10/13/09–Last Thursday, we had more than 1800 users participate in our live training seminar. Here are some quick facts about the attendees who filled out a post-seminar survey:
- Over half had never used the ArcGIS Online sharing application before.
- After listening to the seminar, everybody thought they would use the application (this is great!). When asked what for, we got the following replies (more than one choice was allowed):
- Find basemaps–70%
- Store content–35%
- Share content with others–61%
- Join groups–46%
- Create groups–43%
- Not sure yet–20%
- About 40% felt they had a strong background in GIS but marginal knowledge of Web development. This is reflected in the software they use.
- 70% have ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1
- 30% have access to ArcGIS Server 9.3.1
- 11% of ArcGIS Web Mapping API developers use ArcGIS API for JavaScript, 6% develop with ArcGIS API for Silverlight, and 5% develop with ArcGIS API for Flex
- The attendees work in a variety of industries, with the largest percentage involved with state and local governments.
As a group, the attendees asked about 150 questions. Because we couldn't get to most of them and there were many good ones, we'll be answering some of them in later posts. Stay tuned!
By the way, if you missed the seminar, a recording will be made available soon.
