{"id":200062,"date":"2019-01-14T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T22:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&#038;p=200062"},"modified":"2022-02-18T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T18:22:37","slug":"top-10-2-take-aways-from-the-esri-international-developer-summit","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/top-10-2-take-aways-from-the-esri-international-developer-summit","title":{"rendered":"Top 10.2 Take-aways from the Esri International Developer Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":651,"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":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10942],"tags":[176962,12152,177172,386062,287612],"arcwatch_issues":[293352],"class_list":["post-200062","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esri-developer-summit","tag-developer","tag-devsummit","tag-esri-developer-summit","tag-esri-international-developer-summit","tag-event","arcwatch_issues-may-2013","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"Data feeds for your GIS go real time. Maps in your tablets and smartphones go offline.","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":"Esri International Developer Summit\r\nWhen: March 10\u201313, 2014\r\nWhere: Palm Springs, California","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":194652,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"An always-live\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2172\/the-arcgis-platform\">ArcGIS platform<\/a>\u00a0that updates frequently and powers groundbreaking, real-time GIS and location-aware apps generated serious buzz at the 2013 Esri International Developer Summit (DevSummit).\r\n\r\nSpeaking to 1,600 developers in Palm Springs, California, Esri president Jack Dangermond called the platform with its cloud, web and mobile apps, server, and desktop parts \"transformational.\"\r\n\r\n\"This is a big year for us. It's probably one of the most interesting years in our history,\" Dangermond said. \"We've been working on developing a whole new generation of technology. This technology is about transforming GIS as we know it into a platform. The opportunities there are immense to be able to configure and take geography and geographic understanding everywhere.\"\r\n\r\nTo highlight the platform message and other salient points made during the week, Esri's DevSummit team members put their heads together and compiled this list of take-aways from what's always a memorable event:\r\n<h3>Take-away 1: It's All about Real People<\/h3>\r\nDatabase tuning, web services, security, geostatistics, and debugging of apps\u2014these are all important and were well covered at the DevSummit. But this year, special emphasis was placed on showing how organizations can truly make useful information products and tools available to many different kinds of audiences. Do your maps communicate? Does your app serve an obvious purpose? In inspiring talks, Esri director of software development Scott Morehouse and design usability expert Jared M. Spool explained how to make your work more relevant to people. Watch Morehouse's presentation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2213\/the-arcgis-platform\">The ArcGIS Platform<\/a>, and Spool's keynote speech,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2228\/keynote-address-anatomy-of-a-design-decision\">Anatomy of a Design Decision<\/a>."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":194662,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Take-away 2: Sensors, Real-time Feeds, and GIS<\/h3>\r\nArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/software\/arcgis\/arcgisserver\/extensions\">ArcGIS for Server extension<\/a>, will give you the ability to connect into, process, and visualize real-time data feeds. Scheduled for release with ArcGIS 10.2 in June 2013, ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server will let you bring information from sensors in the field into your everyday GIS work. That means you can visualize relevant events on a map as they happen\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0analyze and respond to them. All in real time.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2219\/arcgis-platform-arcgis-geoevent-processor-for-server\">Watch this demonstration<\/a>\u00a0by Esri's Adam Mollenkopf.\r\n<h3>Take-away 3: Location Analytics Apps and Real-time Social Media<\/h3>\r\nThe ArcGIS platform can be embedded into enterprise business systems so a wealth of data can be viewed and analyzed in maps rather than just reports and charts. The platform can also be extended to work with real-time information through web browsers. Case in point: analyzing social media, such as Tweets, to get real-time, on-the-ground information and sentiment.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2221\/location-analytics\">Watch the video<\/a>."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Center","content":"<strong>Photos from the DevSummit<\/strong>\r\nVisit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/esri\/sets\/72157633066535973\/\">DevSummit Flickr<\/a>\u00a0to see pictures of the people and the events that make the DevSummit a one-of-a-kind gathering.