Intro to GIS for Developers

Univ. of WY -  Sept. 2017

This afternoon's plan...

Why build apps?

Intro to geospatial APIs

Geo-industry and jobs

Andy Gup, Esri

Developer Advocate

agup@esri.com

github.com/andygup

@agup

First, some examples...

And now...

a few geo concepts

Using geospatial data, analysis and visualization to:

...tell a story

...to solve a problem

...to make decisions

Geospatial as a platform

Pre-built App

vs.

Customizable Template

vs.

100% Custom

Map Customization

Manually rendering data

Using ArcGIS Online tools

 

App Customization

Apps written from scratch

Templates

Widgets

The playground

Map UI Basics

Maps

Layers

Symbols

Services

Map logic

Map web service

Points, lines, polygons

Symbols

Visualization + Metadata

Open Source?

Github.com/esri

 

Many connectors, plugins, etc.

 

Esri-Leaflet

 

 

What's hot??

Frameworks such as Angular, Vue, Ember

 

Working with Node

Community

Geo Industries and jobs

creativeheads.net

devbistro.com

dice.com

directionsmag.com

geographyjobs.com

geojobs.biz

geosearch.com

giscafe.com

 

esri.com/partners

gisjobs.com

gislounge.com

gisuser.com

gjc.org

indeed.com

linkedin.com

 

Local bulletin boards or mailing lists

Where to find job postings...

Wrap up!

Andy Gup, Esri

Developer Advocate

agup@esri.com

github.com/andygup

@agup

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