James Fee GIS Blog

ArcGIS 9.2 Beta testers can log into the ESRI Beta site and download ArcGIS Explorer Beta 1. When you log in you should see a new area for ArcGIS Explorer downloads.
Note, the Public Beta will not be till at least March (I would assume the Business Partner Conference would be a good guess) as [...]

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Phillip Holmstrand has been working hard on BatchGeocoder.com and has now added the ability to save the map out as a webpage to share with others and to generate a KML file of your geocoded locations to share with Google Earth. Now anyone can create their own map service with just an Excel file [...]

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The reviews are in and most seem to think that ArcWeb Explorer isn’t up to the task. Adena started off with a pretty light review, but that was about the best ArcWeb Explorer could hope for. Jithen brought up the speed and GUI issues (that most everyone noted) as well as it having [...]

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I would have posted this much sooner today, but I was nowhere near an internet connection. Ever since I saw this demoed at the 2005 UC, I’ve been waiting to get my hands on it. Andrea has a nice post outlining what features are interesting with ArcWeb Explorer. You can give it [...]

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Seems many bloggers are reporting that the 9.2 beta is beginning to show up on their desks this morning. I’m traveling for the rest of the week so I’m going to have to wait and see what the new .NET web ADF can do.
…or I can live though others. I hope to [...]

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I’ve cleaned up my GIS blogroll and added a few blogs that I’ve discovered over the past month. As always you can view them here. If you know of any that aren’t in that list, please feel free to email me (james.fee at gmail.com). Not all of them are in Planet Geospatial [...]

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It appears that ESRI has rolled out a new search tool for their support site. The new search also has a link at the top to perform the same search in EDN. One nice feature is that you can customize your search settings by product (ArcCad, ArcView 3.x, ArcWeb, etc), areas (ArcScripts, Data [...]

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Interesting, the MapPoint.WorldRoutable data source allows you to create routes that span multiple countries and even continents. On top of that, the API supports 13 languages for driving instructions on these routes. The MSDN Library has more on this MapPoint Web Service so if you do live somewhere other than the United States, [...]

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PostGIS 1.1.1 is now available up on their website. It appears to be a minor release so I’m not sure if we’ll be rushing out to update just yet. Then again my DBA hasn’t been one to not pass up an update. Still waiting for locking and mult-versioning, but maybe that [...]

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In regards to my insistence that the Data Interoperability extension be included with ArcGIS ArcView by default, I’ve been emailed that at least OGC GML Simple Features data will supported without the extension license. Also that KML support will also be included with ArcGIS 9.2. The beta should be here next week so [...]

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Phillip Holmstrand has put together a very interesting site that allows you batch geocode addresses in your browser. He’s using the Yahoo! Maps API to geocode address you can pretty much just copy and paste out of any spreadsheet. I love how its so easy to use, no longer will you have to [...]

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Both Art Haddad and Steve Citron-Pousty have posts up asking for users to ideas for their respective SIGs. I’ll keep an eye out for the Cold Fusion SIG and post back when I learn more.
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It looks like Steve and I were not synced up on our rules, but that is OK as the only rule set in stone is that we make the rules.
Anyway I assumed ArcIMS was included in the contest, but we didn’t spell it out so yes any ArcIMS application (.NET, CF, Java) is [...]

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Andrea Rosso has posted an ArcWeb 2006 “mashup” on his blog. Nothing too crazy here, but it is a good example of how to update your existing v2 ArcWeb apps to work with the new ArcWeb 2006. I’ve got to get back to playing with ArcWeb 2006 as its been about a month [...]

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Adena’s got a post up right now with the news. MapGuide Open Source is the “new” name and as an ex MapGuide developer, I’m glad to see the name stick around because MapGuide is a great name for a mapping product. Now the focus can be on what the MapServer Foundation should be [...]

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Steve’s got the contest announcement up right now (glad to see he actually remembered his blog admin password).
If you are going to be at the Developer Summit in March, make sure you come to our contest Thursday night (the 16th). If you have developed a .NET or Java (or even a really cool MapObjects) [...]

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The latest word on ESRI’s ArcGIS Explorer is that the public beta won’t be available until second quarter 2006, rather than the January/1st Quarter time frame that was stated before. I’m guessing there is much work to be still done on it. Oh well….
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ESRI’s Instructional Series Podcasts (rss feed here) offers free, short audio recordings that focus on hot topics such as tips to improve your workflow, tricks for optimizing your geodatabase, and updates on new software features
What a great idea from ESRI and they are produced very professionally. The Performance Tips and Tricks: ArcSDE Client-Side Optimization podcast [...]

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Even if you aren’t a member, you can see the thread titles by selecting “From Our User Forums” on the ESRI Support Homepage. I’m assuming this will get resolved soon so enjoy it while you can. Also there are some more 9.2 Beta documents posted up on the ESRI Beta site. Glad [...]

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I’ve had my GIS Technician hat on this week and I’m actually enjoying it. Its been a while since I’ve been able to do some simple mapping and analysis. Heck I’m not even using a geodatabase, just a bunch of coverages in Old Hawaiian projection. It is easy to forget how advanced [...]

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