Esri: The ArcGIS Platform
The ArcGIS Platform
Developing with Geographic Services
https://developers.arcgis.com/
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Geographic Data
Feature Services
Making real-world objects (features) and characteristics (attributes) accessible through Web Requests
Map Service
Key Word: Availability
- maps, features, and attributes all available over the web
- you control how users interact
Geoprocessing Services
Geoprocessing services provide framework to automate workflows and expose analytical capabilities of GIS:
How?
Building a model to combine a series of operations, then exposing the model as a tool.
Geometry Service
Editing and Calculation Functionality exposed through a Web Service:
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REST API can be queried by any language HTTP Requests
ArcGIS Open Data
http://opendata.arcgis.com
Free with ArcGIS Online
- Most Local Government's own access to ArcGIS Online
- Esri's cloud mapping platform
- Connect to data on-premises, in the cloud, or to data hosted in ArcGIS Online.
- Trustworthy, high-quality, authoritative data - for entrepreneurs...for the public...for anyone
- Lowers risk for small businesses and entry barriers for startups
ArcGIS Open Data
Esri Hub Initiatives
Open Data with a Purpose
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- Solutions, Datasets, Apps organized around specific initiatives with defined metrics.
- Templates for specific solutions - map your names to these ready-to-use templates
http://geohub.lacity.org/
Bexar County, TX
http://gis.bexar.opendata.arcgis.com/
Esri on GitHub http://esri.github.io
Local Government Ready-To-Use Solutions
http://solutions.arcgis.com
http://esri.github.io/#Local-Government
Configurables
Web App Builder http://doc.arcgis.com/en/web-appbuilder/
Story Maps https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/
NC Open Pass: ArcGIS - The Civic Engagement Platform
By John Yaist
