Delete your shapefile, share your maps: beyond static maps

Relatore: Dr. Roberto Maria Rossi (GIS - Sistemi Informativi Geografici Laboratory) - Dipartimento di Geoscienze | martedì 23 settembre 2025 | ore 09,30 - 12,30 - Aula 2G

23.09.2025

Why keep our maps in our computers when we can easily share them?

We often represent the result of our analyses as geospatial data in maps. These are usually stored as project files or documents on our computers and, when shared, are often distributed only as static images or tables embedded in scientific publications.

Today, we can publish and share spatial data in just a few steps, without needing to be IT experts or write any code. Our data become web layers, combined into web maps, and then possibly presented through web applications that provide rich and interactive user experiences. In this way, we allow our audience to zoom, navigate and query the data, enhancing the communication and impact of our research.
A particular effective type of WebApp are dashboards, which can present information using indicators, lists, gauges, and charts—allowing users to interact with the data, even displaying real time updates.
We can choose to keep our data private, share them only with colleagues, or make them publicly accessible — so that anyone, regardless of licensing constraints, can view or reuse them.
In this seminar we will see, step by step, how we can share our data using ArcGIS Online platform. We will also use ArcGIS Pro desktop software to prepare the data for publication.
Participants are encouraged to attend with their personal computer.

Those who need to activate their ArcGIS license can follow the instructions at: https://asit.unipd.it/arcgis-esri
Pre-registration via Google Form is appreciated: https://bit.ly/GISEPTEMBER