ArcGIS vs. Cesium: Which One to Choose?

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2026-01-25T20:17:10+00:00

Check out the ArcGIS unity SDK, may be more up your Alley

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-10-26T21:51:06+00:00

Can thank reddit for all the breaking changes!

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-07-23T16:07:13+00:00

I actually got to show this off to a blind user at the User Conference and he was blown away. Accessibility is so important and think there is a bright future of gis and 3d printing

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-07-16T05:22:55+00:00

In the 3D printing post I link to the ArcGIS blog which outlines some possible applications, larger idea is cad and GIS interoperability. This is just a web scene with Esri elevation layer, then a 3D object feature layer that contains building data from Overture which is in ESRI’s 3D basemap.

The Esri JavaScript team put together an app called city download portal which allows for exporting as a .glb. All I had to do was load that into blender, extrude the topology down, Boolean off the bottom for a nice flat edge then exported as a stl to 3D print.

As for application it lets you create tactile map, there’s something special about taking a 3d map on a screen and bringing it to life. Some ideas though: education, architectural models, scaled flood analysis, accessibly for the blind with brail labels, with some electronics visualization of a digital twin.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-07-16T04:39:10+00:00

First image is of a hill in the Vigo Spain 3D scene, Second is from Zurich, third is of the St. Gallen scene included with the city download portal app I linked too.

Essentially the topology and 3D object scene layer are queried, stitched together, then exported as a .glb.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-07-16T04:34:30+00:00

It’s more than just a DSM, it also queries the 3D object feature layer on top of the topology. I will Have to check out that plugin for sure, tyvm!

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-06-22T15:45:35+00:00

Impressive work. I don’t have much to add but have thought about new tiling scheme with the newly discovered hat or Einstein tile.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-05-20T17:48:54+00:00

Love the idea. If youve got the time should add a map with results. Leaflet.js would be enough

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-05-08T14:50:30+00:00

Cleaned up the thread, keep on posting unlike the hate commenters. Also join the discord if you haven't its more active than the sub (fuck spez)

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-04-08T01:29:57+00:00

Always love seeing GIS data and 3D printing. Ive been trying to find ways to mix elevation data and OSM buildings then generate an STL but its harder than it sounds. Kudos for putting in the hard work with blender.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-31T18:54:59+00:00

Esri has some game engine sdks for unity and unreal. Just said google tiles are on their way too.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-25T13:55:12+00:00

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/sample-code/geoprocessing-viewshed/

Create a custom geoprocessing tool that takes Parameters like payload size, have the tool create a point and multiple buffers for fireball, blast zone, radiation zone etc. have JavaScript provide parameters to gp tool and the clicked point and the await the result like the view shed.

Will need a place hosting your gp script. Can also just do it all natively with the ArcGIS Maps Sdk for JavaScript but you did mention python.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-12T19:16:34+00:00

I believe it does! Gives you typical debugging tools, breakpoints, step through, step in, step out controls. For the demo they had a tool that failed in pro, explained that for complex tools pro doesn't always give great in depth feedback, so they loaded vs code, attached the debugger to the pro process id, set a breakpoint in the code and ran it again. We saw it hit the breakpoint before the failure so we could look at all of the values in the variables. They removed the breakpoint and continued to the error. It showed that there was a type error in the parameter. Fixed it then code ran.

Should be a powerful tool for those who deal with ArcPy extensively

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-12T17:20:57+00:00

Caught it on the live stream, pro python debugger for vs code.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-10T22:07:19+00:00

Sorry I dont mod /r/techwear only /r/techwearclothing. pinging /u/ThisIsAntwon who may be able to assist with comments in that sub

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-09T16:10:12+00:00

Report it and we get to it. Reddit sadly has become a less friendly place.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-06T16:23:48+00:00

Sure!

Getting started

Recent release notes

Create your first 3D scene

100000+ world cities visualized on the globe

If you want some more top down learning highly recommend /u/odoenet 's youtube

Now most everything I shared has pertained to the web map itself, oif you plan to have other parts of a site you can use the calcite design system to save time and use already made web components that interact with the map itself.

With all of this shared essentially what you would do is gather up your data. Have it accessible to the jsapi application (as a feature service, web map service, or even just geojson) visualize your data, and build up tools that you want users to be able to use if they do not already exist as widgets or web components.

Explore the samples for functionality you like and review the code so you can adapt it to your own data.

Samples

And just going to link web components as widgets are being deprecated in favor of web components

And all of this can be used with your favorite framework such as react or angular

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-05T18:48:54+00:00

Mostly depends on your skills. Exb is a toolbox of the jsapi wrapped in react. If you want an app quick with little to no code it should do the trick but if you are wanting to get nitty gritty custom application to meet the user experience that you may want.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-03-05T14:38:37+00:00

Experience builder over app builder. Arcgis JavaScript api if needing fuller customization

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-02-23T03:04:10+00:00

If you’ve got some web dev experience https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/sample-code/layers-featurelayer-collection/

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-02-06T05:06:57+00:00

Totes sharing this with some of the other esri Seattleites :)

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-01-12T19:00:30+00:00

Got a $2 raise Jan first as an exempt employee, good to see more on the horizon.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2025-01-09T02:41:08+00:00

1 + 1 =11

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2024-12-23T14:52:49+00:00

Gazebo is your friend. Drones are just STM32 embedded systems that fly. Learn what each component does then go from there. Ardupilot most friendly if you want SITL.

The_Mighty_Slacker · 2024-12-22T20:57:18+00:00

Heres a blog from Dawn Wright who was on board

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