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FiveMYTHSABOUT GISIN 2011
#1THEDESKTOP IS DEAD!
Weallknowthe partyline
Web Apps Are Cool
Desktop Apps Are Not
Web Maps Are Cool
Desktop Maps Are Not
Return?
Mid-‘90stoMid-’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 EsriWeb ADF
Out of the Box:1 MBRound 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 ServerServicesStartOn theDesktop
“90%”- Kate ChapmanGeoIQ“100%”- James FeeWeoGeo
GeoCatBridgeGeoCommonsArcGISToolbarWeoGeoToolsforArcGIS
Why?
Because no one wants to be that kid
The “GeoWeb” can’t exist without the “GeoDesktop”
#2MAPS ARE THETRUE POWEROF GIS!
Maps can be a lot of things…
InformativeBy Esri Disaster Response
BeautifulBy Bill F. Greer
UnusualBy Bill Dollins
Maps have been aroundlonger than GIShttp://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.228972589.jpg
Spatial processing adds power
1:11:MM:M
http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=30402
Use background spatial processing
Visualize spatial outputs appropriately
Update QueryExportJoins‘Export’STREAMLINE.ZIP9_POINTSRequired FieldsPREF_CITY_STATE_NAME_LAST_LINEZIPCODE fieldZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4Table JoinStep1Required FieldsZIPCODE field ZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4CITY_NMECITY_FIPCityRequired FieldsPREF_CITY_STATE_NAME_LAST_LINECITY_NMEFile nameDHS_EDW_AREA_GIS_EXTRACT* CITYRequired FieldsCITY_FIPCITY_NMEUpdate_FIELDSRequired FieldsCITY_NME = Helena – CITY_FIP= 31180CITY_NME = West Helena – CITY_FIP = 74450CITY_NME – Little Rock Airforce Base – CITY_FIP = 41000STAT_FIP = 05STATE_NM = ArkansasALL_FIELDSRequired FieldsCITY_FIPCITY_NMECOUNTFIPCOUNT_NMFEDHREPNSCHDISNUSCHDISNMSTHREPNUSTSENNUMSTAT_FIPSTATE_NMSTCOCFIPZIPCODEZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4XYRECRTDTE* COUNTYRequired FieldsCOUNTFIPCOUNT_NMRemove Duplicate Values inZIP_ZIP4 fieldSpatial Join* FED_HOUSEDISTRICTSRequired FieldsFEDHREPNCity ComponentRequired FieldsZIPCODE field ZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4CITY_NMECITY_FIPStep2Required FieldsCITY_FIPCITY_NMECOUNTFIPCOUNT_NMFEDHREPNSCHDISNUSCHDISNMSTHREPNUSTSENNUMZIPCODEZIP4HIGH ARC_ZIP4* PUBLIC_SCHOOL_DISTRICTSRequired FieldsSCHDISNUSCHDISNM* ST_HOUSEDISTRICTSRequired FieldsSTHREPNUAdd_FIELDSRequired FieldsSTCOCFIPXYRECRTDTE* ST_SENATEDISTRICTSRequired FieldsSTSENNUM* Asterisks indicates layers that need to  be verified and exported to model as changes occurSpatially-Enabled ETLArkansas GIO
What’sadevelopertodo?
Spatial SQL
ArcObjects (!?)http://images.spatiallyadjusted.com/killing-arcobjects_001.jpg
#3GIS 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
Five Myths About GIS in 2011 (Bill Dollins)
The Web Has Disrupted GIS
Spatial processing adds power
#4Code-Free GIS!
The “Do All” Button
What are you talking about?1990s2000s2010s?
#5THIS ISN’T GIS!
Cloud#GeoAgnostic#NoGISAndroidArcGISWeb#PaleoDesktopREST#NeoGeoiOSSOAP#GIS#WMSisDeadFOSS4GWP7#OSM
Walls suck!
It’s All Good
Communities Work
Bill Dollinsbill@zekiah.comTwitter: @billdollinsZekiah Technologies www.zekiah.comThank You!

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