What is New in Mobile GIS?

Damian Spangrud
ArcGIS Product Manager Esri Redlands

What is New in Mobile GIS?

Damian Spangrud
ArcGIS Product Manager Esri Redlands

Agenda

Mobile GIS Overview ESRI Mobile GIS Solutions

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ArcGIS Mobile ArcGIS for iOS ArcPad

Select a Mobile GIS Solution

Q&A

Objective

Introduce ESRI mobile GIS solutions Provide guidance in selecting the appropriate solutions

ArcGIS 10
A Complete System for Geographic Information

Cloud Web

Mobile and lightweight GIS

Visualize Create Collaborate Discover Manage Analyze

Enterprise

Local Desktop

Making GIS available to everyone

Why use mobile GIS?

Improve field productivity

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Use maps to make decisions View location of real-time information Route and navigate using maps

Maintain operational data

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Inspect assets Collect accurate locations Capture observations Record events

Facilitate accurate operational awareness

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Real-time locations Wireless synchronization

What is ArcGIS mobile?

Mobile capabilities of the ArcGIS system
Apps and APIs Platforms
iOS Windows Phone Linux Windows Mobile Android

Windows 7

Form Factors

ArcGIS

Functionality (Mobility Services)

Esris Mobile Products

ArcGIS for

iOS Windows Mobile ArcPad Microsoft Windows Phone

Android

Mobile and Lightweight GIS Driven By

Platforms
Windows Windows Mobile Apple iOS Android,
Mobile & Lightweight GIS

Connectivity
Always connected Sometimes connected Never connected

Form Factor
Phone Handheld Tablet Laptop

Device Capabilities
GPS Camera Range Finder

Addressing many use cases, across many domains

Mobile and Lightweight GIS: Products

Mobile & Lightweight GIS

ArcGIS for iOS, Windows Phone, and Android

ArcGIS Mobile

ArcPad

Addressing many use cases, across many domains

ArcGIS for Windows Mobile

What is ArcGIS Mobile?

ArcGIS Mobile is the technology framework that extends the reach of GIS to the field ArcGIS Mobile provides:
Mobile

Ready-To-Deploy Applications .NET Software Development Kit (SDK) Tools for authoring projects

Web

Desktop

ArcGIS.com ArcGIS Server

Who is using ArcGIS Mobile?

St Clair Street Sign Inspections Oakland County Pet Survey Los Angeles County Road Assessments City of Dover NASCAR Event Management Broward County Sheriffs Office District of Columbia Water and Sewer Nassau County Infrastructure Mapping BaySF Forestry Management

Loma Linda University Medical City of Buffalo Fire Safety Virginia Department of Forestry Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities PIDPA Netherlands CSX Railway Austin Energy Utilities Coachella Valley Inspections

ArcGIS Mobile:

Platforms:
Windows Mobile Windows
ArcGIS Mobile

Connectivity
Connected Occasionally connected Disconnected

Form Factor:
Smart phones Handheld devices Tablet

Device Capabilities
GPS Camera Range finder Other sensors

Key New Features @ 10

Enhanced Support Track & Geo-Collaborate Create & Manage Mobile Projects Edit Data from ArcGIS Server or Desktop Extensible Application Framework

ArcGIS Mobile Work-Flow

Define data model Design mobile map 1

ArcGIS Desktop Design Author Setup Extract

ArcGIS ONLINE

ArcGIS SERVER

MPC to Publish To ArcGIS Online or On-Premise Server

ArcGIS Mobile Map Collect Search Sync 5

Licensing update
Feature of ArcGIS Desktop 5-pack deployment bundles available Entitled to single deployment Feature of ArcGIS Server Advanced Enterprise. Unlimited Deployments

ArcPad

What Is ArcPad

Mobile lightweight GIS focused on field data collection Supports high accuracy GPS/GIS & external data collection devices. Advanced field GIS functionality Ability to support Ad-Hoc work flow Integrated with ArcGIS system

ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Server ArcGIS Desktop

Can be customized using ArcPad Studio

ArcPad:

