Technical Workshops

Join this session to learn about the many new features in ArcGIS 10.1 for Server. We will describe its new architecture, enhancements in its administration tools, new options for cloud deployments and many added capabilities such as out of the box high quality print tools, editor tracking and more.

This session explains what a geodatabase is and why you would want to use it. The geodatabase is the data storage and data management framework for ArcGIS. The geodatabase enhances your data with spatial and relational integrity rules, data validation, business logic and advanced behavior. We will explore the geodatabase information model, including object and feature classes, raster, annotation, geometric networks, network datasets, topology, and other functionality.

This session will outline the fundamentals and considerations in developing a technology strategy as a foundation for building business solutions using ArcGIS technology.

ArcGIS 10.1 represents a major step forward in GIS, and this session will outline the areas of major improvement in 10.1. Topics to be covered include Desktop GIS Tools, Online System, Mobile Apps, Developer Tools, and Server improvements.

ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based, collaborative content management system for maps, apps, data, and other geographic information. The system enables users to easily create, manage, and share their maps and data as well as access a set of ready-to-use maps and data from Esri and other users. In this session you will learn how to use ArcGIS Online to publish data and access online services for use as part of the location component of applications and solutions. Topics that will be covered include: A tour of ArcGIS.com and what's new. Using the ready-to-use maps and data from Esri and other contributors. Working with webmaps - Finding content and using your own to create mashups. Customizing your maps with notes, symbols and pop-ups. Sharing your work to groups, social networks and blogs/websites 6. Building applications with online templates 7. Resources for learning more

Imagery and raster data can come from various raster formats and services. Come to learn how to use ArcGIS to incorporate various sources of imagery and raster data into your projects. This session will introduce you to the fundamental properties of this data, such as bit depth, statistics and pyramids that affect the display and what you can do with it. Learn how to easily modify or improve the appearance, how to perform some processing, and interact with it to obtain the information it can provide

Learn about ESRI's security strategy and gain an understanding of the principles, patterns, and mechanisms involved in designing your own enterprise GIS security strategy. The session invites feedback on current security issues and concerns.

The workshop will introduce some key spatial approaches for solving real-world problems using ArcGIS analysis techniques. During the session we will present a standard workflow for conducting spatial analysis. Following the workflow we will translate our spatial problems into spatial techniques, and demonstrate different analytical tools in ArcGIS to find an appropriate solution for the problem. The workshop will include overlay analysis, proximity analysis, statistical modeling as well as surface and interpolation analysis, using real world examples. Some recommendations and best practices will be also discussed.

ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based, collaborative content management system for maps, apps, data, and other geographic information. With recent enhancements to ArcGIS Online, organizations of all sizes now have the ability to manage their geospatial content and publish their maps, apps, data, and hosted services online. Both hosted and on-premises implementation patterns will be covered in this session. Other topics include:

1. ArcGIS Online's value to an organization
2. Implementation patterns: hosted and on-premises
3. Types of data that ArcGIS Online can use
4. Publishing capabilities
5. Administration of content and users
6. How to customize ArcGIS Online for your organization
7. Security, terms of use and service level agreements
8. Resources for learning more

The mosaic dataset is a data model for quickly cataloging and processing imagery and raster data. Mosaic datasets can handle both simple processed images or complex imagery directly from sensors. They're designed for fast display, image processing, easy updating, and publishing. This session will teach you how to manage your collections of raster and image data by introducing you to the mosaic dataset and the recommended workflows for building them.

Join this session to learn how to leverage the Amazon cloud with ArcGIS Server. You will learn how to set up ArcGIS Server in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, typical deployment patterns, and workflows. We will also discuss how to estimate costs for your ArcGIS Server deployment in Amazon and present several projects running ArcGIS Server in the Amazon cloud.

This session will discuss some of the newly released features in our mobile technologies as well as functionality and improvements we're working on for future releases. Topics in this session will cover the Windows, Windows Mobile, iOS, Android and Windows phone platforms.

This session presents the built-in Web editing capabilities of ArcGIS Server. This functionality will enable you to create a variety of web applications for geocollaboration, data updates, sketching, sophisticated editing, crowd-sourcing etc. An overview of the ArcGIS Server Web editing technology is discussed, with a special focus on enabling editing of your geodatabase over the Web. A complete step by step process is covered: from authoring your maps effectively for Web editing, enabling Web editing capabilities in ArcGIS Server, and selecting the appropriate end client application to support different editing workflows. Throughout the presentation we will provide practical examples, tips and discuss different architectures and approaches to web editing, so you can take advantage of this exciting new features while keeping your information safe and under control.

