Getting to Know Web GIS

Learn state-of-the-art skills to build compelling, useful, and fun Web GIS apps easily, with no programming experience required.

Building on the foundation of the previous three editions, Getting to Know Web GIS, fourth edition, features the latest advances in Esri’s entire Web GIS platform, from the cloud server side to the client side.

• Discover and apply what’s new in ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, Map Viewer, Esri StoryMaps, Web AppBuilder, Survey123, and more.
• Learn about recent Web GIS products such as ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Indoors, and ArcGIS QuickCapture. Understand updates in mobile GIS such as ArcGIS Collector and AuGeo, and then build your own web apps.
• Further your knowledge and skills with detailed sections and chapters on ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Analytics for the Internet of Things (Iot), online spatial analysis, ArcGIS Notebooks, image services, 3D web scenes, ArcGIS API for JavaScript, and best practices in Web GIS. Follow extended discussions about artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and IoT in the context of Web GIS.

Each chapter is written for immediate productivity with a good balance of principles and hands-on exercises and includes:

• A conceptual discussion section to give you the big picture and principles,
• A detailed tutorial section with step-by-step instructions,
• A Q/A section to answer common questions,
• An assignment section to reinforce your comprehension, and
• A list of resources with more information.

Ideal for classroom lab work and on-the-job training for GIS students, instructors, GIS analysts, managers, web developers, and other professionals, Getting to Know Web GIS, fourth edition, uses a holistic approach to systematically teach the breadth of the Esri Geospatial Cloud.

To download the instructor slides, tutorial data, and assignment data, visit https://go.esri.com/gtkwebgis4.

Getting to Know Web GIS—the best-selling textbook for the growing field of Web GIS—features detailed, step-by-step exercises that teach state-of-the-art skills to build compelling and fun Web GIS apps.

Building on the success of the previous editions, the fourth edition has been updated to include the latest advances in the Web GIS field. The content includes ArcGIS® Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, the new Map Viewer, the new ArcGIS StoryMapsSM, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Web AppBuilder, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Analytics for Internet of Things (IoT), online spatial analysis, ArcGIS Notebooks, image services, ArcGIS Indoors™, 3D web scenes, ArcGIS API for JavaScript, and mobile GIS apps such as ArcGIS Collector, ArcGIS Survey123, ArcGIS QuickCapture, and AuGeo. The new edition also has extended discussions about artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, augmented reality, virtual reality, and IoT.

This book explores the entire Web GIS platform, from the cloud server side to the client side. It facilitates immediate productivity with a balance of principles and handson tutorials. This book is a practical manual for classroom lab work and on-the-job training for GIS students, instructors, GIS analysts, managers, web developers, and other professionals.

Getting to Know Web GIS, fourth edition, retains its accessible format to appeal to a broad range of audiences. Each chapter provides a conceptual discussion that gives readers the big picture and the principles, a tutorial with screenshots to show progress, a Q&A addressing common questions, an assignment section for readers to practice what they have learned, and a list of helpful supplementary resources.

To download instructor slides, tutorial data, and assignment data, go to go.esri.com/gtkwebgis4.

Dr. Pinde Fu leads the ArcGIS Platform Engineering team at Esri Professional Services and teaches at universities such as Harvard University Extension School. His specialties include Web GIS and mobile GIS technologies and applications in various industries. Several of his projects have won special achievement awards. Fu is the lead author of Web GIS: Principles and Applications (Esri Press 2010).

Dr. Jie Chang (author of chapter 9) is a senior product engineer for the Esri 3D Analyst team. His specialties include 3D, imagery, spatial analysis, and databases. He received his PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas.