James Fee GIS Blog

The news that there might have been a break on Jim Gray seems to have fizzled. For those who haven’t read, Jim Gray of Microsoft has been missing since January 28th. Jim is Technical Fellow for Microsoft Research and has been responsible for such projects as TerraServer, SkyServer and anything related to ultra-large [...]

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Tucked down in a response to a Boing Boing article claiming that VE is just a Google Maps clone (while that might not be true, we all know that Google Earth is a ArcGlobe clone) is news that Microsoft will support Firefox really soon.
** Firefox users can’t view 3d maps yet, but an update in [...]

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Back in November, before we all got our ArcGIS 9.2, ESRI posted an updated ArcGIS Desktop Life Cycle PDF that showed that ArcGIS 9.1 had entered “Extended Support”. I guess they changed their minds because it appears that 9.1 is still in “General Availability”. We are back to the
ArcGIS 9.1 will be moved [...]

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ESRI is running another blog with the ArcGIS Server Code Challenge entries received. Remember (if you are running ArcGIS Server 9.2) to give the code a look and give any comments on the entries.
I’m still confused of the ESRI blog world. They have roller running, they have an ArcGIS Server blog running, yet [...]

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It should.
I’m not sure why 9.1 made it into this FAQ though…

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I’ve been looking at MGE because some clients have “issues” with open source software. Not only that, but the thought that you’d have great technical support when needed was an added bonus. After reading Shane Buscher’s post it sounds like MGE isn’t quite what it should be.
Once I figured out that I only [...]

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Well the php script hung again bringing down Planet GS once again. I think its time to dump the php and move back to python. At least there I understood what I was doing. It will take me a couple days to get it back in order, but it will be back.
For [...]

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I got it back up and running, but it seems the large amount of feeds had caused PHP to time out. I’ve got a subset of feeds in there right now and I’ll start adding the others back in over th next day or two.
So if you don’t see your blog in Planet GS [...]

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Well I’ve got it back up and running. There was/is some sort of weird PHP4/5 thing going on that I’m still trying to debug. Anyway I’ll keep at it and we should be back in business on Monday.

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Planet Geospatial is down while I try and figure what has happened in the last 2 days. PGS is supposed to build once every hour but for one reason or another it builds every time someone hits the page which is why it has been running really slow lately. I’ll keep you updated [...]

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Anyone need another copy of Agile Development with ICONIX Process: People, Process, and Pragmatism?
The first 15 applicants to submit their code samples and submission forms will be eligible to receive the book Agile Development with ICONIX Process: People, Process, and Pragmatism.
I was joking with Brian Flood that this would be a prize. I guess [...]

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I seem to have stirred up a couple of ArcGIS Desktop developers. They want to know why ESRI isn’t having an ArcGIS Desktop Code Challenge like the Server contest. I don’t know either and it seems a little weird to me how Desktop is getting pushed aside lately. I’ll say this, I [...]

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Just made my reservations at the Wyndham and it looks like the 19th and 20th are just about booked up. If you haven’t made your reservations and want to stay at the Wyndham, better get on the phone now. The two conferences overlapping is causing the middle to be quite a premium.

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I see Brian Flood has posted some more screen shots of the latest Arc2Earth Publisher. Yes it is easy to create simple maps on the internet with ArcGIS Desktop. The beta continues to roll with a new build out yesterday.

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Ron Bruder emailed me to point out the lack of love that Desktop developers are receiving at the Dev Summit. I’ll be honest Ron, my first reaction was, “WOW, they actually have Desktop sessions”. Last year there was a huge hole where Desktop should have been as most of the focus was on [...]

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I’ve been traveling the last few days so I’m very behind. Anyway I’m not sure how many noticed that there are some big changes to the ESRI Business Partner Conference. An email that I’m sure many received reads:
The ESRI Business Partner Conference (ESRI BPC) will have a new emphasis for 2007. The conference [...]

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Taking a gander though my referrers, I see that a new Manifold “fan blog” has started up. Manifold = God? has the tagline “Searching for the Ultimate Truth about Manifold GIS, the Best GIS the World has Ever Seen, and Ever Will See…”. I’m subscribed!

Looks like I wasn’t the first to notice [...]

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ESRI has a contest starting up in conjunction with the 2007 Developer Summit. The ArcGIS Server Code Challenge wants you to submit your best AGS code samples that can include any creative solution s using ArcGIS Server 9.2. Entries will be judged by the developer community based on creativity, applicability, and originality of the [...]

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Now this is a camera I would have asked Santa to bring me!

I won’t bore you with Press Release garbage so you can read it on your own time. The link to the brochure is here. This is the first “true” GPS camera I’ve seen and I hope it is just the start [...]

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I’ve been beta testing A2E publisher for the past week and I have to say I’m in love with it. The ability to take ANY ArcMap view or layout and publish it to Google Maps, Virtual Earth (3D Included), OpenLayers and of course KML. Just publish and A2E creates a webpage to send [...]

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