{"id":79941,"date":"2017-10-12T09:41:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T09:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/enabling-a-smarter-world\/"},"modified":"2018-05-09T17:52:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T17:52:48","slug":"enabling-a-smarter-world","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/enabling-a-smarter-world","title":{"rendered":"Enabling a Smarter World"},"author":7391,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37091,27911,24961],"industry":[],"product":[],"class_list":["post-79941","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-the-arcgis-book","tag-tutorial","tag-web-gis"],"acf":{"short_description":"GIS Provides a Framework and Process\r\n\r\nBy Christian Harder and Clint Brown.\r\n\r\nThe Internet of Things is becoming real. We\u2019re learning how...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong><em>GIS Provides a Framework and Process<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Internet of Things is becoming real. We\u2019re learning how to measure virtually everything that moves and changes on the planet with a web of connected instruments that are gauging water flows, <!--more-->documenting changes in climates, and pinpointing where people and things exist. And this lattice of information is becoming available through the Internet, basically instrumenting our planet with GIS. Location mapping and GIS is becoming an essential framework or language to help us keep track of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p>When fully realized, this framework allows a sort of virtuous cycle. GIS users, working in their localities\u2014each contributing their small piece of the larger geographic puzzle\u2014repeatedly apply the science of our world to collect and organize their geographic information into effective representations. They use maps along with interactive charts and graphs to visualize, portray, and share their results. With GIS, users go even further and ask deeper, more probing questions to model and test different scenarios. These GIS practitioners apply The Science of Where to inform the way that people make decisions and take action. Think about GIS users repeating this cycle over and over in hundreds of situations and locations worldwide\u2014it adds up to science in action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/01-fig-1-8-v21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/01-fig-1-8-v21-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It All Begins with a Map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Web GIS revolves around the map. It\u2019s the framework for your data and the primary geographic container that gets shared and embedded in your apps. In ArcGIS it is called a \u201cweb map.\u201d The purpose of the web map below is simple enough: to show the last 120 days of earthquakes everywhere on Earth. (By the way, if you\u2019re reading the print edition, make sure you access the book on your computer as well to get the full, up-to-date experience.)<\/p>\n<p>There are several points of interest right here on this map. First of all, it\u2019s navigable, which means you can pan and zoom. The map has many zoom levels built in, each one revealing more detail the closer you get. Click on any earthquake symbol to learn the magnitude and date of each event.<\/p>\n<p>These little windows of information are called \u201cpop-ups,\u201d and by the time you finish this chapter, you\u2019ll know how to configure them.<\/p>\n<p>The map also has scaled symbols, showing the relative magnitude of each earthquake. The background map is symbolized as well, in this case in muted dark tones that set off the bright earthquake symbols.<\/p>\n<p>This data, organized with this combination of symbology, reveals an interesting pattern: the well-known Ring of Fire. This map could be easily embedded on any web page or in an app. But where did it originate? It began life as a web map in the ArcGIS map viewer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learngis.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/View\/index.html?appid=e2c858b4448b4127a2614813ada03172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88299 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/10\/01-fig-1-9-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learngis.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/View\/index.html?appid=e2c858b4448b4127a2614813ada03172\"><em>This simple live map<\/em><\/a><em> shows earthquakes that occurred over the previous 120 days.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>This post is excerpted from <\/em>The ArcGIS Book, Second Edition: 10 Big Ideas about Applying The Science of Where<em>, by Christian Harder and Clint Brown<\/em><em>. 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