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The Developer Outreach Team is proud to announce the solution to your DevSummit withdrawals! We listened and are excited to keep the greatest developer event going throughout the year via our GeoDev Webinar series.  This is no ordinary developer webinar series; it’s a webinar series produced by developers for developers. Looking to build web, mobile, and desktop apps for any device? Learn as Esri Developer Outreach advocates demonstrate how the ArcGIS APIs, SDKs, and analytic capabilities can help you to do this! Join us to learn about the latest geospatial tools on the ArcGIS platform. Our first webinar to kick off the series is "Discovering the ArcGIS JavaScript 4.x API", presented by Andy Gup and Rene Rubalcava. We understand how those of you who have been using 3.x and prior are interested in checking out how 4.x has improved and simplified the API. Its ability to work with map and layer web resources stored as items in the ArcGIS geoinformation model, and its support for building engaging and elegant user experiences is the draw for learning more. There are new capabilities that developers can use to make #webmapping #apps better than before. There is now native support for #vectortiles, and #widgets are extensible and more useful with #UI frameworks other than Dojo. There is also the capability to create local builds using our #Bower package on #GitHub. When it comes to apps that work with and edit features, improve the performance of your app using the #geometry #engine to do this work all on the client side, right in the browser.  Register for a webinar today! ... View more

Tomorrow the Developer Outreach Team is hosting a PubNub webinar: "Mapping and Tracking That Your Users Crave". Apps today are driven by realtime, interactive maps. What better way than to show you how to create these maps and use your data to give your users the experience they are craving in navigating? Presenters Andy Gup's Blog‌ and Geeknixta's Blog‌ share not only the ins-and-outs of realtime mapping, but they also show how to implement geo-tracking, route planning, and more using Esri BLOCKS.  Interested in attending the webinar? Register now to save your seat! ... View more

Last week, Esri's NYC office teamed up with The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center’s MAPSCorps team, which is comprised of college student leaders (the Field Coordinators) who manage teams of high school students (the Youth Mappers) who then serve as mobile data collectors to itemize and validate the locations, status, and attributes of various resources, in selected neighborhoods across NYC. The student teams then analyze the data collected against various health problems identified for those neighborhoods and communities as part of their summer symposium presentations. At the present moment, the MAPSCorps program are using ArcGIS to help them manage data collected in the field and map it, analyzing resource availability for these specific health issues and services. ArcGIS Story Maps will be used to present their observations, findings, and stories through flexible, interactive, and functional web application. This is where we came into the picture... On July 31st, staff from Esri’s NYC office conducted a workshop for the college student leaders. We needed to cover a lot of ground fast, and get them productive as soon as possible, so the workshop followed the Data > Design > Develop pattern. Hands-on examples were used to have the students practice with techniques for working with data: for searching, finding, converting, modifying, creating, editing, and verifying it all. The better the data, the better the solution. Luckily the City of New York is one of the more forward-moving cities in the U.S. when it comes to its support of transparent government and citizen engagement supported by open data. It was great to see how inspired the students were to apply our tools and make a difference. We look forward to following up with them in the month of August to see where their work on Story Maps takes them.  To be continued... ... View more

Tomorrow the #Esri #GeoDev team will be hosting our free four-hour hands-on HackerLab at the Esri R&D Center in Portland, ME. Later, we will be joining Jeff Jackson and his team in presenting some lightning talks in the evening at Oxbow Brewing Company. The Developer Outreach Team tries to reconnect with all of the R&D Centers throughout the year, and this our second HackerLab event held in the R&D office. We look forward to reconnecting with the developers within the area to see how we can introduce the ArcGIS platform into their work.  Later, we will convene for a meetup at Oxbow, our go-to brewery for hosting the perfect event. We are able to utilize their large gathering space for presenting and lightning talks. We have the following lineup of speakers for tomorrow: • Randall Berry, “Constructing Opensource Visualizations For Expected Future Emergencies (COVFEFE)?” • Phillip Ulbrich, "FEMA GIS - 311 Data Project: Damage Collection Info from a Disaster" • Tim Walsh, "GIS and Asset Management at Portland Water District" If you are a developer in the Portland, ME area and are interested in attending either of these free events, please RSVP to them via Meetup.com: HackerLab: Esri HackerLab - Portland, ME - GeoDev Meetup Group - Northeast (New York, NY) - Meetup  Meetup: GeoDev Meetup - Portland, ME - GeoDev Meetup Group - Northeast (New York, NY) - Meetup  We look forward to seeing you there! The Developer Outreach Team ... View more

