ArcGIS for JavaScript developers by Example

Book Description

Key Features

• Unshackle your GIS application from a workstation! Get running with three major web mapping projects covering all the important aspects of the ArcGIS JavaScript API.
• Set a strong foundation for the ArcGIS JavaScript API and modular coding with dojo.
• Gain a crystal clear understanding of the ArcGIS JavaScript, and become skilled in creating exciting and interesting geospatial apps.

Book Description

The book starts by explaining the basics of the ArcGIS web mapping ecosystem. The book walks you through the development of six major applications, covering a wide variety of topics such as querying, rendering, advanced data visualization and performing map analytics. It also emphasizes on writing modular code using pure dojo, which is the preferred platform for developing web GIS applications using ArcGIS JavaScript API.

By the end of the book, you will have gained enough practical experience to architect a robust and visually powerful mapping application using the API.

What you will learn

• Find out what you need to develop a web mapping application in the ArcGIS environment
• Get to know about the major features provided by the ArcGIS JavaScript API
• See the coding best practices to develop modular dojo-based JavaScript applications
• Get to grips with writing custom re-usable dojo modules using dojo and esri modules and dijits
• Understand how to use various ArcGIS data sources and other open geospatial data available on the web
• Discover how to query spatial data and get the best out of your data using analytical techniques
• Master the art of rendering your map beautifully and create wonderful data visualizations using non-map objects such as charts
• Grasp how to create secure and scalable web maps

About the Author

Jayakrishnan Vijayaraghavan is an Esri-certified web developer with extensive experience in full stack web development, machine learning, and GIS. Working in variegated domains and geographies and through graduate and undergraduate studies in computer science and GIS, he has gained a solid grounding in geospatial technologies and in data science. He is a DAAD scholar and a winner of the UN-HABITAT special jury award. He’s keen on developing intelligent and ubiquitous mapping systems by integrating Machine Learning concepts with GIS. He is also a novelist and poet too.

Yogesh Dhanapal has expertise in developing and delivering end-to-end web mapping application for key clients, and he is proficient in many web technologies. He also has many years of training and education in the geospatial domain. A hardcore programmer and GIS enthusiast, Yogesh is a Microsoft-certified solutions developer―web applications and Esri-certified web developer. He has gained expertise in applying GIS for transportation and petroleum domain and has extensive experience in customizing Esri roads and highways extension with JavaScript dojo modules. He is keen on developing cross-platform and web applications with a mobile-first approach.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Foundation for the API
Chapter 2: Layers and Widgets
Chapter 3: Writing Queries
Chapter 4: Building Custom Widgets
Chapter 5: Working with Renderers
Chapter 6: Working with Real-Time Data
Chapter 7: Map Analytics and Visualization Techniques
Chapter 8: Advanced Map Visualization and Charting Libraries
Chapter 9: Visualization with Time Aware Layers

中文：

书名：ArcGIS for JavaScript开发人员示例

主要特点

• 将您的地理信息系统应用程序从工作站上解脱出来！开始使用三个主要的Web地图项目，该项目涵盖了ArcGIS JavaScript API的所有重要方面。
• Set a strong foundation for the ArcGIS JavaScript API and modular coding with dojo.
• 对ArcGIS JavaScript有一个透彻的了解，并熟练地创建令人兴奋和有趣的地理空间应用程序。

图书描述

本书首先解释了ArcGIS Web地图生态系统的基础知识。这本书向你介绍了六个主要应用程序的开发，涵盖了广泛的主题，如查询、渲染、高级数据可视化和执行地图分析。它还强调使用纯Dojo编写模块化代码，这是使用ArcGIS JavaScript API开发Web GIS应用程序的首选平台。

到本书结束时，您将获得足够的实践经验来使用API构建一个健壮且可视化功能强大的地图应用程序。

你将学到什么

• Find out what you need to develop a web mapping application in the ArcGIS environment
• 了解ArcGIS JavaScript API提供的主要功能
• See the coding best practices to develop modular dojo-based JavaScript applications
• 掌握使用Dojo和Esri模块和dijit编写自定义可重复使用的Dojo模块
• 了解如何使用各种ArcGIS数据源和Web上提供的其他开放地理空间数据
• 了解如何使用分析技术查询空间数据并充分利用数据
• 掌握完美渲染地图的技巧，并使用图表等非地图对象创建精彩的数据可视化
• 掌握如何创建安全且可扩展的Web地图

About the Author

Jayakrishnan Vijayaraghavan 是Esri认证的Web开发人员，在全栈Web开发、机器学习和地理信息系统方面拥有丰富的经验。在不同的领域和地理位置工作，通过计算机科学和地理信息系统的研究生和本科生学习，他在地理空间技术和数据科学方面获得了坚实的基础。他是DAAD学者和联合国人居署特别评审团奖的获得者。他热衷于通过将机器学习的概念与地理信息系统相结合来开发智能和无处不在的地图系统。他也是一位小说家和诗人。

约格什·达纳帕尔 在为主要客户开发和交付端到端网络地图应用程序方面拥有专业知识，并精通多种网络技术。他还在地理空间领域接受了多年的培训和教育。作为一名铁杆程序员和地理信息系统爱好者，Yogesh是微软认证的解决方案开发商-Web应用程序和Esri认证的Web开发商。他获得了将地理信息系统应用于交通和石油领域的专业知识，并在使用JavaScript Dojo模块定制Esri道路和高速公路扩展方面拥有丰富的经验。他热衷于以移动优先的方式开发跨平台和网络应用程序。

目录表

Chapter 1: Foundation for the API
第2章：层和小部件
第3章：编写查询
Chapter 4: Building Custom Widgets
Chapter 5: Working with Renderers
Chapter 6: Working with Real-Time Data
第7章：地图分析和可视化技术
第8章：高级地图可视化和制图库
第9章：使用时间感知层实现可视化