The second day at the ESRI User Conference was an exciting day. I started out the morning by learning more about ArcGIS Pro and the improvements that have been made to the geoprocessing and analysis tools. After learning about ArcGIS Pro I attended a session devoted to the geoevent server extension for ArcGIS Server. This session talked about how to set up geoevents within the ArcGIS Server environment. Both of these session were well done and informative, but what was the coolest and probably the best things I learned about today was the AppStudio for ArcGIS. I attended two session, a basic session about the tool and a more advanced session about programming and creating applications from scratch with this tool.
The AppStudio for ArcGIS will allow UCANR and IGIS to leverage our investment in ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS online technologies to easily create native applications for numerous devices (Windows, OSX, Linux, iOS, and Android). With this tool we can create native applications within a few hours from start to finish and have them be available on multiple platforms. There are many advantages of native applications over web applications:
- They can be branded and compiled and made available to the general public through the app stores for any of previously mentioned platforms and/or they can be made available to people within UCANR through our site builder websites.
- They can be easily used offline.
- They can utilize the sensors and tools of the individual devices like the camera, local storage, speakers, and microphones, etc.
I look forward to working with members of the UCANR Network in the near future to put these new tools into action. Click Here to learn more about AppStudio for ArcGIS
(Photo Credit: Eric Gakstatter)
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