five myths about gis in 2011

One Man’s Opinion Ahead

MYTHS

ABOUT GIS

IN 2011

THE

DESKTOP

IS DEAD!

Weall

knowthe

partyline

Web Apps Are Cool

Desktop Apps Are Not

Web Maps Are Cool

Desktop Maps Are Not

Return?

Mid-‘90sto

Mid-’00s

We Know Where That Got Us

But then a shift…

8 GB RAM(~4,194,304x)

250 GB Storage(~8,192,000x)

3.06 GHz(~2988x)

GIS Is “Heavy”

A casein point:the Esri

Web ADF

Out of the Box:

1 MB

Round Trip

Enter theREST API

Andits Clients

Sharing the load

The desktop is alive and well and living in your browser

Desktop GIS is the Onramp for Web Mapping

ArcGIS ServerServices

StartOn the

Desktop

“100%”- James Fee

WeoGeo

“90%”- Kate Chapman

GeoIQ

WeoGeoTools

forArcGIS

GeoCommonsArcGISToolbar

GeoCatBridge

Why?

Because no one wants to be that kid

The “GeoWeb” can’t exist without the “GeoDesktop”

MAPS ARE

THE

TRUE POWER

OF GIS!

Maps can be a lot of things…

Informative

By Esri Disaster Response

Beautiful

By Bill F. Greer

Unusual

By Bill Dollins

Maps have been aroundlonger than GIS

http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.228972589.jpg

Spatial processing adds power

1:11:M

M:M

A B

http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=30402

Use background spatial processing

Visualize spatial outputs appropriately

ExportSTREAMLINE.ZIP9_POINTSRequired FieldsPREF_CITY_STATE_NAME_LAST_LINEZIPCODE fieldZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4

* CITYRequired FieldsCITY_FIPCITY_NME

* COUNTYRequired FieldsCOUNTFIPCOUNT_NM

* FED_HOUSEDISTRICTSRequired FieldsFEDHREPN

* PUBLIC_SCHOOL_DISTRICTSRequired FieldsSCHDISNUSCHDISNM

* ST_HOUSEDISTRICTSRequired FieldsSTHREPNU

* ST_SENATEDISTRICTSRequired FieldsSTSENNUM

* Asterisks indicates layers that need to be verified and exported to model as changes occur

Joins

CityRequired FieldsPREF_CITY_STATE_NAME_LAST_LINECITY_NME

‘Export’Update Query

Step1Required FieldsZIPCODE field ZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4CITY_NMECITY_FIP

Table Join

City ComponentRequired FieldsZIPCODE field ZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4CITY_NMECITY_FIP

Spatial Join

Step2Required FieldsCITY_FIPCITY_NMECOUNTFIPCOUNT_NMFEDHREPNSCHDISNUSCHDISNMSTHREPNUSTSENNUMZIPCODEZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4

Add_FIELDSRequired FieldsSTCOCFIPXYRECRTDTE

Update_FIELDSRequired FieldsCITY_NME = Helena – CITY_FIP= 31180CITY_NME = West Helena – CITY_FIP = 74450CITY_NME – Little Rock Airforce Base – CITY_FIP = 41000STAT_FIP = 05STATE_NM = Arkansas

ALL_FIELDSRequired FieldsCITY_FIPCITY_NMECOUNTFIPCOUNT_NMFEDHREPNSCHDISNUSCHDISNMSTHREPNUSTSENNUMSTAT_FIPSTATE_NMSTCOCFIPZIPCODEZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4XYRECRTDTE

Remove Duplicate Values inZIP_ZIP4 field

File name

DHS_EDW_AREA_GIS_EXTRACT

Spatially-Enabled ETLArkansas GIO

What’sa

developerto

do?

Spatial SQL

ArcObjects (!?)

http://images.spatiallyadjusted.com/killing-arcobjects_001.jpg

GIS IS

DISRUPTING

THE WEB!

Location is Everywhere

The Web Loves Location

The Web and GIS? Not So Much…

Map Tiles (and Web Mercator)

Maptiler.org

REST

JSON

The Web Has Disrupted GIS

Spatial processing adds power

Code-

Free GIS!

The “Do All” Button

What are you talking about?

1990s

2000s

2010s?

THIS

ISN’T

GIS!

#NoGIS

#Paleo

#NeoGeo

#GIS#WMSisDead

#GeoAgnostic

RESTSOAP

ArcGIS

FOSS4G

Android

iOS

WP7

Desktop

Web

Cloud

#OSM

Walls suck!

It’s All Good

Communities Work

Bill Dollinsbill@zekiah.comTwitter: @billdollins

Thank You!

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