1. Esri Norsk Conference
February 4th, 2015
Steven Myhill-Jones & Victoria McDonald
Geocortex Technology Update
& Road Ahead

2. Getting even more done with
Esri mapping technology
We create products to do work that is often otherwise
approached as custom development.

5. Not about specific features
or platforms
About helping maximize the possibilities of their Esri
web mapping technology; this evolves over the years.

6. Esri continues to build
outstanding technology

7. And we believe there’s never
been a more valuable time for
our model.

8.  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?

9. 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

10. City & Local
Government
Natural
Resources
Transportation /
Business / GIS
Utilities
(Gas, Electric, Water)
Public
Safety
Industry Distribution
Chart: Sales by Sector (2013)

11. Technology Update

12. Geocortex
Essentials
 Represents 140,000+ hours of R&D
 97% maintenance renewal rate

13. 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

14. Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS
Ships with for Portal for ArcGIS 10.3, and ArcGIS Online,
under a named-user model

15. Geocortex with Web AppBuilder
Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
Web AppBuilder

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

17. Integrates with the Attribute Table and adds
push pins.

18. 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.

19. 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!

20. 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

21. Geocortex Essentials 4.3
 KML Layer Support
 “Radio button” layer groups
 Several new Workflow activities

22. Geocortex Essentials 4.3
 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

23. 2015 Focus

24. Development Strategy: Top 5 Areas
1. HTML5
2. Building for ArcGIS Online/Portal for ArcGIS
3. Disconnected Mobile
4. Industry solutions
5. Geocortex Insight

25. HTML5
u

26. 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

27. 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

28. Geocortex in 2015
Make transitioning to HTML5
part of your strategy…

30.  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

31. 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.

32. Fixed Position, Drill-down Map Tips

33. Measurements with Tabular Report

34. Full Screen Feature Details

35. Full Screen Feature Details

36. Full Screen Feature Details

37. Compact Toolbar & Multi-Tool
 “Multi-tool” element for combines tools
 Choose between Compact and Tabbed

38. New
Handheld
UX

39. New Basemap Picker with Timeslider

40. 3rd Party Map Integration

41. 3rd Party Map Integration

42. Demo

43. Eclipsing the Functional Gap
Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight
Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
TODAY FUTURE

44. 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

45. Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
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)

46. Building for
ArcGIS Online
& Portal for
ArcGIS
v

47. Seamless integration with the ArcGIS platform to search and
reference web maps and services.
Direct ArcGIS Platform Compatibility
Geocortex
Essentials
ArcGIS ServerArcGIS Online
Portal
for
ArcGIS

48. Geocortex Essentials
Seamless Access to Content from
Portal/Online
Portal / ArcGIS Online
Web
Map
Services
Web
Map Apps
Search / Browse
Reference
Web
Map
Services
Web
Map
Services

49. Geocortex Essentials
Use ArcGIS Identities to Secure
Geocortex Applications
Portal / ArcGIS Online
Web
Map
Services
Web
Map Apps
Viewers

50. Disconnected
Mobile
w

51. Dedicated Mobile/Offline Team

52. 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…

53. Mobile Development Models: Web
Limited
Online/Connected

54. Mobile Development Models: Native
Rich
Online or Offline

55. Geocortex Mobile App Framework
Web Native
Hybrid

56. Rich
Mobile Development Models: Hybrid
Online or Offline

57. Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
Browser (Safari)
Geocortex Viewer for HTML5
Offline Feature Layers
Geocortex Mobile
App Framework
Offline Basemap
Using the Browser Only Using Geocortex Mobile App Framework
10MB Storage Capacity Full Device Storage Capacity
No Offline Support Offline Support
OR

58. 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

59. 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)

60. Industry
Solutions
x Energy
Public Safety
Local Government

61. City & Local
Government
Natural
Resources
Transportation /
Business / GIS
Utilities
(Gas, Electric, Water)
Public
Safety
Industry Distribution
Chart: Sales by Sector (2013)

62. We’re creating business-focused applications to
complement and augment Esri’s template strategy.

63. Geocortex Essentials
Solutions Strategy
Extensions Industry Solutions
Geocortex Essentials
Cityworks
Energy Other…Public Safety
Voyager
TempestAmanda
Targeted Apps
Pictometry

64. Active Operating Picture

70. Geocortex AOP & ArcGIS Platform

71. More info at geocortex.com/aop

72. Geocortex
Insight
y

73. 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?”

74. Three Main Areas:
1. Status
2. Trends
3. Dashboard

75. 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 site
was accessed
 How many users are currently using
this application?

76. 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?

77. 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

78. Development screenshots…

86. Development Strategy: Top 5 Areas
1. HTML5
2. Building for ArcGIS Online/Portal for ArcGIS
3. Disconnected Mobile
4. Industry solutions
5. Geocortex Insight

87. Thank You
smj@latitudegeo.com
Steven Myhill-Jones
vmcdonald@latitudegeo.com
Victoria McDonald

88.  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