00:01Journal entry. November 7. Next stop USAID.

00:07When a disaster or crisis occurs, USAID is prepared to answer the hard questions, when and where should the US provide assistance?

00:15What and how much is needed?

00:16And how do we coordinate with multiple organizations on the ground?

00:20At USAID, we saw GIS making a difference in many different humanitarian assistance efforts, analyzing the recent floods in Thailand…

00:29…tracking internally displaced persons in Uganda, and a really interesting story from Haiti.

00:36Analysts mapped the density of destroyed buildings.

00:40Calculated, there was more than 10 million cubic meters of rubble which clearly demonstrated…

00:45…the lack of enough available open space in the right places for temporary shelters.

00:51So in a key innervation, they created a new two-story shelter.

00:56Now they can shelter twice as many people in the same space as before.

01:01But GIS is a relatively new tool in the development community, and we saw the evidence during our visit…

01:06…represented by an incredible team of young, inspirational GIS champions, that are spread across multiple divisions…

01:13…yet all banding together informally to help each other and to empower the best decisions.

01:19USAID is in the early stages of their enterprise GIS potential as an organization.

01:25They have the staff and the champions.

01:27They're building great maps and analysis, and just last November, they formalized a new geocenter to increase their capabilities.

01:35Even in times of budget cuts in many organizations, the GIS team is seen as mission critical.

01:42At some point during our visit, the subject of the news media came up.

01:46I often personally disagree with how some news reports sensationalize events.

01:52And I realized a valuable lesson here.

01:55Media can often drive decision making in the absence of authoritative information.

02:01This was an a-ha moment for me.

02:03I understood that as GIS professionals, we must share our results quickly so decision makers can act with the best authoritative information…

02:13…not let the absence inadvertently drive decisions.

02:21Now let's take the USAID lesson a step further.

02:24Where do most people in the world get information they use to drive their own decisions?

02:29The answer today I would suggest is their mobile device. No big surprise, right?

02:34Our new challenge as the GIS community is to realize that for many situations we must be able to deploy our work to the mobile platforms…

02:43…because that's where many decision makers are getting their information first.

02:48This new trend is Mobile First.

02:51To help deepen our understanding of what Mobile First means, please welcome Jo Fraley.

02:59Thanks, John.

03:02When John gave me the assignment, Mobile First, my initial reaction was, there's so many devices, where do I begin?

03:10If mobile is where people are getting their information, then Mobile First means their content must fit on a small screen.

03:18It should be intuitive.

03:19And it should work when you send an e-mail with a link.

03:24When you need to share maps and analysis to your organization, to your manager, or to the public, the first question is, do you need to write code?

03:37No or yes?

03:39If yes, do you write JavaScript in HTML or do you go native, meaning using the SDKs for a specific device?

03:49Now let's take a look at these three options.

03:53The first option is you need to share to many devices without writing any code.

03:59You've seen how ArcGIS Online allows you to share content easily.

04:04If we go to the full site for ArcGIS Online on my iPhone, what is wrong with this picture?

04:11It breaks all the Mobile First rules.

04:14It doesn't fit on the screen. It's hard to use and navigate.

04:18But what else is wrong with this picture?

04:21It's not 11 p.m. at night.

04:24This is actually a picture.

04:27Let's open up a browser and navigate to ArcGIS Online.

04:33Mobile First means you get a streamlined application that is built to fit and work on your mobile device.

04:41If I'm signed in to ArcGIS Online, I'll get my content, but I can also get to additional content.

04:48And those intelligent web maps that have been authored and saved on ArcGIS Online are easily accessible…

04:55…and I can open them in my map view.

04:58I can get to a description about that map, and I can quickly zoom in to my current location using the GPS of the device.

05:06Also, pop-ups that are authored within the map are also accessible.

05:16And if you really like a map, you can share it via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter.

05:24Another out-of-the-box option for users of Android, iOS, and Windows Phone is to download ArcGIS for those specific devices.

05:35Opening ArcGIS on my Windows Phone, I have access to that same content from ArcGIS Online.

05:42So using ArcGIS Online, you can share to many devices, whether they're using a browser…

05:49…or using the native ArcGIS applications for their specific device.

05:53There's no programming required.

05:58Moving on to our next option when you do need to write code, do you go JavaScript HTML, or do you go native?

06:08Well I wanted to see what it would take to write a simple application focused on a hot topic of 2012, the presidential election.

06:17So using HTML 5 and the ArcGIS API for JavaScript, I spent a couple days, wrote about 400 lines of code to create an application.

06:27I shared an e-mail with my colleagues asking for their help in testing the application…

06:31…explaining to them that the application collects public opinion on election issues.

06:36It's designed to work on multiple devices, and if they click on the link, they could try the application out and give me some feedback.

06:46Now the application does take advantage of the GPS of the device.

06:58Using my location, I can grab the ZIP Code and summarize the results for this particular region.

07:05I can click on a map to see where the results have been collected from, and as we zoom in…

07:10…we can see the blue dots represent that the biggest issue in this area is budget and economy.

07:16Going back to the chart, the chart will update based on that region or map extent.

07:23Now since the application is designed to work on multiple devices, let's go back to my iPhone, open that same e-mail, and click on the link.

07:36So using JavaScript in HTML, you can write your code once to create focused applications that collect, summarize…

07:48…and visualize information on multiple devices.

07:58The last example that I'm going to show you today is creating native applications.

08:04Some organizations are standardizing on a specific device.

08:08The ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone allow you to build these native applications.

08:16And these SDKs allow you to take full advantage of your device's capabilities like the camera, the contact list, and online storage.

08:26Coming at 10.1 with the Runtime SDKs is the ability to go offline.

08:33So let's open up an application, and this application is built specifically for the iPad…

08:39…that allows me to do inspections on tanks in a gas and oil field.

08:45But we want to take advantage of that offline capability.

08:48So let's switch and actually turn, go into airplane mode on my device, and I see that I'm offline.

08:58I can continue to pan and zoom around the map as well as get to information about my tanks.

09:06We can collect information while disconnected…

09:10…and this capability is available because this application takes advantage of the local storage of the device.

09:19We can also add a photo, either from the camera or the library, and save that information all while disconnected from the network.

09:30And I see that I have one inspection ready to sync.

09:34Now let's go back online, and once connected to the network, I can sync my changes and the data will update on the server.

09:48So using the ArcGIS Runtime SDKs, you can build these native applications that take full advantage of your device's capabilities.

09:59To wrap up, the three options when thinking Mobile First are no programming required using ArcGIS Online…

10:10…creating applications using JavaScript in HTML to reach multiple devices…

10:15…or creating native applications for a specific device.

10:19So my challenge to you is, the next time you need to share your maps and analysis, think Mobile First. Back to you, John.

10:32Thanks, Jo. This gives us a better understanding of what Mobile First means for pushing information back to the world…

10:40…as well as collecting information back, because in many situations, the best information comes from those that are walking in the geography.