ESRI has recently released an iPhone and iPad app that will allow developers to bring content derived from ArcGIS to the popular iOS platforms. According to ESRI’s website, the ArcGIS app will allow users to find and share maps from ArcGIS Online, use tools to search, identify, measure, and query and eventually (after some future update), to collect and update GIS features and attributes and perform GIS analysis by accessing geoprocessing tasks. I think this is a major game changer for engineers and geologists and all manner of public works departments. I can’t wait to see what developers come up with for this. [Source: Slashgeo. Image: ESRI]
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ESRI have a number of examples of what can be achieved using their new API. Examples and reference for the API can be found here. Using the API you can:
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- Execute a GIS model and display the results in Google Maps.
- Search for features in your GIS data and display the results on Google Maps.
- Find addresses using your own address locator and display the result on Google Maps.
- Display attributes from your GIS data on the map using the Google Chart API.
- Allows others to add GIS functionality from your server as a Google Mapplet.
On the surface, it seems like this news would only be of interest to GIS professionals and geeks like me. But the truth as I see it is that this development for extending the popular ArcGIS platform to the internet will lead to a whole host of new online applications and mashups that will be both fun and useful. (Screenshot by way of Mapperz)
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