You could make a thousand printed copies, but that would be terribly expensive. How are you going to share this map with the general public? You could post it in the public information office, but citizens have complained about that location being too remote, and down too many flights of stairs underground. You've added nice background aerial imagery, and you've applied all the parts that make a map readable. You've gone through the painstaking process of plotting points, connecting lines, and checking the boundaries of polygons. You've digitized it using ArcGIS Desktop, a sort of desktop mapping and analysis software provided by ESRI. By the end of the book, you will discover how to make your application compatible with different devices and platforms and test it using testing libraries.Ĭhapter 1. Your First Mapping Application Then you will see how to use ESRI JavaScript API with other JavaScript libraries and different styling methods to make your map stand out. A Dojo AMS style widget will help you create your own widgets for a map and then see how to collect geographic data.įurthermore, you will learn different techniques such as using Dojo Charts to create charts and graphs to represent your data. You'll work with your first web map and then move on to learn about ESRI's building blocks. The book begins by introducing you to ArcGIS Server and ESRI's JavaScript API. In this book, you'll work through practical examples, experiencing the pitfalls and successes of creating desktop and mobile map applications for a web browser using the ArcGIS Server platform.

ArcGIS Server lets you design, configure, and publish maps that can be viewed and edited through the Internet.Īfter designing basic maps, you may want to find out new and innovative ways to represent information using these maps.

ESRI and its ArcGIS line of software have been an industry leader in digital map production and publication for over 30 years.

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