What a night for a GeoDev Meetup in San Diego, CA at the Esri User Conference! The weather was gorgeous, the setting was breathtaking, and the company was, well, it was with our developer community, so needless to say, no short of amazing. In our 6th year of hosting a GeoDev Meetup at UC, we've learned a number of things: 1) always have enough food and beverages; 2) allow for enough time for users to get to the meetup from the San Diego Convention Center; and 3) be prepared to be amazed by some of the most talented individuals to ever grace your presence. Yep, our users are that good. We had over 200 developers from all over the world attending; they came from around the U.S., Japan, Berlin, and South America. We had such talent with backgrounds in coding, analytics, spatial development, and GIS management. We even had numerous individuals returning back to Esri to drop by and say hello to current Esri developers. It was an evening to remember.  This social was an opportunity for our developer community to gather together and discuss what they have moving and shaking in their world. It is the one time where the developer community can really delve into conversations as deep as they can possibly go and exchange sources that can move developers into a new direction or at least open their eyes to the possibilities that await them as they continue building and designing off of the ArcGIS platform. To encourage our developers to grow in the use of ArcGIS, we held a giveaway for two registration seats to Developer Summit. Our two winners have both been very engaged in our GeoDev Meetups around the nation and having them win a complimentary registration means that much to both them and to us. Overall, the event was a success and we look forward to next year's. We are always looking to improve and would welcome any suggestions or ideas that might help us to do just that! ... View more

If you haven't stopped by Demo Theatre 11, you may have missed out on some of the latest features in our SDKs and APIs! We have a number of demo presentations that will get you up-to-speed and in-the-know on different techniques and enhancements to guide your projects in the right direction. Check out the schedule below and see which presentations may be of usefulness to you and your work: We look forward to seeing you! If, after the demo, you have any questions, please do not hesitate to turn around and walk into the Developer island for more information. We have a number of developers who can answer your questions and provide you with the information you need. Continue enjoying your UC! ... View more

At UC last night we hosted the Lightning Talks, and it was even better than ever! Even our new location didn’t thwart the interest that came into Ballroom 20A on Monday evening. With 19 presentations ranging from 3D to open data, users came from Brazil, New Zealand, Mexico, and even Africa to share some of the work they’ve been doing with Esri’s software in five minutes or less. With over 300 people in attendance, the speakers got a great sense of community and comradery  as they engaged and laughed along with the fun ideas and imagery that the presenters creatively played within their 300 seconds of glory.   We even had a couple of our winners from the USC Viterbi Fellows Grand Challenge Hackathon that took place this year February 3 – 5 th . Trisha Palit and Maria Camasmie presented their application that won at the hackathon challenge: Maji. It was great to hear their development and the work that they’ve done with it as it came to fruition. The event was sheer success! We only had to pull maybe two people off of the stage, as their presentation time hit five minutes. We show no mercy, but the presenters understand. They just get so excited to be up there and have so much to say! But that is the beauty of the event – it’s only five minutes! The briefness of the event allows for the community to have their interest piqued, but not so much so as to inundate anyone with information they may or may not find useful. Just a taste is enough to get others involved and interested enough to obtain presenter information for more details later.   See the full list of presenters and their lightning talks below. If you are interested in viewing some of these presentations or getting in touch with the presenters, do not hesitate to contact us for more information.   If you are interested in participating in this event next year, please let us know! We would love to host this event again and would love to hear about your interest.   Presenter Presentation Molly Burnhans ArcGIS for Budgeting, Project Management, and Strategic Planning Matthew McLamb GreenCity GIS Trisha Palit and Maria Camasmie Maji Gareth Gibson Augmented Reality is the New Reality Leena Gautam ArcGIS GeoPDF Streamlines Field Operations Vic Baker FTP Data Mining: Hadoop + Esri Norman Mucha ARCMAP Helps an Art Museum Boost Membership and Attendance! Josh Greenberg Building Outlines to Spatially Track Enterprise Data Eric Abrams No Data for You Robbi McKinney 3D Point Evaluation: Displaying Geophysical Borehole Data with Tools Right out of the Box Ismael Hernandez Arzate Hazard model for wildfires in Mineral del Monte, Hidalgo. Mexico Michelle Totman Four Band Imagery: What is it, and why Should I Care? Zachary Neumann Talking Points Collaborative Mapping Rob Rader Solving Utility Spatial Relationship Beau Legeer Taming the Data Tornado Jennifer Bauer Uncertainty - It's Not a Dirty Word Alessandro Cesar de Sousa Berredo Overhead Powerline Vegetation Management Michael Charles Mapping My World: Pacific Geospatial Semester Alan Moss Ilifa Africa Engineers South Africa ... View more

