ArcGIS Web Development

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

1. ArcGIS JavaScript Foundation

Chapter 1. GIS as a tool

1.1. GIS: here, there, everywhere

1.1.1. The GIS tools landscape

1.1.2. Introducing the ArcGIS platform

1.1.3. Why care about spatial applications?

1.1.4. Trends in the GIS industry

1.2. Understanding the GIS bits

1.2.1. The what and the where of GIS data

1.2.2. Serving GIS data: ArcGIS Server and the REST API

1.2.3. Choosing an ArcGIS web API

1.3. Things to know

1.3.1. JavaScript, Dojo Toolkit, and Dijit

1.3.2. Introducing a tad of GIS

1.3.3. Interacting with the ArcGIS REST API

1.4. Summary

Chapter 2. Introducing core API concepts

2.1. From data to map

2.1.1. Parts ...