{"id":532682,"date":"2022-09-02T17:47:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&p=532682"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:47:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:47:37","slug":"arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS SDKs Help Realize a Passion Project"},"author":1031,"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":[10732,25002],"tags":[326632,23472,279032],"arcuser_issues":[481302],"class_list":["post-532682","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-runtime-sdks","category-developers-corner","tag-esri-partner","tag-esri-professional-services","tag-startup","arcuser_issues-arcuser-summer-2022"],"acf":{"short_description":"Startup GIS company Mappy was founded solve a personal problem and built using ArcGIS Runtime SDKs.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":532692,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Karyn Nolan began working in the geospatial mapping space nearly two decades ago as the owner of Pacific GPS. Her Hawaii-based company focused on creating GPS and GIS solutions for clients that ranged from Trimble to the US Air Force Civil Engineer Center.\r\n\r\nAfter 17 years, Nolan sold Pacific GPS, but she never lost her interest in geospatial mapping. She wanted to create an application that would let winter sport enthusiasts easily find their friends and family on the slopes, so she decided to attend the 2019 Esri User Conference. There, she met Esri developer consultant Josh Peterson. The two discussed the logistics involved in bringing Nolan\u2019s idea to life.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":532832,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"She remembers their fateful first meeting. \u201cHe outlined the specifics of how to develop the app in a way that felt doable, so it began to be more than just a vision,\u201d she said. With the support of Esri Services, Nolan and her team began developing Snow Mappy, the proof-of-concept application for her company Mappy, a startup partner in the Esri Partner Network.\r\n\r\nWhile Nolan always planned for her new app to provide data analytics, the primary goal for Snow Mappy was to create a user-friendly tool that put the power of geospatial mapping in the hands of winter sport enthusiasts. However, implementing ArcGIS Runtime SDKs into an easy-to-use app would be a challenge. Nolan needed developers with experience in a variety of technologies. She again looked to Esri and connected with its Startup program. This gave Nolan access to exclusive support from the Esri team, discount rates on Esri products, and contact with third-party partners experienced in providing custom solutions built with various ArcGIS Runtime SDKs.\r\n\r\nNolan hired FreshWorks Studio to develop the user experience and deploy the app. As the 2020 ski season approached, the Mappy team had an issue that could drastically impede their expected launch: the app crashed when a user switched between 2D and 3D maps or between different resorts. In some instances, the only solution was to reinstall the app entirely.\r\n\r\nPeterson and the Esri developer consultant team connected Nolan to a longtime Esri partner, GEO Jobe. \u201cThe ski seasons are a fixed point in time each calendar year. So, the release dates are very much dictated by when the skiers are actually going to be on the mountain,\u201d explained Eric Goforth, director of professional services at GEO Jobe.\r\n\r\n\u201cPart of the reason I was able to make headway was the Runtime team itself,\u201d said Goforth. He worked with Nicholas Furness, one of the Runtime SDK product managers, to provide the Runtime engineering team with the information needed to identify the cause of the crashes. The team was able to implement a fix and deliver a preview version of the next ArcGIS Runtime SDK release for Mappy to use. With Esri\u2019s cooperation, Mappy was able to test its app with the new version of Runtime, solve the crashing issue, and\u2014most importantly\u2014launch as scheduled.\r\n\r\nNolan continues to work with her partners at GEO Jobe, FreshWorks Studio, and Esri to bring more ArcGIS-based solutions to her users. In early 2021, Snow Mappy launched at resorts in the United States and Canada. The beta app was a success, with nearly 1,500 downloads on iOS alone and 7.5 million real-time data points collected from anonymized users. Nolan and her team have used this ski season to refine their process for building customized datasets for specific venues, and they hope to apply this approach at hundreds of mountains.\r\n\r\nNolan plans to work with her partners to develop an overlay that will help skiers and snowboarders avoid slopes that are too steep or too flat. Also, Mappy will soon provide indoor mapping as well, using Bluetooth sensors in large buildings. Snow Mappy has proved to be a valuable asset for data analytics, which Nolan has used to form partnerships with ski resorts. But that\u2019s only one part of her vision for Mappy. \u201cWe work with the venues to work with the consumers,\u201d she said.\r\n\r\nFor Nolan, getting geospatial technology into the hands of people who would not be considered GIS experts is very exciting. \u201cI love that guests are getting exposure to these cool 2D and 3D maps and to the Esri world,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that [ArcGIS] Runtime has really allowed Esri technology to get into the consumer space.\u201d\r\n\r\nSnow Mappy uses ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS and is written in Swift and uses the SwiftUI framework. It provides functionality such as 2D and 3D mapping, geocoding locators, and routing. There are plans for more overlays and web mapping. Snow Mappy makes use of local mobile map packages (MMPKs) and mobile scene packages (MSPKs) but will soon move toward an online system. Nolan has successfully leveraged a wide array of Esri\u2019s geospatial tech into what she calls her \u201cpassion project,\u201d a user-friendly app for \u201cfinding my husband on the mountains.\u201d"}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"\nGIS startup fulfills 20 year dream<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karyn Nolan built Snow Mappy app and a new startup with help from ArcGIS Runtime SDK team and Esri partner GEO Jobe.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ArcGIS SDKs Help Realize a Passion Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karyn Nolan built Snow Mappy app and a new startup with help from ArcGIS Runtime SDK team and Esri partner GEO Jobe.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Esri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/snowmappy_banner.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Esri\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t \"@graph\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project\",\n\t \"name\": \"GIS startup fulfills 20 year dream\",\n\t \"isPartOf\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website\"\n\t },\n\t \"datePublished\": \"2022-09-03T00:47:37+00:00\",\n\t \"description\": \"Karyn Nolan built Snow Mappy app and a new startup with help from ArcGIS Runtime SDK team and Esri partner GEO Jobe.\",\n\t \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project#breadcrumb\"\n\t },\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t \"target\": [\n\t \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project\"\n\t ]\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-sdks-help-realize-a-passion-project#breadcrumb\",\n\t \"itemListElement\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 1,\n\t \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t \"item\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 2,\n\t \"name\": \"ArcGIS SDKs Help Realize a Passion Project\"\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/\",\n\t \"name\": \"Esri\",\n\t \"description\": \"Esri Newsroom\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t \"target\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t },\n\t \"query-input\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t }\n\t }\n\t ],\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/82e5143bcdebadf8fd64d84e503ca468\",\n\t \"name\": \"Monica Pratt\",\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MonicaMug_agol2.jpg\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MonicaMug_agol2.jpg\",\n\t \"caption\": \"Monica Pratt\"\n\t },\n\t \"description\": \"Monica Pratt is the founding and current editor of ArcUser magazine, the executive editor of ArcNews magazine, the editor of Esri Globe and head of the Publications team at Esri. 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