Presentations

Esri UK's Managing Director, Pete Wilkinson welcomes everyone to the 2024 London conference and shares his vision on how GIS is being used by customers around the world to '[b]create the world we want to see[/b]'.[br][br]This leads into a presentation by the National Trust who share their journey with GIS over the past ten years, outlining how the GIS team have supported the Trusts strategic priorities through a range of projects to increase biodiversity and improve the visitor experience.[br][br]We then take a look at how Esri is continuing to make GIS more accessible and Mark Wells, Esri UK's CTO, explains the changes to the licensing model. This is followed by three demonstrations that show a range of capabilities in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, including Sweet for ArcGIS and Workflow Manager, all designed to save you hours, even days of time and enable you to work smarter.

Aerial images have helped us record, map and understand our world since early flight and new technologies have driven the development of imagery as a mapping tool. That change has accelerated in recent years with the adoption of drones for capture and new satellite services. The emergence of AI as a tool for automating the extraction of intelligence from images is also shaking things up. This session will provide a snapshot of the exciting new possibilities that ArcGIS Image offers. Whether you are using ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise we'll take a high-level look at the capabilities before zooming in on some of the exciting new options.

ArcGIS Survey123, one of the mobile apps available in ArcGIS, is well-known for offering form-based data collection. Simple surveys are quick to configure in the Web Designer, but an array of advanced options can be unlocked with ArcGIS Survey123 Connect. Starting with survey configuration and structuring, Esri UK showcase the differing capabilities in Web Designer and Connect. Stepping beyond data collection, we'll uncover how Survey123 supports collaboration with its reporting tools; not forgetting that the results become part of your wider spatial data repository. Watch this session to see some of the latest features in this ever-popular, user friendly data capture tool.

The ArcGIS Maps SDKs are the foundations on which Esri's apps are built and are available to anyone needing to build their own custom apps. This technical session focuses on the three SDKs that support mobile app development, whether you are building for iOS, Android or want to stay cross-platform. Members of the Maps SDKs dev team will be digging into what the SDKs offer and how to get the best out of them. Watch this session to discover the new features coming to your developer environments and get a glimpse into the future of our mobile apps.

ArcGIS web services underpin the ArcGIS apps that put your data and maps in the right hands in the right way. They can also be used in custom apps to meet those use cases the app builders just don't quite cover. In this session, Esri UK take a look at the options for developing web apps and update you on the latest features. We'll demonstrate how to work with Esri Leaflet and showcase some of the latest additions to the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript. This session looks at different deployment options, whether you have ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online or both.

It is well known that the power of GIS comes from bringing different data together to gain analytical insight. Site suitability (or unsuitability) analysis isn't new, but we no longer have to build our own model from scratch. In this session, Esri UK look at using ModelBuilder in ArcGIS Pro to bring together multiple data layers and identify sites that meet your criteria. We demonstrate how the Suitability Modeller in Spatial Analyst makes this easier, allowing quick identification of sites and the ability to interactively run different model permutations. Discover too how models can be moved to the web with ArcGIS Experience Builder; putting the power of site suitability modelling into the hands of more users.

Do you want a simple map focused app, a sophisticated multi-page app, a mobile friendly interactive report or an immersive 2D and 3D exploratory tool? An app configured using ArcGIS Experience Builder can be any of these and more. With all that flexibility and a wealth of options, how do you get the best out of this app super-builder? In this technical session, Esri UK dip into templates, looking behind the scenes at actions, structuring our layouts, wrangling widgets and customising apps for small screens. Watch this session to hear our top tips on getting more out of this key part of the ArcGIS system.