1. ArcGIS and Web GIS

What is ArcGIS?

• Apps and APIs for mapping your data
• Create, manage, analyze, share maps

What is ArcGIS?

• Apps and APIs for mapping your data
• Create, manage, analyze, share spatial data

Lightweight options:

• ArcGIS Online - fully online SaaS, nothing to install
• Data Science - Python packages for analysis, data management
• Developer tools - SDKs, APIs, app builders and templates, open source repos

Heavier options:

• ArcGIS Pro - desktop workstation
• ArcGIS Enterprise - server of maps, tools, IT integration

https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/mapping-apis-and-location-services/

Search for data

• Data portals
  • web search keywords: GIS, map, data, download
  • government "open data" portals: fed, state, county, city
  • data.gov
• ArcGIS Online - ArcGIS.com
  • shared by the ArcGIS user community
• Living Atlas of the World
  • livingatlas.arcgis.com

if you just want to see the solution

Search for data

• hub.arcgis.com - open data

https://services.arcgis.com/uKN48PkxmWiqJM9q/arcgis/rest/services/DSNY_GetFoodNYC_Sites_(open_data)/FeatureServer/0/

"REST Endpoint"  =

URL/URI to a hosted feature service, web service

Shapefiles

File Geodatabases

GeoJSON

CSV

Excel

KML/KMZ

GeoPackage

https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/mapping-apis-and-location-services/data/tutorials/tools/

import-data-as-a-feature-layer/

shortcut

REST endpoint URL

also supports HTML/CSS formatting

2. Developer tools

No code / Low code

Web AppBuilder

Experience Builder

Operations Dashboard

StoryMaps

3. Developer tools

SDKs and APIs

ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Java

https://route.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/Route/NAServer/Route_World/solve?stops=-117.1956,34.0564;-117.1825,34.0572&token=[token]&f=pjson

Java 11 and 17 supported

4. Resources

Esri

Community

• 24/7
• Global
• Q&A forums
• Blog
• Videos

community.esri.com

Esri

on Github

• apps, templates, libraries, tools