{"id":341,"date":"2016-05-14T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T08:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spatially-oriented.com\/blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2016-05-14T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T08:29:54","slug":"new-tools-new-ideas-new-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spatially-oriented.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/14\/new-tools-new-ideas-new-job\/","title":{"rendered":"New tools, new ideas, new job"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, after about 10 years of working for Roxit<\/a> (called Syncera in the past) I started working for Tensing Safety & Security<\/a> since november ’15. Besides being a bit of a shock to my former collegues, this is still getting used to for me as well. It’s been 6 months and whereas I was a fulltime developer at Roxit, my work here is totally different. Visiting customers, in the public safety domain, helping them to solve their (IT) problems. I think it’s really nice to work in a field that matters. I also like to see the customers actually having a lot of knowledge about our products and constantly trying to learn more about it. At the office, I sometimes get to open up Visual Studio (2010 iek!) to fix something or to add a small feature, but most of the time just checking, installing and configurating. Also, I started working with Esri software.
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\nFirst of all, I have to admit that I really like the way Esri stuff works, once it’s installed & configured. Looking at it from a developer’s point of view, it really bugs me how much work it entails to actually have a working setup and the ‘inability’ to run everything from my own laptop. Ofcourse, I could, but it requires me to heavily invest in licenses. On that side, I’m more of a Microsoft kinda guy; you can make everything for next to no fees. (unless you want higher Visual Studio versions, etc) Then, when it’s time to go towards a production environment, somebody needs to cough up the licensefee.
\nWith Esri, I feel I need to buy developers tools, a server, some extensions, just to be able to write a simple “Hello, Esri!” application. Ofcourse, that’s what an EDN license is for, but that’s pricey. So, from a developers perspective, I’m unable to develop things on my own. I will always need access to Tensing’s license server. <\/p>\n

On the consultancy side of things, once the license has been set, the ArcGIS platform is just wonderfull and powerfull. Creating web apps with a few clicks, even building entire web gis sites can be done with an extensive toolkit. Most parts can be added too and Esri is also releasing a lot to GitHub.<\/p>\n

So I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place: I like what Esri has done with their ecosystem, but I hate that I can’t really build with it on my home pc. Everytime I have an idea it’s being stopped because I have to pay up. So in my spare time, I am still developing using my OS GIS stack. For data conversions, I use my ArcGIS for home use license to try and keep my focus on one product suite. But I am looking to see what I can create with my developers ArcGIS Online account combined with a Javascript API. It might turn into something fun and hopefully inexpensive to create… Because… well… I’m still Dutch and I don’t want to pay too much for personal projects as they tend to take quite a lot of time to get completed. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, after about 10 years of working for Roxit (called Syncera in the past) I started working for Tensing Safety & Security since november ’15. Besides being a bit of a shock to my former collegues, this is still getting used to for me as well. It’s been 6 months and whereas I was a…<\/p>\n

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