ESRI 2007 Business Partner Conference Plenary Session

March 18th, 2007 · 26 Comments · ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Server, ESRI

There really wasn’t much for ESRI to announce at the Plenary Session but Jack did hit on some things coming down the road in ArcGIS 9.3 and ArcGIS 10. ArcGIS 9.2 SP2 should be out in a “couple weeks” and SP3 will be out in Summer. ArcGIS 9.3 will be available (I’m assuming Beta) late fall 2007. Jack called 9.3, 9.2.1 so its going to be less of a jump in features than 9.2 was and I think everyone will be happy with that.

ArcGIS Desktop 9.3

Quality and Performance Improvements
Improved Documentation
Cartography
Statistical Modeling
Improved OGC and KML support
Virtual Earth Integration
Vista Support

ArcGIS Server 9.3

Quality and Performance Improvements
Javascript API (so one doesn’t need to use Java or .NET)
Role-based security
ArcGIS Image Server will be integrated into AGS
Integration with ArcWeb
PostgreSQL support

Version 10 will be in the future (at least 2008) and will include:

Multiple layouts
Modern interface (the screen shots shown had a Microsoft Office 2007 look to them with that “ribbon” toolbars
Support for high performance graphic cards

Now 10 is still WAY out in the future so anything could change and probably will change.

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26 responses so far ↓

1 David E. Wright // Mar 18, 2007 at 9:02 pm

One of the big things they have always talked about was multi-threading or multi-core support. Any word on that??
2 Peter O'Regan // Mar 19, 2007 at 3:17 am

Great feedback thanks. One thing we’re hanging out for is better handling of dynamic data (e.g. vehicle or plane locations that update every 3-5 seconds). The Tracking Server extension released by Northropp Grumman/ ESRI is a lemon, and we believe ESRI will be providing a direct interface within SDE/ ArcServer 10.
3 J Wallis // Mar 19, 2007 at 5:06 am

Virtual Earth integration…..nice, very nice.
4 Matt // Mar 19, 2007 at 5:35 am

Thanks for the conference updates James! Keep ‘em coming!

Couple comments…if the Virtual Earth integration includes ways to pull in the vast Pictometry dataset at Local.Live into ArcGIS…I would be a VERY happy man!

It sounds though ESRI’s emulation of the Office 2007 ribbon toolbar will lead to an inevitable (but minor) re-training of our users at version 10. Hopefully many users will be at Office 2007 for a year or two by then and familiar with Microsoft’s ribbon concept.

One last comment…multiple layouts should have been available at 9.0. I’ve been using them with MapLogic’s plug-in for almost two years. No more duplicate MXDs simply for the sake of keeping track of print sizes and orientation.
5 Brian Flood // Mar 19, 2007 at 9:26 am

Matt - VE support - How would you want the pictometry data to be displayed in ArcMap? A seperate window above the main map display or integrated into map itself (a bit more difficult)

Arc2Earth can display (and cache) the current VE street and satellite map tiles but we could add the pictometry data in as well. If you’re around the DevSummit today and I can give you a demo

cheers
brian
6 Matt // Mar 19, 2007 at 9:44 am

Brian-I’m picturing a floating window similar to ArcMap’s viewer/magnifier tool. The inset map with directional buttons and overview map with photo directions like those currently used in Local.Live would be ideal.

Our city (Farmington Hills, MI) has an approximately 3 mile overlap with the Pictometry flight that included Wayne County which borders us to the south. I’ve provided demos to my users along with shared collections of city points of interest found in this overlap region. However, outside of ArcGIS they almost forget that they’re available, but if a tool existed in ArcMap to show that bird’s eye photos existed within the current extent, they’d be a lot more apt to utilize them.

On a related note, I wonder if the ArcIMS plug-in to view Pictometry photos could be added to ArcMap like an ArcIMS service? Nah, probably apples to oranges.

Cheers,
-Matt
7 Matt // Mar 19, 2007 at 9:53 am

Brian-Forgot to add that I’m in Michigan and not at the conference, so no demo for me thank you.
8 Ken // Mar 19, 2007 at 10:24 am

What’s the point of integrating with Virtual Earth - Microsoft data or as a publishing mechanism? I doubt the Pictometry information would be made available for Government applications - their license doesn’t support it. But man - what they’re doing with 3D is incredible!
9 J Wallis // Mar 19, 2007 at 11:22 am

I think the involvement with Microsoft is going a lot deeper than VE integration, but my ESRI rep is mum on the subject.
10 Matt // Mar 19, 2007 at 11:41 am

Ken-I agree that the Real3D modeling is excellent. They’ve modeled most of the downtown Detroit region based on their Pictometry flight here. I read a stat once on the amount of time it takes to render a building (something like 500 per hour?), so you wonder if all Pictometry coverage will have buildings eventually.

