Explorer for Arc GIS Take Your Maps With

Explorer for Arc. GIS: Take Your Maps With You Chris Le. Sueur Mabel Ney

Agenda • What is Explorer for Arc. GIS • Using Explorer: Communicating with Maps • Using Explorer: Maps in the Field • Using Explorer: Public Access Maps • Q&A

The App Revolution Is Making Web GIS Available Everywhere Anytime Anywhere Any Device

Apps We build Apps You build Apps for Everyone a suite of easy to use apps that work on any device, anywhere, anytime

Making mapping and location aware apps available across your organization Arc. GIS is a Platform Knowledge Workers Executive Access Public Engagement Work Anywhere Web GIS Arc. GIS Enterprise Integration

Key Principle Employing the agile methodology will deliver immediate value to your business today and into the future Empower People 1 st Configure 2 nd Customize

What is Explorer for Arc. GIS?

What is Explorer for Arc. GIS? Powered by web maps • A native app Discover maps in your organization - View information about your assets - Collaborate with others - Share maps -

Dominance of Native Apps

Explorer offers a native app experience to your maps Facebook You. Tube Twitter Explorer for Arc. GIS Why build a native app? • Performance • Better user experience • Access device features - GPS/Compass - Camera - Contacts - Sharing

Multiple platforms i. OS (i. Phone and i. Pad) Android (phones and tablets)

Explorer is Free!

No sign in required to view public maps

With your organization log in • • Use the maps you work with every day - Favorites - My Maps - My Groups - Recently used Search for Maps within your organization - Featured and newest maps

Use and Search the Map • • Key features for using maps - Measure Distances and Areas - View Feature Details - Change basemaps - Bookmarks, My Places Search the map for - Places - Features - Locations by coordinate notation - Search suggestions

Share and Collaborate Share maps - Within your organization (groups, everyone) - Directly with others (Email, Text Message, Air. Drop) Collaborate - Sketch on the map - View presentations

Who will use Explorer for Arc. GIS? • Anyone who can benefit from viewing data on a map • Everyone in the organization - Executives and managers - Policy makers - Knowledge workers - Field staff

Demo

Using Explorer: Communicating with Maps

Rosemary Mosher GIS Manager City of Auburn Maine

Demo

Using Explorer: Maps in the Field

What can you do in the field • Search for assets • Get information about your data • Current location • Measure

Use Case Loudon Water • Need to take maps in the field • They went from: Paper Maps Arc. Reader Explorer for Arc. GIS

Demo

Using Explorer: Public Access

Explorer for Arc. GIS can be used by anyone • No login required to search, open, and view public maps from Arc. GIS • The best native Arc. GIS app for sharing maps • Support for: Bookmarks - Legends - Popups -

Create a Custom URL to Open Explorer for Arc. GIS • Create a URL to open your map in Explorer for Arc. GIS on an i. OS or Android device. • If the recipient does not have either of those installed the map will open in a browser. • Post the URL on your website or send via email • How To: Use this URL as a template and insert your Web map ID. http: //www. arcgis. com/home/mobileviewer/appsharer. html? id=Your. Map. Id. Here • Here is an example: http: //www. arcgis. com/home/mobileviewer/appsharer. html? id=ac 7 e 0840 c 3444 ccbb 69082 ad 99 d 18 eeb

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North County Trails

What we’re working on • Move to Quartz runtime Vector Tiles - Smart Mapping renderers - Offline Maps - • Enhanced Map Sketching/Markup - Markup and annotations are persistent - Arc. GIS Org users can share with a group - Supports redlining workflows

Learn more • Come to the Apps booth • esri. com/explorer-for-arcgis

Thank you! Questions?

Thank you… • Please fill out the session survey in your mobile app • Select Arc. GIS Apps - Use the Search Feature to quickly find this title • Click “Technical Workshop Survey” • Answer a few short questions and enter any comments

Want to learn more? • Documentation - Collector - Explorer - Navigator - Operations Dashboard - Survey 123 - Workforce • Additional Resources - Geo. Net