1. Leveraging 3D Across the ArcGIS Platform
Chris Andrews
Product Manager
3D and ArcGIS Earth

3. Customers are adopting 3D
Esri users are
Collecting and processing new types of data
Visualizing new projects and underground information
Analyzing behavior and aesthetics of natural phenomena and new development
Communicating to stakeholders
Our users are already working with new types of data and new GIS experiences.
When I hear from them about what they are doing with 3D, they are visualizing, analyzing, and communicating, and pushing on us to make this more possible in 3D every day.

4. Esri is the leader in Enterprise Geospatial 3D
Desktop
Web
Device
Combine 2D and 3D in the WebGIS architecture
Use Web Scenes as building blocks for 3D apps
New 3D layers (data types)
Powered by services, accessible across clients
Create higher value visualizations, analyses, and information products using data and geoprocessing with 2D and 3D
At FedGIS and EPC, I started working with the positioning that Esri is the only organization that is focused on providing enterprise 2D and 3D capability across the GIS clients and experiences that our customers need.
We’re not a web front end. We’re not a data server. We’re the only partner for organizations who need to be able to create, manage, share, and consume 2D and 3D content in GIS experiences.
That doesn’t mean that we can do everything. We’re going to be increasingly pushed to consume new layer types and we’ll also need better ways to tie into adjacent experiences, such as game engines and AR/VR devices, as the need for consumer-level interaction with complex 3D content becomes more available.
Server
Online Content and Services

5. Delivering higher value through 3D throughout the enterprise
3D enables faster communication to stakeholders
ArcGIS Earth
Web AppBuilder
Storymaps
Web Scenes
Animation tools
One of the key values of 3D is the ability to improve communication to stakeholders. There are many cases where 2D maps are inadequate to convey concepts, plans or scenarios. Our team is focused on enabling greater capability for you all to build and use accessible tools that allow you to explore complex 3D data without needing to be a high-end GIS user or a developer.

6. Building an open platform with 3D
Open 3D Scene Specification (I3S)
KML
WMS/WMTS
Open Data
Esri is a proprietary software company, that’s true, but we’re also deeply committed to working with the open community and empowering our customers through the use of standards and free tools that provide transparency into how the platform works and that enable you to realize more value from your GIS.

7. Innovating new patterns to share and use 3D
True cross-platform 3D
Point cloud streaming
3D Smart Mapping
New user experience
Hosting 3D GIS
BIM-GIS workflows
VR/AR
Drone data processing

8. Web Scenes, Scene Layers, I3S
Collection of layers, environment settings, slides, animation
Essential for 3D apps on any platform or experience
Scene Layer
Scalable cache of graphics, styles, and attributes
Today: 3D Objects, 3D Points, Integrated Meshes
Future: Point clouds (2016), LOD4/BIM (2017), 3D Lines, 3D Polygons
I3S
Open specification for scene layers
Opportunity for future profiles to accommodate new data types
Being adopted by partners
Three key concepts that I want to touch upon are Web Scenes, Scene Layers, and I3S.
Web Scenes are a key foundation of 3D capability and will become the essential starting point for 3D apps on the web, in the desktop, and in the Runtime as Quartz comes out.
Scene layers are scalable caches of graphics, styles, and attributes that are used in web scenes. They often represent specific data types. I believe you saw a glimpse of point clouds yesterday and we’re going to talk a bit more about integrated meshes today.
I3S is an open specification created and shared by Esri for creating Scene Layers and eventually Web Scenes. Most of our customers don’t need to know that a layer is an I3S layer, but the term will be important for marketing to partners and collaborators.

9. 3rd party adoption of I3S Integrated mesh
VRICON, Bentley, and Pix4D sharing packages of data in I3S format
Improves Military/Intel/AEC story
Supports Drone2Map
Additional partners and layer types
Being considered by Safe Software and Cyclomedia
Customers look at open standards as enabling interoperability and resiliency. We’ve started to promote I3S as an open specification and we’re already seeing partners start to generate I3S cache data.
Two notable examples are VRICON and PIX4D.
Bentley also decided to start sharing out I3S information from their new ContextCapture packaging around Acute 3D.
We see this emerging adoption of I3S as a significant validating point in our approach.

10. 3D Across the ArcGIS Product Family
ArcGIS Earth – Easy-to-use 3D data exploration for Enterprise Users
ArcGIS Runtime – Developer tools for 2D and 3D custom solutions
Web AppBuilder & JS API – Configurable and customizable web apps
ArcGIS Pro - Powerful 2D/3D desktop authoring and data management
3D Analyst - Rich analysis for advanced 3D workflows
CityEngine - Advanced editing tool for urban designers
ArcGIS Enterprise - Scalable 2D/3D enterprise content distribution and geoprocessing
ArcGIS Online - Content and services for sharing ideas in 2D and 3D
Apps, APIs, SDKs
(customized end user experiences)
Professional Desktop Tools
(geoprocessing, automation, workflow)
As 3D expands across the product line, we are working hard at developing a clearly differentiated story so that you can tell which product or API is most useful where.
Server and Online
(automation, geoprocessing)

