ESRI Developer Network
Jim Barry
Program Manager, EDN
ESRI - Redlands, California USA

The World Leader in Geographic Information Systems
• 1969
– Geography matters, possibilities of GIS
• Start: land use and environmental protection
– Now, almost all industries
• 1982
– ARC/INFO launched
Mainframe, to workstation, to desktop, to the web

• 90 distributors
• 2,000 business partners
• 300,000 user sites
• 65 corporate alliances
Corporate citizenship
– Education, conservation, disaster response, grants, sustainable development

ESRI Developer Network
GIS and Mapping Solutions for Developers
• Entire ArcGIS platform
• Full licenses for development and basic testing
• Annual subscription
• Discounts: technical support, training
• Online resources
• User communities

ESRI Developer Network
GIS and Mapping Solutions for Developers
• Product
– Software bundle
• Server GIS
• Mobile GIS
• Geodatabases
• Since 2005
• ArcGIS Extensions
• 5,000 subscribers
• to supplement ArcGIS Desktop
• Program
– Online Resource Centers
– Online Communities
– Developer Summit conference
– Beta software

Applications you can create
• Server
• Desktop
• Mobile
• Web

Extensions you can leverage
• 3D
• Data Interoperability
• Geodatabase Update
• Geostatistics
• Image
• Maplex
• Network
• Schematics
• Spatial, Raster
• Tracking

Data and services you can use
• ArcGIS Online
• ESRI Data & Maps DVDs
• Vendor data
• Web services
• Your data
–Database server
–Exposed through web services

Why use EDN?
• Low cost of entry
• Save production licenses for production use
• Defer deployment costs
application development process
Production
Developer
License Cost
License Cost

What’s new with EDN: 2008
• Simplfied EDN front page
• Redesigned, improved online resources
• Community pages
• Improved navigation, search
• Integrated global social networking
• More blogs from product development teams

What’s new with EDN: 2008
• Simplfied EDN front page

What’s new with EDN: 2008
• Resource Centers

resources.esri.com

blogs.esri.com

forums.esri.com

tinyurl.com/EDNfacebook

twitter.com

youtube.com/ESRItv

@JimBarry
@AL_Laframboise
@agup
@dcardella
youtube.com/ESRItv
tinyurl.com/EDNfacebook

ESRI Developer Summit
• Annual conference
• Advanced technical sessions for developers
• Growing year after year
• “Productivity” event

What’s next for EDN: 2009
• Developer Summit: 40% more content
• Wiki KB
• Wiki documentation for JavaScript, REST, Flex APIs
• Media Galleries
• Double live webcasts
• Enhance user recognition program
• Support design, deployment developer certification program
• Grow Java resources
• Upgrade forums
• What do you need?

Thanks!
jbarry@esri.com