Topic: AI-Assisted Coding in ArcGIS: Building Tools and Applications with Third-Party LLMs
Description: Generative AI is changing how code gets written, and how we teach it. In this GIS in Higher Education Chat, we’ll show how faculty can set up a practical, low-cost development environment that pairs ArcGIS with third-party large language models to build geospatial tools and applications.
This session will walk through a potential developer setup which includes GitHub and GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code, and core development tools like Python and Git. Then we’ll show how an AI coding assistant can help write, explain, and debug ArcGIS code. Specifically, we will be building out a Python toolbox for use in ArcGIS Pro.
A GitHub repository with step-by-step setup guides and training materials will be shared, so you can recreate the environment yourself and adapt it for your courses.
Speakers:
- Brian Baldwin – Lead Solution Engineer, Esri
- Valerie Desrosier – Sr. Solution Engineer, Esri
When: Tuesday, December 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM (PT)
