ArcGIS Platform

What do Foursquare, Credit Card fraud protection, Pokémon Go, and COVID-19 response all have in common? Location based services. Location services, which generally means using geographic information and data to provide services or information to users, is not a new technology or concept, and started to emerge in the telecommunications industry during the 1990s as GPS was made more widely available for commercial use. Over the years, location services have been leveraged in apps and services to improve our day to day lives, and within the last year we’ve seen location services thrust to the forefront of COVID-19 response through contact tracing initiatives and solutions. As technology has advanced, so have location services, and the demand for location services is on the rise.   

Wireless Carriers and Digital Service Providers in the telecommunications industry have leveraged location services in applications and consumer offerings for a long time. With the evolution of cloud computing and enhancements to personal device hardware, location services are starting to be leveraged in new products and services that take advantage of these technology advancements of the 21st century.

Along with the personal devices we use every day, our smart phones, more and more  IoT  connected devices are coming online everyday. The IoT is creating new smart X service opportunities for B2B and B2C. Whether its smart manufacturing, smart city, or smart home, IoT connected devices powering these smart applications are recording their location and real-time location services are enabling geofencing and geotriggers to automate these applications further.

Agile marketing is the new norm, and data-driven is the buzzword. Combine CRM information with 50,000+ points of enriched data for a deeper view of consumers and competitive landscapes. Location intelligence through location services moves beyond soft metrics to concrete, real-time, actionable data. Rich insight into consumer behavior, both online and off, empowers marketers to build omnichannel campaigns that get real results. Transform traditional advertising into intentional, personal, location based, conversational relationships.

In this day and age there is no shortage of data. Smart phones and other IoT connected devices are adding to big data repositories, while AI/ML and advanced analytics are creating new data products everyday. Wireless Carriers and Digital Service Providers are looking to monetize their abundance of data, and location services can provide geographic context and location intelligence to data, or enable access to geographic based data through location services and mapping applications.

Creating safer, less vulnerable communities in "the new normal" requires a modern approach to understanding threats and hazards that are more complex, costly, and devastating than ever before. Agencies around the world rely on locations services every day to plan for and mitigate complex threats and hazards and coordinate response and recovery efforts when disasters and emergencies occur. Recently, location services have supported  contact tracing  in COVID-19 response efforts, but as the number of natural disasters continues to grow, location services will play an important role in emergency response applications and solutions.

ArcGIS Platform is Esri's geospatial platform-as-a-service (PaaS). It provides developers with frictionless access to location capabilities as a standalone set of services.

With ArcGIS Platform, developers can build Esri's market-leading location services into their apps, business systems, and products. They can access these services using their APIs and web frameworks of choice—including open-source client APIs as well as ArcGIS APIs, SDKs, and app builders.

Add location intelligence to your workflows with Esri’s ArcGIS Location Services. Build the power of location into your applications and workflows with simplicity and accessibility at an affordable price. Add map, search, routing, and enrich capabilities that perform and scale as your needs grow. Access ArcGIS Location Services anywhere, anytime and on any device to build, manage, and deploy innovative solutions for web, desktop, and mobile devices.

Add location to your application with basemaps. Customizable to your brand's needs, basemaps serve as the geographic foundation for mapping data.

Search and display global addresses and place-names on a map. Get the most accurate and reliable results.

Find the quickest or shortest route based on time and distance, generate turn-by-turn directions, and perform intelligent network analysis with ready-to-use routing and directions services.

Data services are services that host, manage, and provide access to your data. These services are created when you use data management tools to import, create, or publish data.

Utilize powerful data visualization tools to see unique patterns and relationships. Using data-driven visualizations, you can create rich interactive 2D and 3D maps.

Integrate quality data services into your applications. Access ready-to-use authoritative data in any format you choose, including prepared maps, databases, live feeds, reports, and infographics.

Tap into the Internet of Things (IoT) to analyze and display real-time data from sensors, devices, and social media feeds. Understand and discover the hidden patterns and trends in your massive datasets by applying spatiotemporal analytics that utilizes distributed computing. 

ArcGIS Platform gives you the flexibility to build apps using the client API that best meets your needs. You can work directly with location services using open-source mapping libraries like Leaflet, GL JS, OpenLayers, and ArcGIS REST JS. ArcGIS Platform also provides a complete set of APIs, SDKs, and services for building and deploying location-focused apps. This includes a feature-rich JavaScript API for web development, runtime SDKs for mobile and desktop platforms, and low-code app builders.

ArcGIS Platform is engineered to be open, secure, and interoperable. To create an open and interoperable system, Esri has adopted a multifaceted approach. This includes leveraging standards, open architecture, and engaging communities. Over the years, Esri has worked with open standards forums like OGC, CableLabs, and the TM Forum.

Esri is the world’s premier provider of location services. ArcGIS Platform delivers these powerful location services to developers through a geospatial platform-as-a-service (PaaS). This lets developers access market-leading content and capabilities as standalone services that support their preferred APIs.  To help you get started, ArcGIS Platform offers cloud data storage and hosting, affordable pricing, and extensive documentation and resources. For more information, contact Esri below.

Esri, the global market leader in geographic information systems (GIS), offers the most powerful mapping and spatial analytics technology available. Since 1969, Esri has helped customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Today, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations including the world’s largest cities, most national governments, 75% of the Fortune 500, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri engineers the most advanced solutions for digital transformation, IoT, and location analytics to create the maps that run the world.