2016 Washington GIS

This presentation will illustrate how the Office 365 productivity suite, one of Microsoft’s fastest growing products, can be enhanced through integration with ArcGIS technology. An approach involving an Excel add-in, ArcGIS Server .NET and Python geoprocessing functionality and an ArcGIS Online web map will be described to demonstrate how GIS practitioners may leverage their existing infrastructure to further extend the value of their GIS data and processing services. A business case for coupling the technology components will be explained and a review of various development considerations will be provided to support a primary goal of the exercise, which is to show how cloud-based services can be integrated to deliver spatial processing capabilities in an efficient and cost-effective manner. The work is being conducted as an ongoing personal research project and is proving to be a valuable mechanism for developing a variety of skills that are useful for the modern GIS developer at any level. These skills pertain to, for example, technology integration, cloud/online GIS and handling JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data. As complex some of the components of the project can be, the concepts will be carefully explained to ensure that those new to development or with peripheral interest in this topic may find the content as beneficial as those with more advanced development capabilities.