LocalMaps - What's new & what's coming

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08-21-2017 09:17 PM
LaurenMcArtney
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It was great to see many of our LocalMaps Users at the New Zealand Esri User Conference last week! For those you who made it to the Local Government Special Interest Group, it was especially beneficial to hear your thoughts on LocalMaps 1.1 and discuss the development roadmap going forward with version 2.0 coming out later this year.

As a follow up to this, below is an outline some of the main improvements in LocalMaps 1.1 that were shown at conference. These include greater reporting capabilities, new Save Map and Draw Widgets as well as several bug fixes and enhancements to existing widgets. We also gave a bit of a sneak peek into what is coming in 2.0 - scroll down to check out what to expect!

Our development is driven from you so if you do have any ideas, please feel free to pop them up here on Geonet!

---- What’s New in 1.1 ----

 

Reporting

 

There have been a number of improvements to the Report tool and administration. Now in the admin tools administrators can easily view, edit and create advanced reports. By simply selecting a feature in the LocalMaps Viewer, users can then generate a PDF document containing multiple maps, tables and related information. Key new features:

 

  • Build multi-page reports from a single input feature
  • Include multiple maps and map layouts
  • Add maps, tables and text statements based on a selected feature and linked tables.
  • Move, order and reposition elements in the report
  • Configure buffers and other spatial features
  • Select from predefined templates or upload you own to ArcGIS Server to use.

 
If you would like to test this and any of the other new tools below, please site head to the LocalMaps for Local Government demo page  (To test the reporting, launch the Land Use map from the gallery. You can then select a parcel and hit the “Generate Report” Button.)

Example of reporting administration 

 

Save Map

 

Save edits and selections made to any map with the new Save Widget. Saved maps can then be shared with others through a url. This functionality is currently only available in LocalMaps using Portal for ArcGIS (Coming to ArcGIS Online build in August)

 

Draw / Measure

 

The LM draw / measure widget has been updated to include more options to edit vertices, move, resize, delete and measure drawn shapes.

 

Enhanced Select

 

Improvements to the Select tool include adding a buffer radius on the map when a selection is made. We have also addressed various bug fixes.

 

Zoom to point 

 

Capture co-ordinates using the zoom to point widget rather than using the co-ordinates widget itself.

 

Training and Support

 

We also have a new LocalMaps Administration Training course. Designed for administrators, this one-day instructor lead workshop teaches how to successfully manage a LocalMaps install in parallel with customers ArcGIS Online subscription account and Enterprise GIS installation. More info here.

 

---- LocalMaps 2.0 - What's coming ----

 

We have several new developments we have included in LocalMaps 2.0 (release due Nov 2017). These include-

  • Social logins 

      Sign into LocalMaps using your ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS, Facebook, Google or Datacom. More providers       to come. 

 

  • UX/UI Enhancements 

      The LocalMaps administration page has have various UI/UX enhancements including new drag and drop functionality, formatting fields in for your reports, ordering fields in your reports, adding in default searches and the ability to have separate logos for your gallery and viewer

       

    • Analytics 

    You will now have the ability to see how maps and widget are being used within LocalMaps. We are capturing when a map is loaded and also when a widget is loaded as well. For those users who have logged in, we will also capture this information too. This lets you quickly and simply see how people are using LocalMaps, what maps are most popular, what widgets are most popular and who are your heavy users.

                   

      • Hilltop integration 

      Most regional councils in New Zealand are running Hilltop Server, this is a server that provides environmental information out to the internet. With the Hilltop integration and associated widget, you can start to surface this information through your Portal and ArcGIS Online. The widget lets you interrogate the data return data for given time periods and even allows users to export sample data to CSV, or save images of the graphs within the widget.

    • LocalMaps Web AppBuilder Theme 

    Have a consistent look and feel across all your content in LocalMaps – webmaps and webapps! We will be releasing a new LocalMaps Theme that can be used with your other Web Apps built with Web AppBuilder (Developers Edition) 

     

    Future LM development’s is heavily based on feedback from you - the LM Community. This Geonet page is a core part of this so that you can pitch ideas, feedback and start LM community discussions. Its also a great place to check out what others are saying and vote on those too. Ideas with the highest votes will be first in the development pipeline!

    Stay tuned for more updates to come - 2.0 is just around the corner! 

     

    The LocalMaps Team, August 22nd 2017