Going Open-Source with Esri



Andrew Turner - @ajturner

slides: heorb.it/esriopensource




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Esri provides tools to make decisions

ArcGIS is a robust
and full featured platform.

we work to provide easy to use tools and interfaces.
  • Content
  • Code
  • Services
  • Libraries

Develop the best technology possible.

Enable our community to solve problems.

Communities

are many and varied.
Magritte Castle Programmers build castles in the air...

heorb.it/skycastles

Want to enable people to have their own vision and control their own future
Girl In Legos   Tantek

Freedom

Esri's new open-source support

has been happening for a long time

Esri as an open technology company

Content: OpenStreetMap, Geodata.gov

Code: PostgreSQL, OGR/GDAL, MySQL, MongoDB

Services: OGC, GeoServices, LDAP, OAuth, Shapefiles

Libraries: Dojo, Python, ArcScripts

Viewsource Open-Source is as simple as... "view source"
Encourages people to learn through example,
  • customize
  • extend
  • innovate
  • own your solution.
Positive feedback flows required

Open-Source is an opportunity

Cathedral
& Bazaar

CCHaiti Collaboration Table   Chadcat

“Social Coding”

more than just push
Esri Github

Amazing Engineers

doing it in the open

Broken Link   Darwinbell

Licensing

default: Apache 2

Will only work if you collaborate

Many Languages: Javascript, Python, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Java, ActionScript/Flex, Silverlight, C

Web Applications, Mobile, Big Data analysis, Templates, Utilities

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Git started.

esri.github.com

to be continued at DevSummit...

PierGustafson   My Universe

We're hiring

UI Designers, UX Engineers, JavaScript ninjas, Big data analysis wizards