{"id":44352,"date":"2019-01-02T15:27:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&#038;p=44352"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:37:49","slug":"why-they-came-to-devsummit","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/why-they-came-to-devsummit","title":{"rendered":"Why They Came to DevSummit"},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","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":[10722,25002,10942],"tags":[12152,35322],"arcuser_issues":[21922],"class_list":["post-44352","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-api-for-javascript","category-developers-corner","category-esri-developer-summit","tag-devsummit","tag-gis-developers","arcuser_issues-spring-2018"],"acf":{"short_description":"Attendees of the 2018 Esri Developer Summit share why they came and what they learned.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"pdf","file":198022},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","content":"Once a year, Palm Springs, California, becomes the center of the geospatial technology universe."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Esri hosts its annual Esri Partner Conference in the city\u2019s convention center, immediately followed by the wildly popular Esri Developer Summit (DevSummit).\r\n\r\nIn March, more than 2,000 geospatial app developers, information technology (IT) managers, Esri partners, and others, packed workshops and the Plenary Session. They also watched a Keynote Address about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/artificial-intelligence\/overview\">artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a> given by Joseph Sirosh, corporate vice president of the Artificial Intelligence and Research Group at Microsoft.\r\n\r\nEsri\u2019s ArcGIS program manager Jim McKinney said this year\u2019s event attracted a record crowd. One of the attendees, Stu Rich, thought he knew why.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think what you are seeing is that Esri\u2019s technology is maturing rapidly and becoming more accessible,\u201d said Rich, the chief technology officer (CTO) of PenBay Solutions, an Esri partner. \u201cAnd there is a rapidly growing group of developers that understand the value they can drive on top of that set of Esri\u2019s capabilities. Their ability to enhance and configure and deploy really compelling solutions based on Esri\u2019s technology is exciting. It\u2019s amazing what can be done today, and that is certainly driving the growth <i>[of the summit].<\/i>\u201d\r\n\r\nRich said that DevSummit workshops now delve into technology that integrates with GIS, going far beyond a narrow focus on traditional GIS. \u201cYou\u2019ve got sessions here on remote sensing, raster analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence,\u201d Rich said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got such breadth <i>[of session topics]<\/i>, that it attracts a very wide and diverse group of developers from across many, many business domains.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe following attendees shared why they came to Palm Springs this year and what most interested them about this year\u2019s conference. (Some comments were edited for clarity and brevity.)"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Xin Chen<\/h2>\r\nSystems and Programming Supervisor, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) from Diamond Bar, California"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":181102,"image_position":"right","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Why did you come to DevSummit?<\/h3>\r\nSCAQMD assistant deputy executive officer Ron Moskowitz has placed a high priority on a project to increase our GIS capabilities. Our number one objective is to present air quality information to the public in a meaningful way. We monitor and calculate hourly air quality for the region, so that data has to get out.\r\n\r\nDuring the last year, we have increased our presence on ArcGIS Online. For example, we migrated our air quality map to the cloud-based mapping platform. By leveraging the Esri cloud, we no longer have to worry about server capabilities. Esri takes care of everything such as scaling during periods of high demand. We have also completed the initial installation of our on-premises ArcGIS Enterprise system.\r\n\r\nAt the SCAQMD, we want to continue to leverage Esri\u2019s capabilities. We are here to learn in depth about the application architecture and the development tools available. Esri also offers a whole suite of very powerful ready-to-use applications such as Workforce for ArcGIS, Collector for ArcGIS, and Survey123 for ArcGIS. We are here to learn about how to use these apps for field force automation, as well as public engagement.\r\n\r\nCurrently, we are trying to build a mobile application, and we are here to explore Esri\u2019s mobile capabilities. It\u2019s great to see this year\u2019s DevSummit has a special focus on mobile\u2014it\u2019s exactly what we wanted to learn. Three of our staff are splitting up sessions trying to figure out what\u2019s the best approach. We were also able to have an in-depth meeting with Eric Bader from Esri\u2019s ArcGIS Runtime team, who helped a lot in that regard.\r\n<h3>What are the cool things you\u2019ve seen?<\/h3>\r\nThe point clustering capabilities in ArcGIS API for JavaScript demonstrated at the Plenary Session. Clustering helps to improve the visualization of large point datasets\u2014common at AQMD. You can have a richer and more meaningful map with a faster response time. Immediately, we picked that up and said that\u2019s something that helps us."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Jean-Yves Lauture<\/h2>\r\nPresident and CTO, Eos Positioning Systems from Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":181112,"image_position":"left","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Why did you come to DevSummit?<\/h3>\r\nCan I say the weather first? The friendliness of all the Esri staff. You always feel good coming to an Esri event. Everybody feels welcome.\r\n\r\nEos Positioning Systems manufactures high-accuracy GNSS receivers compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows <i>[devices] <\/i>and compatible with all Esri mobile products like Collector for ArcGIS and Survey123 for ArcGIS. Esri is avant-garde\u2014innovating always in the market\u2014and they listen to their users. The testing, development, and support teams are extremely responsive to the public.\r\n<h3>What are the cool things you\u2019ve seen?<\/h3>\r\nThe Esri-Autodesk partnership to integrate BIM <i>[building information model]<\/i> and GIS. There was a big gap [<i>between the two technologies]<\/i> to be bridged, and that\u2019s happening now."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":181122,"image_position":"right","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Cody Barrett<\/h2>\r\nSenior Designer\/Developer, HNTB Corporation\/Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) from Ames, Iowa\r\n<h3>Why did you come to DevSummit?<\/h3>\r\nI\u2019m an embedded consultant <i>[from the infrastructure solution firm HNTB]<\/i> for the Iowa DOT <i>[Department of Transportation]<\/i> GIS group. This is my first year at the Developer Summit. I currently assist in developing custom applications for internal clients. I\u2019m interested in new functionality that is coming out, especially the ArcGIS API for Python. I think the <i>[API]<\/i> will be helpful for not only maintaining your ArcGIS Online organization <i>[and]<\/i> publishing content but also for data analytics and GIS analysis. At the Iowa DOT, we are always striving to improve processes and create dynamic solutions that fit the business needs of our internal customers.\r\n<h3>What are the cool things you\u2019ve seen?<\/h3>\r\nOne cool thing that came from <i>[Esri Web GIS\/Mapping product engineer]<\/i> Kristian Ekenes. At the Plenary Session, he demonstrated clustering using ArcGIS Arcade.<i> (Arcade is a lightweight and secure expression or scripting language written for use in the ArcGIS platform to customize visualization and labeling.) <\/i>I like how it summarizes the cluster in the pop-up and you can browse through the features within each individual cluster. 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