James Fee GIS Blog

Autodesk has smartly jumped on the “labs” bandwagon and created Autodesk Labs. They’ve posted a Google Earth extension to AutoCAD 2007 which allows you to publish 3D models right into Google Earth. I believe our company is upgrading from AutoCAD 2006 to 2007 soon so I’ll have to give it a shot when [...]

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Just in case you forget over the holiday weekend (at least here in the U.S.) next week is the last week to register for the 2006 UC. I’ve decided I’m going to show up for at least a couple days (how can anyone say no to San Diego) so we’ll try and get a [...]

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The word out of Redlands is do not expect a public beta of ArcGIS Explorer in June (I’m sure that is not a surprise to anyone given how many days are left). There are no short terms plans as far as I can tell for a public beta to be released in July. [...]

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I decided to spend this morning and try and figure out how Adobe’s new Flex 2 might change how I develop (or even blog). As I was clicking on links and reading some of the new features, I was surprised to see Mansour Raad and ESRI show up on the Flex 2 page inside [...]

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I haven’t seen anyone to my knowledge post about it but ESRI has a web page set up where users of ArcGIS can request a 2006 update to Data & Maps and StreetMap USA (USA only of course) that includes all of the U. S. Tele Atlas and Europe basemap data, minor corrections and enhancements. [...]

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AllPointsBlog.com has an article that caught my attention. Dell seems to be allowing customers to use Google Earth Pro to track their service calls around the world. I’ve always liked when companies use mapping to help consumers visualize data. The only “problem” with this service is the requirement that businesses that want [...]

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Just read this email before heading off to visit the Sandman.
ESRI Developer Summit
March 20-22, 2007
Wyndham Hotel and Palm Springs Convention Center
Palm Springs, CA
Save the Dates!
Developers and software architects are invited to attend the 2007 ESRI Developer Summit in Palm Springs. You do not need to be an ESRI software user to participate. The conference [...]

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FAQ: Why is there no MapObjects to ArcObjects converter utility?
I could never work in tech support as I’d just go crazy with weird questions such as why there is no MapObjects to ArcObjects converter. Actually if programming was only that easy, we’d all be on the beach in Mexico.

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One of the coolest things I’ve seen over the weekend is this new Virtual Earth Interactive SDK. The VE Interactive SDK gives a more visual way of learning how to program the SDK. Instead of looking up the objects and methods in the online help, the VE Interactive SDK allows you to visually [...]

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Looks like ESRI has another blog up and running.
ESRI UC Blog
Some may remember the old ESRI User Conference blog from last year. Boy how times have changed.
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I’m sure many ArcInfo users have been stuck on an ArcView license and tried to perform an erase. I know I have and usually forget that you need ArcInfo so you have to exit out and change the license. Well today I saw an ArcScript that allows ArcView users to perform an erase. [...]

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I guess some people were expecting a daily screenshot from AGX, but I was pretty much done showing some interesting things with the latest beta. Still some seem to be hurt that I ended with a startup screenshot and not another map. Well here is Washington DC with transportation on. Honestly when [...]

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I posted a couple weeks back on how there was something in the latest beta (at the time) that really got me excited with how I might be able to integrate ArcGIS Explorer into workflows with our clients. I guess someone remembered that and wanted to know what it was. Say hello to [...]

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A couple people emailed and IM’d me about the terrain in AGX. I haven’t really look too far into terrain yet, but it is very similar to how Google Earth looks and works. Take this view from Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay looking back toward the City of San Francisco. [...]

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Someone has been bugging me about WMS services in ArcGIS Explorer and how well the are working. Well in the latest beta they work wonderful. I’m very impressed with how well they are working. Specifically they asked about the Microsoft Terraserver WMS service and I figured a screen capture might work best [...]

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As most of you know I live in Chandler, AZ or as some know the Sonoran Desert (it isn’t like Seattle or England). There has been one constant though in the imagery that Google has provided since Google Maps and Google Earth arrived, a cloud either over or near my house.

To hit [...]

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Is there an ESRI labs? Well not technically, but you can find some “lab quality” stuff in ArcScripts. I got to thinking about this when I saw Zillow introduced their own labs section. Specifically this quote caught my attention:
“Every now and then, someone writes a tool in their “spare time” (i.e. nights [...]

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I just noticed the ArcGIS Explorer Software Developer Kit on the ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 beta download site along with ArcGIS Explorer Beta 2.
Installing right now…
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I have to admit, this really opens your eyes when you see how global everything is these day. If you have a Google Analytics account, visit Scurvy Jake’s Pirate Blog and run the code.
You can view my Analytics KML here, just remember don’t use GE at work. I viewed it in ArcGIS Explorer [...]

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I was playing around with the web album feature of Picasa and how Google Earth integrates into it. The ease of geocoding the photos was very easy and a snap, yet the web portion makes me wonder if this will really take off. I’m a big Flickr user and frankly the limitations of [...]

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