1. Hosted feature layers and Esri Story Maps
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Hosted feature layers and Esri Story Maps
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2. Chapter objectives Understand the suite of ArcGIS configurable apps.
Hosted feature layers and Esri Story Maps
Understand the suite of ArcGIS configurable apps.
Understand the suite of Esri Story Maps templates.
Grasp the concept of web services.
Create hosted feature layers using geocoding.
Design layer style using smart mapping.
Configure pop-ups with multimedia and ArcGIS Arcade.
Explore Living Atlas of the World contents.
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3. ArcGIS Online / ArcGIS Enterprise Client apps
Data sources
ArcGIS Online / ArcGIS Enterprise
Client apps
Feature layers
Web
maps/
scenes
CSV
Configurable app templates
Story Maps
Living Atlas of the World
CSV files
Shapefiles
KMLs
File geodatabases
Enterprise geodatabases
Database management systems
Imagery
Drone images
Sensor and real-time data
Big data
Layers in portal
Feature layers
Raster tile layers
Vector tile layers
Scene layers
Map image layers
Web tools/geoprocessing services
Image layers
Stream services
Geometry services
Living Atlas of the World
Server object extension
Server object interceptor
Ready-to-use apps and configuration templates
Configurable app templates
Story Maps
Web AppBuilder
Operations Dashboard
Solutions apps
Insights
Collector, Survey123, Explorer, and Navigator
Workforce
AppStudio
ArcGIS Earth
ArcGIS Indoors viewers
ArcGIS VR 360
ArcMap
ArcGIS Pro
Drone2Map
CityEngine
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Custom apps
ArcGIS API for JavaScript
ArcGIS Runtime SDKs
ArcGIS API for Python

4. Web GIS apps
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5. Online content and services
Apps, the face of Web GIS
Apps:
Users interact with Web GIS via apps
Web apps rely on the backend servers and services
Servers and services become alive and useful via apps
Desktop
Web
Device
ArcGIS Online
Portal for ArcGIS
Online content and services
Server
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6. ArcGIS configurable apps
ArcGIS Solutions apps
Esri Story Maps
ArcGIS Online/Portal
app templates
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7. Configurable apps Do not require programming
Enable the broad user community
Story maps can also be considered as configurable apps
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8. Steps to use ArcGIS configurable apps
Choose
Configure
Deploy
Discover the data, maps and apps. Consider the following:
Purpose: audience, usage
Functional requirements
Aesthetic: branding, message
ArcGIS app templates have a hosted configuration user interface.
Story Maps provide guided web builders.
ArcGIS Solution apps provide a local configuration file.
Share your web apps with your end users.
Online and Portal both host configurable apps automatically. Alternatively, you can download the app source code and host it locally.
ArcGIS Solution apps must be deployed locally.
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9. ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS configurable apps
Build a story map
Collect and edit data
Compare maps and layers
Display a Scene (3D)
Explore and summarize data
Make a gallery
Map social media
Provide local information
Route and get directions
Showcase a map
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10. Esri Story Maps Key components of story telling are related to GIS:
Who, what (theme), where (spatial), and when (temporal)
Story
Maps
Multimedia
Story Map
Story Maps are simple web apps that combine interactive maps, multimedia content, and user experiences to tell stories about the world.
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11. Story Map app templates
Map Tour
Map Journal
Map Cascade
Shortlist
Map Series
One Map
Spyglass
Swipe
Crowdsource
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12. Some sample story maps Map Tour: http://arcg.is/2dunPMT
Cascade:
Map journal:
Bulleted:
Side Accordion:
Tabbed:
Map series:
Shortlist:
Swipe:
Spyglass:
More samples at
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13. Two workflows to start From ArcGIS Online From Story Maps apps page
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14. Common types of contents in Story Maps
Images
Videos
Web pages: can be apps
Text
Anything else (e.g., audio …. by HTML source code)
Audio:
<audio controls="controls" >
<source src=" type="audio/mp3" />
</audio>
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15. ArcGIS Solutions apps
Provide free downloadable templates to build applications, data models and workflows based on industry best practices
Allow organizations to keep up with relevant industry trends
An alterative to custom solutions that require less overhead
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16. ArcGIS Solutions apps gallery
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17. User experience design principles
A good web GIS app should deliver a positive user experience
Fast
Easy
Fun
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18. Basic components of a Web GIS app
Best practice: Web GIS apps have basemaps, operational layers, and tools.
ArcGIS Online makes creating web apps an easy equation.
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19. Basemap layers Basemaps provide reference or context.
ArcGIS Online includes a gallery of 2D and 3D basemaps.
ArcGIS Online can use your map services as the basemaps.