11. Complete GIS (3D and 2D) capability across the Enterprise
TBD API at V1.X
.NET API
Python scripting
C++ API CGA
JS API 4.0
Web AppBuilder
Runtime SDKs
ArcGIS Pro
ArcGIS Desktop
ArcGIS Earth
CityEngine
Web
Device
ArcGIS
Buildings, 3D objects, Large Meshes
ArcGIS Desktop
Content Management
Portal Content and Services
RDBMS
Realtime
services
Files
Enterprise Integration
KML
We have a gallery of fully supported app templates that can be leveraged… From the exec to the public to the person out in the field
Enable engagement touch points both internally and externally
• Proactively engage citizens to drive a diverse conversation
• Share your plans and enable multiple methods for participation
• Increase understanding and buy-in
They are easy to load and configure and we support them going forward
If you are a programmer – great, we have the code and you can take these further
Point Clouds, Imagery
2D GIS data
Server

12. Key 3D releases in 2016+ (Planned)
Update/Release
10.4
February
Drone2Map 1.0 UC
Web AppBuilder 2.0 w/ 3D
March
Pro 1.3
Online update
Last week
ArcGIS Earth 1.2
JavaScript 3D in production
May
.NET Xamarin Runtime Beta with 3D
June
CityEngine
ArcGIS Earth 1.3
October

13. Customer-centric workflows

14. Three recurring stories
Large enterprises: Exploring data securely on premises
Small enterprises: Sharing 3D using ArcGIS Online
Hybrid scenario: 3D with large data packages in connected and disconnected workflows
Over the last year, we’ve seen 3D requirements coming out of three different customer workflows.
Large on premises enterprises want to use 3D to explore GIS data, often behind a firewall.
Smaller enterprises and organizations want to be able to share data directly from desktop tools to ArcGIS Online.
We also see many government agencies and others interested in the use of 3D both inside their organization and with larger ecosystems of collaborators.

15. Large enterprises: Exploring data using 3D on premises
Law enforcement, federal agencies & large companies need to explore information across large areas using 3D GIS behind a firewall
Workflow
One-button workflow to share layers and scenes from ArcGIS Pro to ArcGIS Enterprise
Use KML from existing services and files to share and consume information
Use Earth as a common tool across an organization to access services and files
Especially with the departure of Google from the market, many large agencies have come to us to express that they rely extensively on being able to view information in 3D.
Some of the key improvements that we are focused on for these types of customers include:
One button publishing from Pro to ArcGIS Enterprise
Use of KML by professional GIS users
Use of ArcGIS Earth as a common tool across an organization for accessing services and files
WGS84 for the WSV will be coming in Online in June, but will not release till 10.5 in Server.

16. Small enterprises: Sharing 3D with Online
City planners, urban designers, and small AEC firms want to create and share plans and status with constituents in 3D
Workflow
Package and Share workflow to host 3D in ArcGIS Online
Use terrain and imagery, 3D objects, and more layers
Create bookmarks and set up styles and popups
Reuse web scene in Story Maps, Web AppBuilder, and custom JavaScript apps
Create and share scenarios with CityEngine using ArcGIS Online
Smaller organizations also want to use and share 3D without necessarily owning ArcGIS Enterprise. With Online and Pro 1.3, users can package and share 3D information directly to ArcGIS Online.
Anyone can then reuse web scenes and scene layers in
The goal later this year is to be able to migrate the One-Click workflow to the Pro-Online workflow.
This was not possible before the Pro 1.3 release.

17. Hybrid workflow: 3D connected and disconnected
Emergency managers, military, and utilities agencies need to use 3D within the organization for planning and to share with collaborators in the field to inform response and action
Workflow
Use ArcGIS Pro to share layers and scenes to ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online
Create easy to use web experiences for stakeholders
Access large packages of data for use on the web or disconnected
Configure and use Earth offline with packages of data
ArcGIS Pro is a key component of this workflow for preparing and processing data that will be shared through Online or Enterprise.

18. Example: NIFC Fire Globe
US Forest Service replaced a hybrid Google Earth & Esri solution
Replaced the Google Earth API with ArcGIS JavaScript API
New client has both 2D and 3D experience – greater functionality
Minimal cost of integration
Leveraged existing ArcGIS services
Mixture of public and secure services
Successful transition for National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
~2000 users migrated with no training

19. NIFC Fire Globe with Esri JavaScript API (new)

20. Recap: 3D highlights for 2016 UC
Web GIS
One button sharing from Pro to Portal for ArcGIS Server
Online hosting of 3D content including elevation and 3D objects
New layers: 3D Points with custom symbols and Integrated Mesh
JavaScript 4.0 API with 2D and 3D released in Production
Web AppBuilder 3D in beta
Pro
Animation workflow
KML
New rules, editing, and GP improvements
CityEngine improvements for usability and platform integration
Earth
Drone2Map

21. Looking forward (Planned)
2nd half of 2016
Point cloud streaming
WGS84 across the platform
Mobile 3D: iOS, Android, XAMARIN, and Runtime Quartz production releases
More vendors adopting I3S
Vector tiles
Beyond 2016
BIM workflows – LOD4 buildings and road meshes
AR/VR research
New vertical experiences/Solutions (3D Cities, Facilities)
Earth on Mobile

22. Thank you candrews@esri.com
@_ChrisJAndrews
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