Geocortex technology update

Esri Norsk Conference

February 4th, 2015

Steven Myhill-Jones & Victoria McDonald

Geocortex Technology Update

& Road Ahead

Getting even more done with

Esri mapping technology

We create products to do work that is often otherwise

approached as custom development.

Not about specific features

or platforms

About helping maximize the possibilities of their Esri

web mapping technology; this evolves over the years.

Esri continues to build

outstanding technology

And we believe there’s never

been a more valuable time for

our model.

Our model provides cost savings, time savings,

development risk reduction.

Best of both custom and COTS approaches.

Quick wins, but not just buying a product; buying

into an Esri-aligned, long-term strategy.

It’s a close, complementary, enabling technology;

not some other layer that complicates things.

It can allow organizations to go beyond what’s

expected, toward what’s possible… integrated and

high value.

Why Geocortex?

Who We Are

Esri Platinum Partner

Headquarters in Victoria, Canada

100+ staff in two offices, plus remote staff

1000+ clients worldwide

25% of our business through resellers

Debt free, profitable & owner operated

City & Local

Government

Natural Resources

Transportation /

Business / GIS

Utilities (Gas, Electric, Water)

PublicSafety

Industry Distribution

Chart: Sales by Sector (2013)

Technology Update

Geocortex

Essentials

Represents 140,000+ hours of R&D

97% maintenance renewal rate

ArcGIS 10.3 is now available

Geocortex Essentials is officially compatible with

ArcGIS 10.3

GE 4.2.1, GVH 2.3.3, GVS 2.3.2

ArcGIS for Server 10.3 ships with Portal for ArcGIS

and a named user entitlement

Geocortex Essentials is engineered to work seamlessly

with Portal for ArcGIS 10.3

Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online

introduce Web AppBuilder

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS

Ships with for Portal for ArcGIS 10.3, and ArcGIS Online,

under a named-user model

Geocortex with Web AppBuilder

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5

Web AppBuilder

Query Builder module ported to a widget in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder.

Integrates with the Attribute Table and adds push pins.

ArcGIS Platform Integration

Version 4 is built for the

modern and future

ArcGIS platform.

Version 3 was about

ArcGIS Server, with

support for ArcGIS

Online added.

Upcoming Release March 2015

Geocortex Essentials 4.3

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 2.4

Geocortex Mobile App Framework 1.2

iOS Edition

Windows Edition

Android Edition!

Beta Program

Opportunity to test all releases: GE 4.3

GVH 2.4

GMAF 1.2 (iOS, Android, Windows)

Starting mid-February

Running for ~1 month


KML Layer Support

“Radio button” layer groups

Several new Workflow activities


Major Instant Search improvements

Secured services

Coded value domains

Scanner performance and reliability

~750,000 features / hour

Re-scanning will only index features that have

changed, and it will remove deleted features

2015 Focus

Development Strategy: Top 5 Areas

1. HTML5

2. Building for ArcGIS Online/Portal for ArcGIS

3. Disconnected Mobile

4. Industry solutions

5. Geocortex Insight

HTML5

u

Esri’s Silverlight Deprecation

Announcement

November 10th 2014: Esri Announces Final

Release and Support Plan for the ArcGIS APIs

/ Viewers for Flex and Silverlight

Support will continue through June 2016

Chrome’s NPAPI Deprecation

Announcement

November 24th 2014: Google Chrome

reaffirms plans to remove support for NPAPI

(and therefore Silverlight)

Disabled by default in April 2015

Permanently removed in September 2015

Geocortex in 2015

Make transitioning to HTML5

part of your strategy…

WCAG 2.0 / ADA compliance (GVH)

Export map image

Overview map

KML layer support

Improved, full screen feature details

Drill-down, fixed-position map tips

Time-based basemap slider

Mouse coordinates

Sharing and social media links

Tabulate and export measurements

Composite layer groups

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 2.4

Application footer

Tools auto-pan near edges

Geolocation coordinate reporting

Improved basemap picker

Compact toolbar

Multi-tool widget

Configurable copyright/attribution

3rd party map integration

New small shell

Export results to XLSX, CSV, Shapefile

“Radio button” layer groups

WCAG 2.0 AA Compliance

Keyboard navigation

Screen reader support

High contrast

Some jurisdictions are required to provide applications that comply with

WCAG 2.0 AA standards, and others highly encourage compliance.

Our work makes it easy for organizations to provide applications to all

users including end-users with disabilities, whether legislated or not.

Fixed Position, Drill-down Map Tips

Measurements with Tabular Report

Full Screen Feature Details



Compact Toolbar & Multi-Tool

“Multi-tool” element for combines tools

Choose between Compact and Tabbed

New

Handheld

UX

New Basemap Picker with Timeslider

3rd Party Map Integration

3rd Party Map Integration

Demo

Eclipsing the Functional Gap

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight Geocortex Viewer for HTML5

TODAY FUTURE

Most Significant Gaps

Save/Open Project

Upload Data (e.g., CSV)

Dynamic Symbolization

Rich Editing Tools

Print Preview

Time Slider

Heatmaps and Clustering

Right-click Context Menu

Help System


Roadmap for 2015

Heatmaps and clustering

Save/load project

Time slider

Scale input

Right-click map context menu

Upload data

Enhanced editing

Split, cut, copy, paste, snap, undo/redo

Dynamically add layers and services

Dynamic layer symbology

Dynamic service reordering

Configurable layer labels

Help system

Print preview

User profiles

2.5 (July 2015) 2.6 (November 2015)

Building for

ArcGIS Online

& Portal for

ArcGIS

v

Seamless integration with the ArcGIS platform to search and

reference web maps and services.

