), Image service

–
Add
-
in Assistant

•
Zoning

toolbar

–
Python Toolboxes (GP toolboxes created entirely in python)

•
10.2 (Python 2.7.3)

–
Can create geocoding service

–
Import/export
to excel/
json

•
10.3
–

taking
ideas

•
Tips/Tricks

–
PyScripter

>
PythonWin

–
Right click previous
geoprocessing

in the results window, ‘copy as
python snippet
’.

•
Extensive python help/courses/webinars available.

•
30 minute sessions
were
extremely crowded.


Thoughts?

•
Desktop 10.2

‡
Professional

•
Online Content

•
Python




Jason.Hrabe@jocogov.org

ESRI UC2013

•
Visit the ESRI Video channel for technical workshops



Server 10.2
-

Whats

New

•
ArcGIS
Online

–

lots tied
into this
–

free subscription per
ArcMap

licenses
w/ 100
credits


•
Quality release (not feature)
–

lots of fixes and security issues fixed

–
10.1 was a big feature update, 10.2 just incremental update

–
Run
10.2 in parallel (for upgrade purposes
)

–
Cache serially or in parallel


•
10.2 more about solving real problems

–
Better integrated with ArcGIS Online
–

sharing to your
portal


•
New
option to view data source location in manager for a
service


•
Command line utilities supporting scripting
–

e.g. backup & restore using
py
,
js
, java, c
#...


•
Feature service read/write to native
sql

spatial type
–

writing to spatial
type is new at
10.2


•
Security Improvements
–

support active directory accounts, PKI,
oAuth
,
multiple domain controllers,
sql

injection protection, etc…


ArcGIS Server

•
10.2 Release
–

What’s New


•
Transformational
Capabilities

–
Portal for GIS

–

Now included with Advanced Server like AGO


–
GeoEvent Processor for
Server

–

connectors for real
-
time sensors

•
Trigger events based on inputs/data

•
Replaces tracking server


–
Operations
Dashboard for
ArcGIS

–

What Is


–
Collector for
ArcGIS


–
Hosted analysis
services


–
Premium content
services
–

GeoEnrichment API


–
Dynamic image
services


Advanced
analysis tools


–
Web scenes for 3D



ArcGIS Server

•
ArcGIS for Local
Govs

Templates

–
140 templates
–

time to take a look again

–
Lot of utility based templates

–
Executive Dashboard


•
10.2 Release

–

6 new Maps

–
Cell Phone Analysis


•
Links
-

More
,
More
,
More


•
Horry County

–
Good
examples of county implementing several new ESRI offerings…dashboard,
AGO, etc
… lot of public safety, operations, and dashboard promotion

–
400
ipad

deployments





ArcGIS Server

•
Operations
Dashboard

–
Monitor
and track real/near
-
real time data from dashboard (showed the
gas/oil monitoring app demo)

–
Built on AGS framework lib app

–
Desktop app, small footprint
-

works with Portal too

–
Series of configurable widgets

–
Examples were utility oriented

–
Very
google

like sharing UI

–
Not sure what the licensing model is
–

think it’s AGO based
–

app is free for
organizational subscription

–
Data sources must be feature
services


•
Collector Apps

–
Capture field data with mobile apps

–
Supports points, line & poly editing

–
Add photos & video from device

–
Integrated with Operations Dashboard



ArcGIS Server

Web Enabling Database w/
AGServer


•
Good demos of taking SQL data all the way out to web map on AGO or real
-
time app
in Google Earth


•
Create views
from
ArcCatalog


•
Change
symbology

in map service (must enable feature in server service)


•
Can
also dynamically change
sql

query by dynamically enabling workspaces in
server
config


•
Can
dynamically create
sql

in app to control access to not only filters but changes
tables,
etc. (security risk)


•
Edit
query layers w/ 10.2


•
ArcGIS
online has much better editing tools now.


•
Won’t
have any topology, versioning,
geodb

features, anno, network, etc.


Development

ArcGIS for Developers


•
https
://developers.arcgis.com/en
/


•
Developer portal for access to code samples on various platforms


‡
Lays out the credit use payment structure


‡
10credits/$1

Web Development

Development and Debugging


•
Use developer tools in FF/Chrome

•
Use
jslint
,
jshint
,
jsbeautifier
,
jsonlint

•
Use breakpoints, console.log, network monitor

•
Chrome remote debugging
–

for Android debugging (mac has same
feature in safari)
–

allows you to emulate your phone via Chrome and
access same developer tools.

•
Firefox
–

use “Responsive Design” in tools menu

•
Chrome
–

override user agent
–

good for testing various browser agents
–

under settings | Override (in lower right)

•
There are some normal errors that ESRI services emit that are ok (e.g.
“Resource interpreted as Script but transferred with MIME type
text/plain:…”)
–

because of how they check for some
resources


•
Notice the theme here? Chrome & Firefox


Web Development

•
Javascript

–

predominant code choice


•
Examples…

–
https://github.com/sathyaprasad

-

some mobile examples

JS
–

write once runs everywhere

–
Impress
–

pulling
webmaps

from ArcGIS.com (or AGO) and embedding into
presentation

–
http://maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/mapflip/index.html

–

shortlist maps

–
http://maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/crimemapper/index.html

-

used cluster, point
and
heatmap

to show points

–
http://
maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/html5/cssfilters.html

-

apply
css

filters to any
webmap

-

http://maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/html5/cssfilters.html?webmap=47100d470626
40e8a1839ec07e09ddef


–
http://maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/labs/epa/sandwich.html

-

view layers of
multiple services

–
can run
js

natively on OS
–

same code will run on all platforms
–

uses Node.js
webkit

-

allows you to run
js

on server
-
side/desktop without browser


Web Development

•
HTML5, Node.js,
Realtime

•
Some great examples (mostly
js

stuff) of innovative projects

•
Twitter good source of live streaming data

•
Impress
–

create slideshow and embed interactive maps

•
http://maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/medicarespending/impress/#/start

•
http://maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/mapflip/

•
http://Maps.esri.com/sp_demos/labs/epa/sandwich.html

•
http://maps.esri.com/SP_DEMOS/portalviewer/

•
Node.js
–

tweet map
–

points, cluster,
heatmap

–

using node.js, express,
socket.io, and
arcmap


•
More Than Tweets on a
Map
-

super
-
analysis
w/ algorithms for predicting trends
–

e.g. flu outbreaks
–

supposedly far better estimates than CDC & Google flu
estimates

•
Great for NY, not so much for Midwest

•
https://github.com/sathyaprasad

-

more web/mobile examples

Web Development

Git

&
GitHub

-

http://esri.github.io
/


•
ESRI
has over 50
github

projects


•
Can
contribute more than just code
–

slideshow, docs, etc…


•
Github

is the hosted version of
git

–

git

is the framework


•
Github

for windows
–

gui

clients
–

even
gui

clients are pretty
comlex



•
google

cheatsheets

for help
-

http://ndpsoftware.com/git
-
cheatsheet.html#loc=workspace
,
http://www.git
-
tower.com/blog/git
-
cheat
-
sheet
-
detail/


•
github

is free if your code is open
–

otherwise you pay for privacy




Mobile

Mobile Strategy Using
API


•
Implementation Strategies
–

Web, Hybrid, Native,
Multiple


•
Web

–

Much more capable now with HTML5
–

js

is the right choice (not
flex/
silverlight
)
–

easy to push updates


•
Hybrid

–

Might be the best choice now
–

again
js

is the right development
env
.
–

hybrid offers more access to device features (e.g. storage, camera,
etc
),
cheaper, can
be offline apps
–

events like online/offline get bubbled
up,
Netflix,
Flipboard

are hybrid
apps


•
Native

–

pure app, hard to get there but offer best performance potential &
cleanest
integration


•
Multiple

–

Develop for web but offer hybrid or native if the user wants
it


•
Decision requires multiple considerations
–

platforms, users, developer
resources, performance, connectivity, deployment
, requirements…

Mobile

Mobile Strategy Using
API
-

Web


•
Responsive
Design important
–

not only size optimized but may remove some
content based on device
–

www.esri.com/responsive


•
start small
–

make your homepage responsive to mobile before taking on larger
efforts


•
see
http://www.mobile
-
patterns.com/

for mobile design ideas
–

best practices
–

designs that work


•
developer.android.com
–

shows what mobile controls should look like for hybrid apps


•
www.CanIUse.com

–

see what html5 features are supported in which browsers


•
use
jquery
,
sencha
, and dojo


•
debugging
–

turn on in phone
–

use safari for
iphone

and
android
debugger for
android


•
some
phone features not accessible
–

e.g. contacts list



Mobile

Mobile Strategy Using
API
-

Hybrid


•
Use
phone gap
–

now owned Adobe and much easier to use
–

no longer have to
compile the app
yourself


•
Can access address book, vibrate,
etc


•
2
layer
–

web & native (
phonegap

handles building the native)


•
Jquery

1.3 has responsive design built
-
in


Mobile

Mobile Strategy Using API
-

Native


•
Could probably use the ESRI framework to pretty easily create some
operational
basemap

apps.
e.g
. parcels, recreation,
util
…

•
Geocode.arcgis.com
–

single free geocoding
endpoint

•
Route.arcgis.com
–

requires use of
credits

•
http
://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis
-
rest
-
api/

-

several new geo
services

•
Their
UI’s are now following
Googles

(maps) very closely now
–

common
theme

•
The app they’ve built does some very basic
google

map functions, it’s up
to you to extend it
further

•
What’s coming
–

support for 3D,
geotriggers
, security, performance
improvements

•
Map 2.0
–

offline map usage
–

lot of effort going in to this on several
platforms

•
Android Studio IDE
–

should be supported soon
–

used eclipse for
demos

Take Away

•
ArcGIS Desktop
±

ArcGIS Professional, Location Analytics (BI in Office
Apps, CRM)


‡
ArcGIS Server
±

Portal for
ArcGIS, GeoEvent
Processor for
Server, Sensors
& Real
-
time,
Geotrigger
,
Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS



•
ArcGIS Online
±

Free, Business Intelligence, Hosted
Analysis
, Advanced
Analysis, Premium Content


‡
Web
±

Responsive Design,
Javascript


‡
Mobile
±

Collector for ArcGIS

,
Hybrid Applications, Operations Dashboard,
Choose Wisely


•
Development
±

Javascript
,
GitHub
,
https://developers.arcgis.com/en
/


‡
Everything goes through your AGO account

‡
Geo
-
Technology solution for every occasion,
not specific Arc products