On June 6, Esri’s Developer Outreach Team and Code for Sacramento will be co-hosting a GeoDev Meetup at Sacramento’s City Hall. The event will begin at 6:30pm and will be quite the networking opportunity for developers within the Sacramento community. So many projects going on with so much sharing to do! This event will provide a platform for local developers to share the projects they’ve been working on and the opportunity to get involved with geo technology, geo services, web and mobile mapping, and more! Esri’s Developer Outreach Team has been hosting meetups in the Sacramento area roughly two times a year, and we have started reaching out to make more connections within the community. We saw a great opportunity for us to branch out and reach a larger audience by teaming up with Code for Sacramento. If you or any developers you know who would be interested in attending this event, please share the info! We look forward to a great turnout with a lot of new ideas, connections, and projects to come out of it. RSVP here. Catch you in Sacramento! ... View more

Every year we get users who are looking for opportunities to show off some of the work they've done over the past year. Nothing ends up being a better way to do so than with Lightning Talks at UC! Lightning Talks will be held again this year at UC in Ballroom 20A (note the room change from previous years!) on Monday, July 10th from 4:30 - 6:00pm. Users will stand on the stage and have five minutes (yes, only five) to present what they've accomplished, a new idea/concept, or a tip/trick they would like to share amongst peers. The limited time makes this event not only fun and a bit comical, but it also allows for the audience to learn from many speakers! Think you might be interested in participating? We're currently accepting abstract submissions at lightningtalks@esri.com. For more information on this event, please check out our page. We look forward to your participation at this thrilling event! ... View more

We just could NOT wait another minute to share with you the top 20* DevSummit tech session videos. It is so exciting to share with you what you may not have been able to see  at DevSummit a couple of weeks ago. Or perhaps you would just like to see them again! Either way, we're happy to share them today. You will be able to see the following: ArcGIS API for JavaScript: Getting Started ArcGIS API for JavaScript Programming Patterns and API Fundamentals ArcGIS API for Python: Advanced Scripting ArcGIS Enterprise: An Introduction ArcGIS Enterprise: Architecting Your Deployment ArcGIS Enterprise: Automating Installation and Configuration ArcGIS Enterprise: Performance and Scalability Best Practices ArcGIS Enterprise Security Big Data and ArcGIS: an Introduction to ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Server Bringing your Data to Life in the ArcGIS API for JavaScript: Vector tiles Building Responsive Web Apps with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript Building Your own Widget with ArcGIS API for JavaScript Choosing a Javascript Framework in 2017 Customizing the ArcGIS API for JavaScript Widgets GeoEvent Server: Internet of Things (IoT) Insights for ArcGIS Introduction to Scripting Your WebGIS with ArcGIS API for Python The Million Points on a Map Problem - Advanced Techniques Using TypeScript with ArcGIS API for JavaScript Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS Advanced Development Tools and Techniques Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS Enterprise Deployments (*and a bonus one, too!) We hope you are able to watch all of them in one sitting. Right now. Okay, well soon anyway. Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments! Keep an eye out for the rest of the videos soon to be hitting the Esri Events > DevSummit playlist. You can view and subscribe to it here: http://arcg.is/2oacRjt. Happy viewing! ... View more

Today is a super busy day for us #GeoDev worker bees! We have a HackerLab here in coordination with NEARC at UMass Amherst during the day (10:30AM - 4:30PM) with a #Meetup to follow at Bistro 63 (5:30pm - 8:30pm). For more info, please see our post on Meetup.com: HackerLab: https://lnkd.in/btHmqXM Meetup: https://lnkd.in/byn2KF4 Also today, we are hosting a GeoDev Meetup in Indianapolis! John Yaist (@themaphaps) is hosting this event at Sullivan's Steakhouse - Indianapolis. For more info, please see the following: Meetup: https//lnkd.in/bxpTbqN We hope to see you there! ... View more

Hey all you #developers out there - the Esri #DevSummit detailed agenda is live and ready for you to view and plan. http://www.esri.com/events/devsummit/agenda/detailed-agenda Be sure to share with us which sessions you're looking forward to! ... View more

We’ve got another app challenge for you! Check out the NIEHS Climate Change and Environmental Exposures Challenge. This is an awesome opportunity to show how GIS can emphasize the power of data in new and exciting ways. The deadline is approaching fast…but there’s still time to visualize climate data in powerful ways…and win some awesome prizes!  More info here, too! Go sign up today! John Yaist​ ... View more