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Building Web Apps for Your Business

Derek Law - Esri

Esri Petroleum Conference 2017

@GIS_Bandit

Agenda

• Overview

• Creating Web Apps – No Coding

1. Configurable Application Templates

2. Story Map Apps

3. Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS

• Summary

Overview

• Apps → Key “products” that many end-users interact with

- Value proposition of your GIS solution:

- Help support your business workflows

- Save time, save money, and improve efficiency

• Consider: Which aspects of the business can apps add value to the organization?

• AppBuilders → Makes it easy to quickly create and deploy new apps

- Empowers non-developers to share their data and work

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ArcGIS Platform and Web GIS

• Deployment options

1. ArcGIS Online

- In the Cloud

2. ArcGIS Enterprise

- In your own infrastructure

- Or combination of both

Desktop Web Device

Server Online Content

and Services

portal

Web Map

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• Enables “intelligent maps” → A web map stores references to

- Web services and data

- Display and behavior settings

• Supports: smart mapping, pop-ups, web editing, and analysis

• Foundation for your maps and apps

• Create in the portal Map Viewer or ArcGIS Pro

• Can be leveraged by all other Esri client Apps

• Web Scene → 3D content

What is a Web Map?

Desktop Web Device

portal

A

Configurable Web Apps and AppBuilders

Complexity and functionality

ConfigurableApplication Templates

Web AppBuilderfor ArcGIS

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sub-group

Story Map Apps

Configurable Application Templates

• Collection of well defined, workflow driven templates

• Designed to support many common use cases; 32 different templates

• Included within the web site interface of ArcGIS Online

and/or Portal for ArcGIS

• Access from

- the Map Viewer

- on the My Content page

Configurable Application Templates – Categories

• Collect/Edit Data

• Compare Maps/Layers

• Display a Scene (3D)

• Explore/Summarize Data

• Make a Gallery

• Map Social Media

• Provide Local Information

• Route/Get Directions

• Showcase a Map

Configurable Application Template

Basic Viewer

Demo

3D Configurable App Templates

• New support for 3D content and visualizations, use Web Scenes

• 3 new templates:

Simple Scene Viewer Comparison Scenes 3D Data Visualization

Story Map Apps

• A subset of the Configurable Application Templates

• Focused apps that enable customers to communicate their work

Story Maps are simple

web apps that combine

interactive maps,

Story Maps are simple

web apps that combine

interactive maps,

multimedia content,

Story Maps are simple

web apps that combine

interactive maps,

multimedia content,

and user experiences

Story Maps are simple

web apps that combine

interactive maps,

multimedia content, and

user experiences to tell

stories about your business.

Story Map Apps

• Can be used to …

- Tell a narrative story with images, video, and 2D/3D maps

- Showcase a set of places like parks, infrastructure, real estate, …

- Create a presentation or briefing

- Bind together a set of maps and apps for reference

- 5 types + 3 in beta

Story Map Journal Story Map Series Story Map

Swipe/Spyglass

Story Map Tour Story Map Basic

Story Map Apps

Demo

Story Map Apps for Your Business

• The Story Map Journal and Story Map Series apps are particularly useful

- Embed other enterprise content into these stories: videos, PDFs, web pages, web apps, …

- Bind together maps and apps for reports, dashboards, presentations, and briefings

- Story Map Journal supports printing and PDF export

“My Stories” App

• A dashboard and management tool for Story Map authors

• Helps you choose the right type of Story Map to use

• Checks your Story Map Apps for issues and helps fix them

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS

• Functionality within ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS

- ArcGIS Online since Dec 2014

- Portal for ArcGIS in 10.3 and later

• Enables new apps to be created without coding

- Interactive WYSIWYG user experience

- Supports 2D and 3D apps

- 2D apps runs on any device, in a web browser

• Built with ArcGIS API for JavaScript and HTML 5 technology

• Extensible

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS

• Create new web apps without programming 50+ widgets

2 Options to Work with Web AppBuilder

1. Within ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS

- Embedded in the web site

- Activate from the map viewer or My Contents

2. Developer Edition

- Separate download and installed locally

- Sign into ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS

- Support for custom widgets and themes

• Both offer the same “builder” user experience, same capabilities

Available Widgets for 2D Web Apps

• Widget: a chunk of code that can be added in a modular fashion; provides functionality

• 40+ available; enable core web mapping application capabilities

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS

Demo

Run 2D Apps on Any Device

Available Widgets for 3D Web Apps

• 3D enabled widgets

• Some widgets rebuilt to

work with 3D content

Summary

• Overview

• Creating Web Apps – No Coding

1. Configurable Application Templates

2. Story Map Apps

3. Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS

ConfigurableApplication Templates Web AppBuilder

for ArcGIS

sub-group

Story Map Apps

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