Platforms:
Windows Mobile Windows
ArcPad

Connectivity
Disconnected Occasionally Connected

Form Factor:
Handheld devices Tablet

Device Capabilities
GPS Camera Range finders Other sensors

ArcPad 10 Key Features

Release June 29, 2010 Supports ArcGIS Online & Bing Maps Focused On Ease of Use (Forms for Related Tables, Quick Capture Toolbar) Continues to focus on professional GPS/GIS data collection workflow

Continues to support ad-hoc data collection

ArcPad 10 Summary

Uses ArcGIS Online & Bing Maps Focused On Ease of Use (Forms For Related Tables, Quick Capture Toolbar) Continues to support high accuracy gps/GIS & external data collection devices. Continues to focus on ad-hoc data collection

ArcGIS for iOS, Windows Phone, Android

ArcGIS for Mobile Devices:

Platforms:
Apple iOS Android Windows Phone
ArcGIS

Connectivity
Always Connected

Form Factor:
Tablet Phone

Device Capabilities
GPS Camera

What is ArcGIS for lightweight Devices?

Application API

Capabilities of the ArcGIS

Browse and search map galleries Access on premise and online data Search, and Identify Execute predefined queries Measure distance and area Share with other users

What is ArcGIS for Lightweight Devices?

Build focused mapping apps for lightweight devices (smart phones) Native API

Implement GIS into an existing application

Features of the ArcGIS API for Lightweight Devices

Service Layers
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Supports multiple map projections

Dynamic and cached

Bing and Open Street Map Sketch graphics on map canvas Create callouts Query, Identify, Find GIS features Collect GIS features Locate/Geocode addresses Geometry operations

Graphics
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Tasks
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Geoprocessing Tasks

Who is it for?
Everyone! Existing ArcGIS Customers

Consumers of Enterprise GIS Consumers of Community Mapping GIS developers ESRI business partners

Devopler Community

Consumers of Community Mapping

Device App Developers

Release schedule

ArcGIS for iOS

Apple App Store API Available Microsoft App Store API Available In Beta now Application and API available in March

ArcGIS for Windows Phone

ArcGIS for Android

Whats coming?

Improved UX Routing Legend Support for Explorer items Bookmarks Support off line use Time analysis

Mobile Web Development

ArcGIS API for JavaScript

Mobile web apps built using HTML 5

Working to ensure our browser apps are supported in mobile devices Its all about options

Pros and Cons

Future Releases

Oct Android Private Beta

March Android Final iOS, WP, WM Releases

Jan/Feb Android Public Beta

10.1 ArcPad Release

Select a Mobile GIS Solution

Selecting a Mobile GIS Solution

Ready-to-deploy solutions
ArcGIS ArcPad ArcGIS

Mobile Application

for Lightweight Devices

Custom solutions built with:

ArcGIS ArcPad ArcGIS

Mobile SDK
Studio API for Lightweight Devices

Selecting a ready to deploy solution

Benefits:

Minimal configuration or customization Flexible and varied field tasks and workflow Cost-effective No developer skills required

Windows and Windows Mobile Platform:

ArcGIS Mobile Application ArcPad ArcGIS for Lightweight Devices

iOS / Android/ Windows Phone Platform:

ArcPad and ArcGIS Mobile

ArcPad

ArcPad
Ad-hoc

Ad-hoc Mobile Application Advanced GPS/GIS editing

High Accuracy GPS Workflow Users typically have GIS Training

Using scripts to customize

Traditional Data Collection Market

ArcGIS Mobile

ArcGIS Mobile

Focused Mobile Applications Task-based Defined Workflow

Planned

Field users dont require to have GIS training

.NET SDK Enterprise Mobile Market

Selecting a custom solution

Benefits:

Well suited for pre-defined workflows

Leverage in-house development Tailored to unique business needs

Integrate with back office systems

Cost-effective Have a customized look and feel (own branding) ArcGIS Mobile SDK ArcPad customization

ArcGIS for Lightweight Devices API

ArcGIS 10
A Complete System for Geographic Information

Cloud Web

Mobile and lightweight GIS

Visualize Create Collaborate Discover Manage Analyze

Enterprise

Local Desktop

Making GIS available to everyone

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