Using Cloud and Web-based Computing in Geospatial Technology Vince DiNoto JCTC – Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives Co-PI National GeoTech Center

Topics Remote Access to Software Basemaps Use of API Code Cross Curriculum Usage Institutional Usage Future Plans 2

The Ability to Utilize ArcGIS Across the Web Requirements ▫ Little to no user installation ▫ Available at any location ▫ Ability to utilize basemaps ▫ Ability to utilize data contained within the Firewall ▫ Personal storage of files and ability to resume suspended session ▫ Inexpensive 3

Solution ▫ JCTC Professional IT staff ▫ No software to install, works on IE, may need to load an ActiveX controller ▫ Full functional version of software ArcGIS 10 ▫ Patch single copy as updates needed ▫ Other software also loaded on the server ▫ Useful for all faculty and students not just virtual learners, ability to continue work after workshops ▫ Ability to access personal data stored on local computer ▫ Ability to access internet basemaps and data stored within the Firewall 4

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Remote Application Server – JCTC Solution Terminal Server running on Server 2008 as a Web application. 6

Clipboard available as are local drives 7

Security and License Students must login into the server Students must login into the software Can assign specific students to specific software Software hits license manager Inside the college firewall 8

Base Maps Using an ArcGis Server base map – direct connect within ArcGIS Using compressed data – from html and Sharepoint sites Using data from mass storage array – direct connect to data include geodatabases, data is moved to the student location using ArcCatalog Connection to online base maps such as Esri Online 9

Services 10 Note two Services are loaded both from ArcGIS Servers

Compressed files 11

Direct Connect to Shapefiles 12

API Code Using an ArcGIS Server ▫ Microsoft Silverlight ▫ Adobe Flex (Flash Builder) ▫ Html 5 (planned) ▫ Personal devices, phones, tablets, iPad (planned) ▫ Esri Web Interface ▫ Google web maps ▫ Bing web maps 13

Flex 14 Note background from Esri Online and data from JCTC ArcGIS Server

Esri Web Interface 15

Google Map 16

Cross Curriculum Demographics History ▫ Cities – Sanborn ▫ Battlefields – Library of Congress Genealogy Environmental Science 17

Cross Curriculum Usage 18

Institutional Usage 19

Hazard Mitigation 20

Broadband 21

Future Plans Developing of a virtual server array that will allow people to experiment with ArcGIS Server and components in a non-production virtual environment. 22

Resource ArcGIS Servers – from within ArcMap ▫ ▫ ArcIMS – from within ArcMap ▫ ▫ Map Library – Web applications ▫ ▫