Get Started with ArcGIS

for developers

...a 30-min kickstarter

developers.arcgis.com

Jim Barry Solution Engineer, Transportation

@JimBarry jbarry@esri.com

Cheat sheet

https://tiny.cc/ArcGISHacksCheatSheet

.com

What are we going to learn?

What is ArcGIS?
Free developer license - apps, tools, content, not a trial
The Basics

Find, import, host data on the cloud
Make a web map
Style your map
Data analysis tools
Create custom apps
- without code
- with APIs

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/

ArcGIS for Developers website - developers.arcgis.com

host data as web services
make maps
build apps
- api keys
- app builders
- templates
cloud hosting
cloud data mgmt
cloud processing

Sign up

developers.arcgis.com

Quick tour of tutorials

if you just want to see the solution

Search for data you can use

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

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

Import data

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/

Feature Geometry

shortcut

REST endpoint URL

Field collect your own data

Make your web map

https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/mapping-apis-and-location-services/maps/tutorials/tools/create-a-web-map/

Style your map

https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/mapping-apis-and-location-services/visualization/tutorials/tools/style-layers-web-map/

also supports HTML/CSS formatting

Share your map

gives you <style> and <iframe> tags, premade for you

configurable web app templates

Build a custom apps

without code

Web AppBuilder

Experience Builder

Operations Dashboard

StoryMaps

Build dashboards quickly

Custom native apps

Cross-platform: .NET, Java, Android, iOS, Qt

No code

Deploy within your organization, or publish to app stores

Build a custom apps

with code

aka "Where's the API?"

REST API

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