As I mentioned in my response to Brian, I think it would be great to have my users at least view the Pictometry data from Local.Live within ArcMap if available…saves them an alt-tab.

J Wallis-if we really want to make this thread intresting, we could always resurrect the “Will ESRI be bought by Microsoft” argument. Hehehe…now *that’s* deeper than VE. Heck, I didn’t think that a company that-in my limited knowledge-makes postage scales, would go out and purchase MapInfo.
11 J Wallis // Mar 19, 2007 at 1:09 pm

yes, next expect stamps.com to purchase ESRI.

seriously though, ESRI’s recent change of thinking to embrace GIS as a tool of IT makes me think they are getting in bed with Microsoft.
12 Doug // Mar 19, 2007 at 1:48 pm

Really, who saw Mapinfo being bought out by a company that sells stamps and facilitates mass mail SPAM? Heck I’d believe most anything after seeing Mapinfo’s fate.

ESRI has seen GIS as an IT tool for years. Remember when the owner of SAP gave the conference keynote?
13 version10? // Mar 19, 2007 at 3:29 pm

No multiple layouts until version 10? Yikes. This was an issue people were screaming about in 2000! Its going to take a good 9 years to actually deal with it - sheesh!
14 mfd // Mar 19, 2007 at 3:30 pm

J Wallis-if we really want to make this thread intresting, we could always resurrect the “Will ESRI be bought by Microsoft” argument

not a chance. Microsoft knows ArcGIS is a dead end. I would expect Manifold would be more in the running for purchase.
15 James Fee // Mar 19, 2007 at 5:25 pm

Microsoft knows ArcGIS is a dead end.

Obviously you are not privy to the thinkings of Microsoft.
16 Doug // Mar 19, 2007 at 10:20 pm

ArcGIS is a dead end? Is MS going to replace all that client side data storage and analysis with the one-schema-to-rule-them-all and centrally administer your data?
17 ĢISnet » Ik gada piegāde // Mar 21, 2007 at 2:28 am

[...] Šeit parādās smuks rakstiņš par to kā attīstīsies ESRI produkti. Cik nesen iznāca 9.2 un uz gada beigām puikas sola 9.3, tam visam pāri 2008.gadā parādīsies jau 10, kas būšot izteikts blingad-blingad stila rīks gluži kā Vista uz kuras tas arī iešot. “Modern interface (the screen shots shown had a Microsoft Office 2007 look to them with that “ribbon” toolbars” [...]
18 oakfish // Mar 21, 2007 at 7:42 am

All I know is that I am NOT happy so far with the Web ADF controls. I want to see an easier way to customize a website that uses an ArcGIS Service as its basis. I was so psyched about the .NET programability, but now I’m seeing that it’s not as customizable as I thought. Where’s the hyperlink tool? Buffering? And who the helpp designed that damn collapsed-tree TOC control?? I want to throttle them.

Sorry for the rant. I feel better now.
19 dustymugs // Apr 2, 2007 at 7:50 pm

Thanks for details. I’m amazed at the pace that the service packs are coming out. I suppose thats a good thing. I can’t wait to see how 9.3’s postgresql support will be (alongside postgis of course).

At work, I’ve been evaluating the future direction of our databases (we use sql server 2000 currently) and I have no intention of upgrading to sql server 2005. I just hope ESRI is able to release the software on schedule…
20 angel argüello // Apr 12, 2007 at 12:14 am

¿Tendrás alguna solución para instalar arcgis 9.2 en windows vista?

Gracias.
21 angel argüello // Apr 12, 2007 at 12:15 am

do you have some solution for to install arcgis 9.2 for windows vista?

Thanks
22 JGarcia // May 3, 2007 at 8:29 am

It seems that ESRI is going to incorporate MapLogic’s plug-in and probably increase the capabilities of MAP2PDF.
23 Matt // May 3, 2007 at 10:21 am

JGarcia-where did you hear these tidbits about ESRI? If you know something we don’t…please share with the group.
24 Duane Wilkins // Nov 20, 2007 at 8:57 pm

I am looking for a contact email for Peter O’regan at Saudi aramco, is anyone able to help?

Cool site mate.

Cheers
Duane
25 Wiley // Dec 19, 2007 at 5:18 pm

I would love to see ESRI finally address the lack of support for relationship classes and joins in Server. I, and many others, have related data stored in non-SDE Enterprise databases to query and to symbolize on. ArcGIS desktop 9.2 allows joins against OLE DB data - when is Server going to follow suit?
26 John // Jan 7, 2008 at 5:00 am

I think that ESRI needs to show its users in ArcGIS 9.3 that it is worth it, because nowadays we have no 64 bit support, no Vista support, rendering engine is very very poor, memory management poor, whole system is rather slow when working with large datasets. Printing speed is also poor, support of image formats is poor, 3D editing tools in ArcMap are missing for years, layout rendering is just a catastrophe…

And I have not mention everything at all…