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20. Operational layers
Operational layers are thematic representations of your data
Can be created or discovered
Types include
CSV, TXT, GPX
Shapefiles
ArcGIS map, feature, and image services
KML
GeoRSS
Tile layers
OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) WMS, WMTS, and WFS layers …
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21. Tools Tools perform tasks beyond mapping Examples of tools include
Routing
Geocoding
Printing
Querying
Summary
Other spatial analysis tools
And many more
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22. Web maps and layers are web services
Web service: a program that runs on a web server and exposes programing interfaces for clients to consume over the web
Website
HTML
Web service
JSON, XML…
Reusable building blocks
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23. Layers and hosted feature layers
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24. Many types of web layers
Feature layer: points, lines, polygons
Tile layer: prerendered map raster tiles or vector tiles
Map image layer: dynamically rendered images
Elevation layer: elevation data in prerendered cached image tiles
Scene layer: a collection of 3D feature objects and z-values.
Table: A collection of rows and columns
A layer represents both data and visualization.
Visualization can include  symbols and colors, pop-up , transparency, filters, and other properties
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25. Ready-to-use layers from Living Atlas of the World
Maps and layers from Esri and thousands of contributors
Desktop
Web
Device
Server
Online content and services
Portal
Apps
Web GIS
Access
Services
Discoverable in ArcGIS Online
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26. Living Atlas of the World
Imagery
… with curated content on many topics
Basemaps
Demographics and lifestyle
Boundaries and places
Landscape
Story Maps
Oceans
The Collection is growing and changing
on a daily basis…
Urban systems
Earth observations
Historical maps
Growing and changing
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27. Feature services and hosted feature layers
Feature service: an umbrella term for web services that supply geographic features and attributes to clients
Hosted feature layer: a type of feature service hosted on ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS
Can support read access, and write access (if enabled)
Read (query)
Web clients
Write (add, delete, and update)
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28. Create hosted feature layers
Publishing clients
ArcMap
ArcGIS Pro (more details in chapter 6)
ArcGIS Online/Portal
Create from your existing data
Copy existing feature layers
Build the schema interactively
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29. Style your layers: Smart mapping
Heat map
Color map
Size map
Point map
Color and size map
Time map
Arcade expression map
Predominance map
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30. Style your layers: Smart mapping
Workflows analyze your data and suggest the best way to represent your data.
Suggested visible ranges allow you to see your data at sensible scales.
Smart defaults take the guesswork out of setting up many of the map properties.
You can preview your styling choices on your screen.
Based on the basemap you select, smart mapping automatically suggests and coordinates colors and other map styling.
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31. Design pop-ups for your operational layers
Pop-ups are windows that show geographic information.
Displays when someone clicks on the map.
Supports following content types:
Attribute fields (aliases and values)
Custom-formatted text
Attachments
Images
Charts
Links
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32. ArcGIS Arcade Portable, lightweight, and secure expression language
Supports building expressions without having to alter the data.
Examples:
Label the percentage of people under 5 in the total population.
Calculate the weekday of the crime events in a layer.
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33. Tutorial App requirements:
Create and configure your feature layers, and use them to create Story
Maps apps
Create data from a CSV file and access additional layers from the Living Atlas.
Use smart mapping and Arcade.
Create a Story Map Journal web app.
App requirements:
Map symbols should be easy to understand.
The app should present the population change patterns and the reasons behind the patterns.
Work on desktops, tablets, and smartphones.
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34. Tutorial
Create a Story Maps app that presents the spatial patterns of US population growth, and explore the reasons behind the patterns.
Finished product sample available here:
Link to app
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35. Tutorial demo
Sample data for this demo is available at
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36. Summary
Hosted feature layers and Esri Story Maps
Apps are the face of Web GIS. ArcGIS configurable apps include ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS configurable app templates, Story Maps, and Solutions apps.
The general steps to use the configurable apps include choose, configure, and optionally deploy.
Web Apps are composed of basemaps, operational layers, and tools.
Layer configuration typically includes styles, pop-ups, and other properties.
Smart mapping adds meaningful visualization to your web maps and apps.
Arcade is an expression language that can be used across the ArcGIS Platform.
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37. Assignment
Hosted feature layers and Esri Story Maps
Create a hosted feature layer and use it in a story map to tell a story.
Topic ideas: your passion, the spread of a virus, historical theme, economic development strategy, etc
Data:
Some of the data should come from ArcGIS Living Atlas or ArcGIS Open Data.
Requirements:
Based on a Story Maps template (Map Journal, Series, Shortlist, Playlist, Countdown).
Include 5 types of resources: text, video, picture, map and web page.
Use Arcade when styling your layer or configuring your layer pop-up.
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38. Reading: Chapter 2, Getting to Know Web GIS,
Questions?
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