topic ???cloud??? version of ArcGIS / ArcGIS Professional? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions

???cloud??? version of ArcGIS / ArcGIS Professional?

larryzhang1 — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 05:05:20 GMT

Hi, ESRI teams,

We knew ESRI???s strategy and solutions for cloud computing (2009/2010), for example, ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server for AWS / EC2???

Technically, this ESRI strategy /solutions to GIS cloud only meet some needs in enterprise, like web/mobile-based lightweight users...

In fact, more and more demands in the enterprise still need collaboration capabilities with some advanced functions like desktop ArcGIS, in addition to lightweight web/mobile cloud solutions... Keep in mind, the current license model (ArcGIS Basic, Standard, and Advanced) with powerful workstations' investment cost too much to IT organizations...

So, with the advance of IT in the enterprise, in particular, enterprise-oriented cloud computing, does ESRI still have no plan to re-engineer desktop ArcGIS to have a version in cloud, for example, a ???cloud??? version of ArcGIS Professional?

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As well-knew, Autodesk just releases ???AutoCAD Fusion 360???, which is the first release of computer-intensive application in cloud environment, especially, collaboration capabilities in the cloud version, even though it does not have full/ complete drawing /designing functions like desktop AutoCAD, at this stage.

With this strategy, users in the enterprise will mainly have two groups: AutoCAD in cloud for majority (engineers, geologists, etc???); and full-blown version of AutoCAD on workstations for a few of advanced design specialists, in addition to web/ mobile-based lightweight users???

Re: �??cloud�?? version of ArcGIS / ArcGIS Professional?

RichardWatson — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:49:03 GMT

I recently attend the 2014 ESRI Developer Summit Conference. In the sessions that I attended there was no discussion of any web hosted client functionality other than that which is provided by ArcGIS Online (AGOL). As you probably know, AGOL is a very limited form of ArcGIS Server in the cloud, e.g. no support for image services, custom code, geoprocessing, etc.

ESRI did discuss the upcoming release of ArcGIS Professional which is essentially a next generation ArcMap.

Re: �??cloud�?? version of ArcGIS / ArcGIS Professional?

larryzhang1 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:23:37 GMT

I recently attend the 2014 ESRI Developer Summit Conference. In the sessions that I attended there was no discussion of any web hosted client functionality other than that which is provided by ArcGIS Online (AGOL). As you probably know, AGOL is a very limited form of ArcGIS Server in the cloud, e.g. no support for image services, custom code, geoprocessing, etc.

ESRI did discuss the upcoming release of ArcGIS Professional which is essentially a next generation ArcMap.

Thx, Richard

We have learnt some from several ESRI presentations on the coming release of ArcGIS Professional, which looks promising to GIS professionals, in particular, as an integrated desktop GIS platform.

However, on very limited information about the coming �??desktop�?? ArcGIS Professional, we haven�??t seen any in-depth topics /presentations on the following aspects:

[INDENT]1. How to closely collaborate each other over �??cloud�?? (via Portal for ArcGIS or ArcGIS Online), especially, on geocoding, processing, feature extraction from raster, and 2D/3D analysis, in addition to �??static/dynamic�?? mapping /3D visualization;
2. How to integrate CityEngine to support real �??3D Printing�??;
3. How to innovate the existing ArcGIS Server/ ArcSDE to support the above new capabilities/ functions over ArcGIS Pro, including if to support managing 3D raster (stereo-pair/model, panoramas, oblique photos, LiDAR, etc.)[/INDENT]