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...

Real-time

Demographics

Earthquakes and Injection Wells

3D Buildings

Story Maps

And now...

a few geo concepts

Using geospatial data, analysis and visualization to:

...tell a story

...to solve a problem

...to make decisions

www.esri.com/software/arcgis/capabilities

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

Developer docs

DevLabs

github.com/esri

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

ArcGIS Developer Forums

GIS Stack Exchange

github.com/esri

Geo Industries and jobs

www.esri.com/careers/

www.esri.com/industries

www.esri.com/training/certification/

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