Senior Technical Evangelist
Eagle Technology Group Ltd (Esri New Zealand Distributor)
Wellington
New Zealand
The featured map this week on the Esri.com website is the Montgomery Botanical Center champion trees application. Here’s an overview of how easy it was to create this application, which required no programming, using ArcGIS Online web maps and easy-to-configure application templates.
8th May 2012
Participation from GIS professionals like you makes the Esri Asia Pacific User Conference much more than just another regional technology event. It’s a place to collaborate, connect, and get inspired by the work of your colleagues. We encourage you to share what you know to help GIS professionals of all experience levels better leverage the power of geospatial technology.
Eagle Technology Group Ltd, Esri’s official distributor for New Zealand, is proud to host the Esri Asia Pacific User Conference 2012 (APUC), to be held November 5–7, 2012, at the SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.
Why Attend
- Learn firsthand about the latest advances being made in Esri technology.
- Hear from Esri staff about the present and future directions of GIS and Esri.
- Strengthen your GIS knowledge and skills.
- Connect with both regional and international Esri product specialists and GIS professionals.
- Explore GIS topics in a variety of tracks.
- See how to best leverage your current GIS investments.
Who Should Attend
All Esri technology users from the Asia-Pacific region are encouraged to join us. From new users to seasoned GIS professionals, from decision makers and business owners to GIS analysts, everyone will benefit from attending. Esri business and media partners are also welcome.
New features have been added to ArcGIS Ideas that enhance the site and improve access to ArcGIS Workspaces.
The Android SDK team recently released an upgraded faster emulator that has support for native OpenGL ES 2.0! This is a key tool for ArcGIS Android developers in building and testing their apps. We have been testing on all platforms and today can announce support for ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android apps working on the emulator on all platforms, Mac, Linux, and Windows.
The steps to configure your development environment can be found here: http://blogs.esri.com/
There’s no doubt about it—lots of people are interested in using Python scripts to automate ArcGIS tasks and workflows. Last week’s live training seminar on creating Python add-ins (new functionality coming at ArcGIS 10.1) attracted a large audience.
If you couldn’t attend the live seminar, the recording is now available for free viewing on the Esri Training website.
We’re thrilled to announce that the Esri International User Conference 2012 agenda search and planner is now available. In addition to exploring the more than 900-plus sessions in the agenda, you can also use the planner to start building your schedule for the week. Not only can this help you get to all of the presentations that matter most to you, but it’s also a great tool for justifying your trip to San Diego. Once you’ve built your schedule, you can export it to Outlook or iCal so you can synch it with your mobile device.
While we hope you spend time delving into the full breadth of the agenda, here are a few of the topics that are generating buzz throughout the GIS community:
- Cloud—Explore a range of sessions aimed at helping you leverage the cloud to publish and share your maps.
- Mobile—Review tips and strategies for integrating GIS workflows on mobile platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.
- ArcGIS Online—Get an overview of ArcGIS Online for organizations and hear best practices about topics including web mapping applications design, caching, and more.
- ArcGIS 10.1—Learn about the latest enhancements in ArcGIS and find out how it will affect your work.
The technology tides have shifted again and, as the notion of cloud computing is becoming mainstream across most industries, a new buzzword is emerging: Big Data. Never heard of it? Simply put, the term refers to the ever-growing mountain of data, generated from myriad sources, that organizations must effectively address.
Esri Asia Pacific User Conference 2012
Esri users can now access ArcGIS data and mapping capabilities on Amazon’s popular Android tablet, Kindle Fire.ArcGIS for Android, also available on iOS devices, Windows Phones, and other Android devices, lets users access, edit, and share maps. The free app can be downloaded directly from the Amazon Appstore for Android.
ArcGIS for Android is a native application that serves as a mobile gateway into the ArcGIS system. It provides an intuitive user experience for querying map layers and data. With it, users can quickly access their own maps and data authored in ArcGIS Online as well as collect and edit geographic data. ArcGIS for Android includes a Favorites feature that accesses popular maps quickly; a tool for measuring area and distance; and the ability to display data in popups that support images, charts, links, and more.
ArcGIS for Android is built on Esri’s ArcGIS Runtime Software Development Kit (SDK). This SDK lets developers create custom spatially enabled applications for Kindle Fire and other Android devices and is designed to use web services available from ArcGIS Online. Apps built using the SDK can be deployed within the enterprise or to the public via the Amazon Appstore for Android and Google Play.
To download the ArcGIS app, visit the Amazon Appstore for Android or directly from your Kindle Fire.
