{"id":182072,"date":"2018-11-27T09:56:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&#038;p=182072"},"modified":"2023-08-15T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:16:12","slug":"bring-locations-to-life-with-esris-new-geotrigger-service","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/bring-locations-to-life-with-esris-new-geotrigger-service","title":{"rendered":"Bring Locations to Life with Esri&#8217;s New Geotrigger Service"},"author":1312,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10832],"tags":[192822,295162],"arcnews_issues":[249692],"class_list":["post-182072","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developer-technology","tag-arcgis-for-developers","tag-geotrigger-service","arcnews_issues-winter-2014"],"acf":{"short_description":"When people think of location-based mobile apps, it's often apps like Foursquare or Yelp, or tools for navigation. Esri's new Geotrigger...","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Center","content":"<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>New Geotrigger Service allows developers to make their own iOS and Android apps geoaware.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Engage customers with personalized content or deals the moment they enter a store.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Geotrigger Service includes a set of battery management tools.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"When people think of location-based mobile apps, it's often apps like Foursquare or Yelp, or tools for navigation. Esri's new Geotrigger Service enables you to bring your location data to life with location-based alerts for the devices in your organization or user base. The Geotrigger Service includes a set of battery management tools, meaning you can add persistent location awareness to your apps without the battery drain."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":182202,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The Geotrigger Service\u2014now available in beta in ArcGIS for Developers\u2014allows you to make your iOS and Android apps geoaware, send relevant push notifications based on your organization or user's location, and collect business intelligence. The Geotrigger Service is completely cloud based and does not require an ArcGIS for Server solution.\r\n\r\nHere are some use cases that the Geotrigger Service can add to your app or organization:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Notify citizens<\/strong>\u00a0about road closures, emergencies, or public safety warnings based on their past or current location.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Allow people to leave notes<\/strong>\u00a0at places for others to receive upon arrival.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Inform tourists<\/strong>\u00a0about interesting places as they explore your city, theme park, etc.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Monitor field-workers'<\/strong>\u00a0locations in real time and automatically alert them if they get too close to a danger zone.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Engage customers<\/strong>\u00a0with personalized content or deals the moment they enter a store\u2014or a set amount of time later.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Send a message<\/strong>\u00a0to prospective home buyers when they're near a home that matches their search criterion.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Prevent users<\/strong>\u00a0from accessing certain content when not in a specific place.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Optimize customer service<\/strong>\u00a0by notifying employees when a customer who just ordered something in your mobile app arrives at your store.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":182212,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>How Does the Geotrigger Service Work?<\/h2>\r\nOnce developers include the Geotrigger SDK in their iOS and\/or Android app, it will be able to send and receive location data from a cloud-based streaming server in real time. Then, developers can define points or polygons of interest using the Geotrigger API and set the action they want to happen when someone enters the \"trigger zone\"\u2014whether that's to send a push notification message; log the time until they leave the area; or post a callback to an external service, such as a customer relationship management system.\r\n<h2>Why Would a Mobile Developer Want to Use the Geotrigger SDKs?<\/h2>\r\nFirst, the Geotrigger SDKs make it easier for developers to build geoaware iOS and Android apps. Doing location work in iOS and Android is very different, and the Geotrigger SDKs make it more consistent and fast for developers to make their apps for both mobile platforms. The Geotrigger SDKs are built on top of core iOS and Android location services, making the services easier and more complementary to work with.\r\n\r\nSecond, the Geotrigger SDKs make apps as battery efficient as possible without the developer having to do any work beyond choosing one of four tracking modes in the Geotrigger SDK.\r\n<h2>How Does the Geotrigger SDK Integrate with ArcGIS Online for Developers?<\/h2>\r\nThe Geotrigger API understands Esri JSON, which is a way to store and communicate geometry information between Esri services. There are also extra tools that can import features from services into trigger areas.\r\n\r\nAn ArcGIS for Developers account will give you access to the Geotrigger Service, along with the many other tools we have for location-minded developers, such as geocoding, context, directions, and advanced routing.\r\n\r\nThe Geotrigger Service will come out of beta in late February 2014. Until then, it will be free to use, and we'll publish pricing as soon as it's available. We will continue to improve the Geotrigger Service based on feedback from the developers who use it during the beta period.\r\n\r\nYou are invited to try out the beta of the Geotrigger Service and bring your data to life in a completely new way.\r\n\r\nFor more information on the Geotrigger Service or to start using it, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/en\/geotrigger-service\">developers.arcgis.com\/en\/geotrigger-service<\/a>."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bring Locations to Life with Esri&#039;s New Geotrigger Service | Winter 2014 | ArcNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When people think of location-based mobile apps, it&#039;s often apps like Foursquare or Yelp, or tools for navigation. 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