Direct ArcGIS Platform Compatibility

Geocortex

EssentialsArcGIS ServerArcGIS Online

Portal

for

ArcGIS

Geocortex Essentials

Seamless Access to Content from

Portal/Online

Portal / ArcGIS Online

Web

MapServices

Web

Map Apps

Search / Browse

Reference

Web

MapServices

Web

MapServices


Use ArcGIS Identities to Secure

Geocortex Applications

Portal / ArcGIS Online

Web

MapServices

Web

Map Apps

Viewers

Disconnected

Mobile

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Dedicated Mobile/Offline Team

Geocortex Mobile App Framework

Part of Geocortex Essentials

Embeds Geocortex Viewer for HTML5

Enable configurable, and fully custom apps

Supports offline editing and sync

Available for iOS 7 & 8 and Windows 7 & 8

Android coming soon…

Mobile Development Models: Web

Limited

Online/Connected

Mobile Development Models: Native

Rich

Online or Offline

Geocortex Mobile App Framework

Web Native

Hybrid

Rich

Mobile Development Models: Hybrid

Online or Offline


Browser (Safari)


Offline Feature Layers

Geocortex Mobile

App Framework

Offline Basemap

Using the Browser Only Using Geocortex Mobile App Framework10MB Storage Capacity Full Device Storage Capacity

No Offline Support Offline SupportOR

Geocortex Mobile App Framework 1.2

Geocortex Mobile App Framework for Android

iOS edition enhancements

Moving online/offline toggle button outside of the

viewer and into the app

Quality improvements

Windows edition enhancements

Moving online/offline toggle button outside of the

viewer and into the app

Multi-touch (e.g., pinch zoom) support

Upcoming: Mid 2015

Major Offline Improvements

Administrator defined “offline profiles”

“One click” offline experience for end-users

Deeper integration with ArcGIS Runtimes to enable

more advanced offline functionality

(e.g., routing, search)

Industry

Solutions

x Energy

Public Safety

Local Government

City & Local

Government

Natural Resources

Transportation /

Business / GIS

Utilities (Gas, Electric, Water)

PublicSafety

Industry Distribution

Chart: Sales by Sector (2013)

We’re creating business-focused applications to

complement and augment Esri’s template strategy.


Solutions Strategy

Extensions Industry Solutions


Cityworks

Energy Other…Public Safety

Voyager

TempestAmanda

Targeted Apps

Pictometry

Active Operating Picture

Geocortex AOP & ArcGIS Platform

More info at geocortex.com/aop

Geocortex

Insight

y

A new product

New Market Requirements

ArcGIS Online

Portal for ArcGIS

“How do I keep track of who is creating what and ensure

authoritative data remains accessible and visible?”

Three Main Areas:

1. Status

2. Trends

3. Dashboard

Status“Right Now”

Current CPU % in use on each server

Which of my web maps in my portal are

currently broken?

Last time each Geocortex Essentials sitewas accessed

How many users are currently using

this application?

Trends “Past”

Over the currently selected reporting period:

What is the uptime/downtime of this server?

Who is my most active user on

this application?

How many requests did this Geocortex

Essentials site receive?

What is the average response time for a query

on this ArcGIS Server service?

Dashboard“All in One Place”

Enhanced to provide significant improvements:

Customize to contain only the most important

reports

Build multiple dashboards for different

purposes (daily reports, monthly summaries,

production system statuses, etc.)

Schedule and print reports directly from custom

dashboards

Development screenshots…

Development Strategy: Top 5 Areas

1. HTML5

2. Building for ArcGIS Online/Portal for ArcGIS

3. Disconnected Mobile

4. Industry solutions

5. Geocortex Insight

Thank You

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Steven Myhill-Jones

[email protected]

Victoria McDonald

Both viewers currently offer visualization of WMS and WMTS

GVS supports identify on WMS, and query if the WMS is associated with a WFS in the

Site. We are adding equivalent functionality in GVH following 2.4 release

(identify on WMS and query if it’s associated with a WFS in the Site)

Neither viewers have support for identify/query on user added layers

We are adding a feature to 4.3 for Geodata which will allow administrators to associate

a workflow with a WMS service. When an identify or query happens on that WMS

service, the workflow is run. The use case is to allow the workflow to manipulate the

identify/query response before it is sent to the browser. The WMS service specification

doesn’t prescribe a specific syntax for a GetFeatureInfo request (which is what’s used

by identify and query). Therefore, we don’t know what the response will look like

(HTML? Text? JSON?) – it’s up to the implementer and there are extreme varieties

from one WMS service to the next. So the workflow allows an author with knowledge

of the response syntax to format it so that it can be handled by the viewer; otherwise,

the viewer will just display the response in its raw format. In the case of Geodata’s

WMS service, they have a WMS service returning HTML, and the Silverlight viewer

can’t render arbitrary HTML (because it’s Silverlight).

We sometimes get requests for visualization of WFS services, for the ability to support

WFS-T (transactional) for editing, and for the ability to search for services using a

WCS (catalog).

OGC Support