Social #WebApps
Ideas for developing GIS applications that are socially a ”where”
Allan Laframboise
EDN Team
@AL_Laframboise

who am I?
@AL_Laframboise
edn.esri.com

who are you?

ideas for
socializing
#webmaps

we all love putting
GIS apps
on the web

challenges… design
interface tools
usability

customer, expectations are
higher…

see more (visualize)

explore more (locations)

do more (analysis)

share more (social)

developers, faced with new
challenges

real-time data
accurate geocoding
routing with local knowledge
advance sharing…

today…
sharing
&
socializing

Quiz!
Have webapp/webmap applications?
Expose sharing functionality?
Integrate with social media?

sharing is important…

sharing is easy…
1. Create widget for your application (AddThis or Sharethis)
2. Customize the widget (type of sharing)
Email
Social bookmark
Social media (FB, Twitter…)
3. Add script

integrating with social networks
is important…

Twitter…
140 chars
instant message
anything, anyone, anytime, anywhere

any “where”…

anatomy of a tweet
Who/what am I referring to?
What am I doing?
Hey, I finally made it to #WhereCampPDX! Can’t wait to
meet everyone. Thanks for sending me @JimBarry.
Reference/address for
someone.

pseudo geotweets
What…
Who…
I noticed a brush fire off the 10FWY south of the 91FWY
interchange. Anyone dispatched yet? #LAFires
Traffic accident off of the 38FWY near Big Bear Lake.
#SoCalTraffic
Anyone know where there’s still parking available for the
baseball game tonight? #OregonEvents
…
Where?

useful to GIS’ers?

Twitter API = simple
1. Search (HTTP - JSON, atom)
2. Twitter (REST - JSON, XML)
3. Streaming (JSON)

security
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.xml?screen_name=al_laframboise
vs
http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml

Twitter’s new geolocation
platform

developers only…

apps can
add
lat/long
Opt-in Geocoding
but only if you
“opt-in”…

anatomy changes? NO!
Who/what am I referring to?
What am I doing?
Hey, I finally made it to #WhereCampPDX! Can’t wait to
meet everyone. Thanks for sending me @JimBarry.
Reference/address for
<geo xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"> someone.
<georss:point>37.780467** -122.396762**</georss:point>
</geo>

curl -d "lat= 45.53269 long=-122.66116&status=I finally made it to #WhereCampPDX" -u user:pass
"http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<status>
<created_at>Sat Oct 03 02:52:51 +0000 2009</created_at>
...
<geo xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">
<georss:point> 45.53269 -122.66116 </georss:point>
</geo>
<user>
<name>AL Laframboise</name>
...
<geo_enabled>true</geo_enabled>
...
</user> </status>

7 days only!

scary right?
wrong!

1.
opt-in
<geo_enabled>false</geo_enabled>

2.
search API has always existed…
http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=wherecamppdx
&geocode=45.52803%2C-122.66061%2C25km

3.
apps are already doing this…
Location: Redlands, CA
Location: iPhone: 45.53269,-122.66116
P:34.05748,-117.19569 Subbing-in for @jimbarry who was
planning to attend #WhereCampPDX. See you there!

few examples

Share you map with the world
http://tinyurl.com/sharemap

“geotweeters” – Who’s saying what and where?
http://tinyurl.com/geotweeters

Real-time geolocation and GIS
ArcGIS Explorer

Finally
users expectations are higher
share your maps
embrace the power of social media
Real-time geolocation information is the future!