James Fee GIS Blog

ESRI has released ArcGIS Explorer Build 380 is now available for download (or auto update from inside ArcGIS Explorer). Some of the new improvements are:

New Default Map - 1m for contiguous USA with speed improvements. It looks much, much better than Build 350 and faster
New Navigator - the old AGX navigation has been replaced [...]

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Looks like ESRI has gotten the message on the ESRI Support Survey that was released last week.
Where To Improve: Some Early Results
If you haven’t taken the Support Survey yet, please do so.
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Huge update to Virtual Earth and I’m stuck in the middle of the desert…

Wish I were here!
Of course this little house in Palm Springs wouldn’t be too bad either…
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Looks like ESRI interviewed Dave Bouwman at the 2007 Developer Summit and has posted a Podcast of the discussion.
Listen to Bouwman discuss developing custom GIS solutions for forestry and describe some of the large projects he has worked on.
I’ll probably listen this weekend while I’m painting at the new house (no jokes about paint drying [...]

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As was suggested in the ESRI Web Mapping Sites post, post your favorite open source web mapping sites. One of my favorite sites is the OpenStreetMap project. I’m a sucker for Open Layers, but the concept and implementation of OpenStreetMap as a whole is wonderful.
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Found while looking up my optometrist’s phone number…

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There have been quite a bit of posting about REST in Planet Geospatial over the past couple weeks. Steve looks back on a post from a couple of years ago that suddenly became very relevant.
I am glad ESRI is thinking about putting a REST API in front of server but it is also not [...]

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I received a good suggestion via email:
How about creating a post where users can add their favorite ArcIMS/ArcGIS Server/ArcWeb sites? I think this would be great for those of us struggling with ESRI server products.
Sounds like a great idea. I’ll get this started with one of my favorite sites (ArcIMS no less):
Greenwood County, [...]

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Someone emailed me asking if I had any luck using the National Geographic TOPO! extension with 9.2. My reply?
National Geographic TOPO! map series @ AGS Online

ArcGIS Online TOPO! in ArcMap
This layer presents land cover imagery for the world and detailed topographic maps for the United States. The layer includes NPS Natural Earth physical map [...]

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I’m going to be at the house today with a bunch of contractors (still have not moved it, but close). I’ll be off the computer all day so it seems like the perfect time for an open thread.
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Conspiracy theorists are taken aback by the news that Realtors are supporting Zillow in their fight to keep Arizona from banning it from us poor Grand Canyon State saps.
A state agency’s efforts to stop Zillow .com from offering property-value estimates in Arizona are drawing criticism from some Realtors who think regulators are overstepping their authority.
The [...]

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ArcIMS died April 11, 2007, the day Arc2Earth Publisher was released. With the ability to serve up even dynamic layers using Virtual Earth, there is no reason to invest any money in ArcIMS anymore. Save the money you would be using licensing ArcIMS and take a look at ArcGIS Server which does bring [...]

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While there is no truth to the rumor that no one at ESRI can go to the bathroom without a survey, the ESRI Support Team has a new survey out to see what improvements we want to the support site.
Where Would You Like To See the Support Center Improved?
We’ve been talking about improvements to the [...]

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While it was announced at the Developer Summit, the “official” news that ArcGIS Image Server will be part of EDN is welcome.
ArcGIS Image Server, a server-based solution that provides fast access and visualization of large quantities of file-based imagery processed on the fly and on demand, has been added to the suite of software provided [...]

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I guess my JRE has been updated and as a result I now have a huge indicator when Java plugin is going to crash my browser.

What is it with orange anyway? When did that color become cool again? Frankly it stands out like a sore thumb. At least I have a better [...]

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I’m sure many of you got an email this morning detailing a new survey for ArcObjects that ESRI has posted:
The ESRI development team seeks your feedback on ArcGIS 9.2 so that we can incorporate your needs into future releases. We are specifically interested in how you use ArcObjects.
We’d like to know how you work [...]

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Since there seems to be a huge need for people to debate Manifold vs ESRI vs Open Source vs Autodesk vs ________, I’m opening this thread for you folks to get your anger out. To get you started, I leave you with a picture of Doc Gooden, Darryl Strawberry and Mike Tyson.

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As ESRI announced at the Developer Summit, April would be the month that ArcGIS 9.2 SP2 would be released. As luck would have it, SP2 arrived tonight. You can begin hitting the ESRI servers when you get into work in the morning:
ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 2 - ArcGIS Desktop/Workstation, ArcReader, ArcGIS Engine and [...]

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Zillow.com estimates draw fire, state ban - Arizona Republic (may require free registration)
An Arizona regulatory board has ordered Zillow.com to stop offering its online estimates of home values.
The Arizona Board of Appraisal has issued two cease-and-desist letters to the popular real estate Web site, claiming Zillow needs an appraiser license to offer its “zestimates” in [...]

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Having just bought my wife a 24″ iMac for her birthday, I’ve got a nice Dell PC ready to do something with. I figure since my son is now 4, he’s ready for his first computer of his own (I think I was 8 when my Dad passed his Apple ][ down to me). [...]

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