This session will address a variety configuration and optimization techniques for experienced enterprise geodatabase administrators. You will learn how the geodatabase interacts with the DBMS and the parameters the database administrator needs to be aware of to effectively tune and optimize the geodatabase. The workshop will include the following topics: advanced configuration, administration, and maintenance.

This session will begin with a discussion of the common security deployments (internal vs. external). We will discuss the ArcGIS Server security model and the use case scenarios for choosing a user and role storage. Next we will discuss setup and configuration of the token service and implementing SSL with ArcGIS Server. Then we will focus on accessing tokens from Web and mobile applications. Topics will include embedding tokens in the application, dynamically requesting tokens, and the proper use of a proxy page for Web applications. Throughout the session we'll be discussing tips and tricks for troubleshooting and best practices related to ArcGIS Server security.

Intended for beginner Python scripters. This session will introduce Python and its role in ArcGIS. The session will begin with the basics of the Python language, and will cover and demonstrate some of the key scripting functionality in ArcGIS like calling geoprocessing tools, using ArcPy listing functions to automate workflows, and getting data properties.

Mobile GIS extends the reach of GIS from the office to the field. By implementing an effective mobile GIS solution, you can improve the efficiency of your field workforce as well as the accuracy and timeliness of your geospatial data. During this session, you will learn how to leverage Esri's ArcGIS system to build focused mobile GIS solutions that target the needs of your field workforce, others in your organization and your customers. Topics will include configuring ready-to-deploy applications as well as building focused applications using the ArcGIS SDKs for Windows, Windows Mobile, iOS, Windows Phone, and Android devices.

Explore all aspects of authoring and publishing geoprocessing tools designed to become a task within a geoprocessing service, and show how geoprocessing tasks are used in web applications. Prior knowledge of ModelBuilder, ArcPy scripting, and ArcGIS for Server is helpful but not necessary.

Learn about enterprise GIS architecture deployment options and methods for choosing the option that's right for you.

This workshop will outline common lidar processing tasks and workflows. It will show how ArcGIS can be used to manage large lidar point collections and demonstrate approaches for mining information from them. Topics include assessing lidar point coverage and sample density, creation of DEM/DSMs, forest canopy density and height estimation, intensity image creation, noise reduction for contouring and slope analysis, and floodplain delineation.

This is an overview session to introduce what developers need to know to start development with ArcGIS Runtime. With ArcGIS Runtime, developers are able to create custom applications for a wide range of devices and users. There are ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for the following platforms:

• Windows (WPF)
• Linux (Java)
• Android
• iOS
• Windows Mobile and Phone

ArcGIS offers several options for building Web applications. You can start by using one of the ready-to-use Web applications and adding your data on top of a basemap in the ArcGIS.com Web map or ArcGIS Explorer. If you need more control over the look and feel and functionality of your Web application, build a web application based on the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex or ArcGIS Viewer for Microsoft Silverlight. In this session, you will learn more about the types of Web applications you can build with ArcGIS.

How do you extend the value of the Esri assets you already have in place, and get your maps in the hands of a broader audience? It's easier than you think.

Esri Maps for Office is a new product that allows you to quickly create dynamic, interactive maps of your Excel data and start exploring it in a whole new way. Esri Maps for Office enables you to uncover patterns and trends not evident in tabular data and charts. The process of creating a map in Excel is painless, and is much the same as creating a graph or chart of your data. Maps can be shared immediately through PowerPoint presentations or by one-click publishing to Esri's mapping cloud, ArcGIS Online.

Esri Maps for SharePoint provides a set of interactive and configurable mapping components for use with existing Microsoft SharePoint sites. The components, or parts, enable you to display and interact with ArcGIS Server map and attribute data, Bing imagery and services, and location information in SharePoint lists.

Esri Maps for IBM Cognos is web-based software that integrates Esri maps and data directly into IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) applications. When business intelligence users see their own key business measures displayed on a map, and can then use that map to ask and answer key business questions against their corporate data warehouses, it gives them a whole new way to analyze their data and make better decisions.

This workshop will demonstrate the value of these products using a number of use case scenarios.

Interoperability needs can be met using multiple strategies — using open api's, leveraging industry standards, using ETL techniques to name a few. This presentation will cover some of the broad strategic aspects of achieving interoperability and will additionally delve into specific pragmatic patterns available within the ArcGIS system to foster and utilize interoperability. The presentation will also cover topics regarding Esri's participation in various standards initiatives and will review support for some of the latest OGC standards within the ArcGIS platform.