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Take-away 4: Maps in Your Smartphones and Tablets Go Offline<\/h3>\r\nYou can use the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/arcgis-runtime\/\">ArcGIS Runtime SDKs<\/a>\u00a0to build powerful mapping applications that combine the power of accessing online GIS services with letting you work offline when needed. ArcGIS 10.2 will enable use of maps in disconnected mode: you will be able to display, query, and even edit maps while disconnected. In fact, some useful additional bits such as routing will be enabled as well. Watch Will Crick's demonstration in the video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2226\/building-apps-with-arcgis-runtime-sdks\">Building Apps with ArcGIS Runtime SDKs<\/a>."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":194672,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Take-away 5: Location-Aware Apps<\/h3>\r\nWhat could your app do if it knew where it was? The ArcGIS Geotrigger service, scheduled for release in July 2013, will allow you and your organization to build location-aware applications. All you have to do is include the Geotrigger service in your application and define what kind of messages or notifications your users should receive when they get to a certain place. A cloud-based solution optimized for building apps on consumer devices without battery drain, the ArcGIS Geotrigger service opens up a whole new world of opportunities to make apps smart about geography in a nonintrusive and elegant way. Watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2242\/location-and-the-future-of-the-interface\">Location and the Future of the Interface<\/a>, a talk by Amber Case, director of the Esri R&amp;D Center in Portland, Oregon.\r\n<h3>Take-away 6: Web Mapmaking Gets Better and Better with ArcGIS Online<\/h3>\r\nEsri's Jeremy Bartley demonstrated some new, cool things you can do with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/PageNotFound.aspx?item=web%3a%7b1C8FFC25-9D2D-4E09-9019-EDDA9B47CC0E%7d%40en\">ArcGIS Online<\/a>\u00a0including adding Esri Map Layers\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/software\/arcgis\/arcgisserver\">ArcGIS for Server<\/a>\u00a0services published by Esri\u2014such as demographic information and live traffic for the United States and Europe.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2215\/arcgis-platform-arcgis-online-and-web-maps\">Watch the video<\/a>.\r\n<h3>Take-away 7: GIS Tools for Hadoop<\/h3>\r\nWorking with big data is a challenge because of the volume, velocity, and variety of the data, says Esri's Mansour Raad. But it's gotten easier with Esri's recent release of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/esri.github.io\/gis-tools-for-hadoop\/\">GIS Tools for Hadoop<\/a>, which you can use to spatially analyze, visualize, and interactively query big data.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/2217\/arcgis-platform-big-data-and-big-analysis\">Watch Raad's demonstration<\/a>.\r\n<h3>Take-away 8: Check Out the ArcGIS for Developers Website<\/h3>\r\nStop and visit Esri's new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/en\/\">ArcGIS for Developers<\/a>\u00a0website, meant to help you get started developing apps for users with or without an ArcGIS Online subscription.\r\n\r\n\"This is the place to go if you are a developer working with the ArcGIS platform,\" says Euan Cameron of Esri. It gives you introductory information and code snippets you can take and put into your applications, plus documentation for the APIs Esri supports: JavaScript, iOS, Android, REST, and many more."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":194682,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Take-away 9: Esri Is on GitHub!<\/h3>\r\nVisit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/esri.github.com\/\">GitHub<\/a>\u00a0to check out the latest activity in the open source community. You'll find more than 75 projects\u2014such as samples, apps, utilities, and solutions\u2014and over 150 members from Esri actively participating. Social coding will allow you to follow projects and members to keep up-to-date with all the latest activity. Fork and clone any of the projects, or jump right in and make a pull request to contribute. Check out the apps in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Esri\/100-lines-or-less-js\">100-lines-or-less-js code challenge<\/a>. Phil Leggetter, Stan McShinsky, and Ognian Samokovliyski won first, second, and third place, respectively.\r\n<h3>Take-away 10: Going HTML<\/h3>\r\nMore than 65 percent of the web developers who attended the DevSummit use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/javascript\/\">ArcGIS API for JavaScript<\/a>. All JavaScript sessions were standing room only\u2014clearly a sign, isn't it?\r\n\r\n<strong>Take-away 10.2:<\/strong>\u00a0The team Much ADO about Balls won this year's dodge ball tournament, reports Esri ArcGIS program manager Jim McKinney. Congratulations to the players, who were rewarded with free passes to the 2014 DevSummit."}],"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>Top 10.2 Take-aways from the Esri International Developer Summit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Data feeds for your GIS go real time. 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