Spatial Analysis and Data Science | #EsriDevTech2026

Esri's Program Manager for Spatial Analytics and Data Science, Lauren Bennett, PhD, and her team, provide demos showing the ability to enable server-side validation for custom web tools, and the ability to publish web tools directly, without using the history. They also include support for web tools and Calcite in R-ArcGIS Bridge, using the GeoAnalytics Engine to apply new raster functionality to perform a nationwide wind suitability analysis, the new Volume Percentile Contour tool in the Spatial Analyst toolbox, and two new tools in the Spatial Statistics toolbox: Evaluate Bin Sizes for Point Aggregation and Evaluate Predictions with Cross-validation. 📚 Resources ============= Esri spatial analysis services for developers: https://developers.arcgis.com/documentation/spatial-analysis-services/ Spatial Analysis in Pro: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/analysis/introduction/spatial-analysis-in-arcgis-pro.htm 💬 Questions? We'd love to answer them on Esri Community! Geoprocessing community forum: https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing/ct-p/geoprocessing GeoAnalytics Engine: https://community.esri.com/t5/geoanalytics-engine/ct-p/geoanalytics-engine Spatial statistics community forum: https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics/ct-p/spatial-statistics 📹 More Esri Developer & Technology Summit 2026 videos ============= Mediaspace (all): https://mediaspace.esri.com/channel/2026+Esri+Developer+%26+Technology+Summit/394319663 🕑 Chapters ============ 00:00 Intro 00:11 Overview 02:35 Demo: New capability for publishing web tools 05:03 Demo: New capability for accessing web tools directly from R 07:05 Spatial analysis of big data 07:54 Demo: New raster support in GeoAnalytics Engine 10:57 Tools and the importance of science and asking questions 12:58 Demo: Exploring patterns in natural hazard using new tools 15:50 Demo New capabilities in spatial statistics 21:00 Summary 👉 Follow us ============= 🔔 Subscribe to Esri Developers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EsriDevs 🔴 Videos at Esri Mediaspace: https://bit.ly/3MXWbqq ❎ @EsriDevs on X: https://x.com/EsriDevs ❎ @EsriDevEvents on X: https://x.com/EsriDevEvents ❎ @EsriStartups: https://x.com/EsriStartups 🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/esri & https://github.com/EsriDevEvents 🏷️ Tags ============= #EsriDevTech2026 #developers #maps #mapping #webmapping #esri #arcgis #geodev #gis #geospatial #spatialdata #geospatialdata #spatialanalysis #arcgisenterprise #webgis #geo #locationintelligence #ArcGISBridge #R #Bridge #cloud #Spark #data #analysis