Historical geovisualization using ArcGIS Web apps

Jonathan Van Dusen, Esri Canada

Map viewer

• "Mash up" geodata and basemaps
• Change symbology, labels, popups
  • Smart Mapping
• Perform analysis
• Share:
  • Configurable apps
  • Story Maps
  • Web AppBuilder

Time-aware maps

• Publish time-enabled layer from ArcGIS for Desktop
  • ​Single date field
  • Two date fields (range)
• Time Settings:
  • Playback speed
  • Time bounds
  • Interval

Configurable app templates

• Publish from map viewer using existing map
• Download templates from GitHub; customize using HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Time Aware configurable app

Story Map Journal

Guelph Museums: 100 Years of In Flanders Fields >

< The American Civil War: A Cartographic Tour of 5 Key Battles

< The Underground Railroad - Freedom in Canada

Story Map Swipe

< City of Cornwall - Circa 1929

Calgary Map - Now vs. 1924 >

Story Map Tour

< Old Ottawa: A Capital Uncovered

Ottawa's Eyewitness: Thomas Burrowes >

Story Map Cascade (beta)

Combining templates

< City of Waterloo: We Built This City
(Map Journal and Map Swipe)

Hockey Explorer >
(Map Series, Map Journal, Time Aware, Web AppBuilder)

Discussion

Iain Greensmith

igreensmith@esri.ca

Jonathan Van Dusen

jvandusen@esri.ca

Brent Hall

bhall@esri.ca

Resources and Links

• Map viewer, Smart Mapping, Time Settings
  • https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/create-maps/change-style.htm
  • http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&CourseID=3020
  • https://cmportal.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=17b01d8c3b1f4f7dbd1133cc255d64d4
  • https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/create-maps/configure-time.htm
• Configurable apps
  • https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/create-maps/choose-configurable-app.htm
  • https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/create-maps/download-app-templates.htm
  • http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/use/time-aware.htm
  • http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=b70d83ba89db4f8a97427ee237a1e60c
  • https://github.com/Esri/time-aware-template

Resources

• Story Maps
  • http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0
  • http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/resources/
  • https://developerscorner.storymaps.arcgis.com/
  • http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&courseID=2924
  • https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2015/08/03/how-to-make-a-time-aware-story-map/
  • https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2016/04/14/embedding-apps-and-websites-in-story-maps/
  • https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2016/05/29/embed-story-map-in-story-map/