The document outlines a workshop led by Matt Sheehan focusing on building web map applications using Web 2.0 technology, specifically for both technical and non-technical audiences. It covers the evolution of the internet, the geospatial sector's history, and contemporary development options using tools like Flex, Silverlight, and AJAX, along with mobile geolocation. The workshop aims to enhance understanding of web GIS and mobile solutions for decision-makers and developers in the field.

1. Building Better Web Map Applications using Web 2.0 Technology Matt Sheehan

2. Who is Matt Sheehan?

3. GeoSpatial & GeoLocation Developer BSc & MSc in Geography and GIS Web GIS programmer for 14 years Location based Flex development for 6 years Principal at WebMapSolutions.com Company builds Web and Mobile location based solutions

4. Who is this workshop for and what will we discuss?

5. Workshop - Agenda Audience: Technical and less technical Agenda: - History of the Internet to Web 2.0 - Geospatial sector - from desktop to the Web - Web 2.0 - Flex, Silverlight and AJAX? - Flex geospatial development - Demos and code - Mobile & Geolocation – a new revolution? - Q & A

6. Workshop - Goals Less technical – a better understanding of Web GIS Technical – a better understanding of Web Flex GIS development options plus code Decision Makers – a better understanding Web and mobile GIS solutions

7. History of the Internet to Web 2.0 Lynx and Mosaic HTML Javascript 2004 Web 2.0 “Web as Platform” Flash (2004) AJAX (2005) Flex (2006) and Silverlight (2008)

8. GeoSpatial Industry History 1960-75 - Harvard Laboratory For Computer Graphics And Spatial Analysis 1969 - Environmental Systems Research Institute ( ESRI ) - built on Harvard Graphics developments 1970 - Intergraph Corporation – IBM spin off 1996 – Mapquest launched 1997 – ESRI launch MapObjects IMS 2000 – ESRI launch ArcIMS 2000 – 2006 MapServer and GeoServer are released 2002 – ESRI launch ArcIMS 2005 – Google maps is released 2005 – OpenStreetMap founded 2007 – Yahoo, Microsoft offer mapping sites and API’s 2008 - First GPS enabled smart phone

9. GeoSpatial Defined Analysis and visualisation of data with a locational component Geographic Information Systems (GIS) • A collection of hardware, software, methods, and instructions, to: capture, manage, manipulate, analyze, & display • A decision support system

10. GeoSpatial Web Development Stack Options Commercial GIS - ESRI Flex ArcGIS API, ArcGIS Spatial Serve, ArcSDE/Oracle Open Source GIS OpenScales Flex API, OpenLayers AJAX, MapServer, GeoServer, PostGIS/Postgres Proprietary Consumer Mapping Google, Bing, Yahoo API’s Open Source Consumer Mapping Modest Maps Flex API

11. Let’s focus on client technology

12. Web 2.0 - Requirements Browser plug ins: - Flash/Flex – Flash Player - Silverlight – .NET Plug in - AJAX – no requirements Adobe AIR – just to confuse things

13. Web 2.0 - Development What is the big deal about Web 2.0 technology? - feels and acts like desktop apps - sophisticated design .. pre built components - expressive features such as transitions and animations - asynchronous server calls How are Flash, Flex, Silverlight apps built? What is an API?

14. GeoSpatial Client API’s ESRI ArcGIS - Flex API, - Silverlight API - Javascript API Open Source - OpenLayers Javascript API - OpenScales Flex API Other – Google, Modest Maps

15. Let’s focus on Flex

16. ESRI ArcGIS Flex API 2 options 1) ESRI 2.2 Flex Viewer 2) Custom application development

17. OpenScales Flex API

18. Google Maps Flex API

19. Modest Maps Flex API

20. Demos and Code

21. Mobile & Geolocation – a new revolution?

22. Mobile Development Mobile is confusing! - Hardware – smart phones v tablets - Platforms – IOS, Android, Symbian, Blackberry, Windows - Software – Web apps v native apps - Tools – Objective C, Flex, AIR, Silverlight, Javascript

23. Mobile & Location GeoLocation “ The identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a cell phone or Internet connected device” How does the market look at present? 1) Location based services (LBS) - Foursquare, Gowalla, Where, Yelp … 2) Geospatial - GIS on a smart phone! – whaaaat!

24. Flex Smart Phone ArcGIS

25. Flex Smart Phone OpenScales

26. Flex Mobile – BlackBerry PlayBook

27. The (near) Future of Mobile GIS? Hardware - Data collection = smart phone/tablet - Visualisation = Tablet Software = Web - One UI across all devices - One programming language GIS and geolocation?

28. Thank You - Questions? Website and Blog: www.webmapsolutions.com Useful Links: www.webmapsolutions.com/links.html Twitter: www.twitter.com/flexmappers Contact: [email_address]