James Fee GIS Blog

That was an email I got last night from a reader. They like all of us were amazed at what she was seeing. The solution is not that hard to imagine though. Most of the problem we run into is processing power and bandwidth. None of us can afford the server [...]

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The day I can spend an hour fighting Google Maps to get a route that covers all lower 48 states is the day I’m finally a Google Maps convert. Typing in city name is for wimps. Dragging that blue line all over the country, now that is GIS baby!

Sure it isn’t efficient, but [...]

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OK, well maybe not on the Simpsons… But if I was, this is how I’d look.

Love the Simpsons Movie Avatar Generator….

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There is somewhat of an announcement on the ArcGIS Explorer Blog about the next release of ArcGIS Explorer.
In the Showcase and at the sessions we were using both the currently available public download (Build 380) and also showing one of the more recent software builds (Build 392) to highlight some of the new features that [...]

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I got an email from someone who likes Planet Geospatial, but wants to know when and what feeds I add so they can update their feed reader. I used to have a change log, but that got a little behind so I figure I’ll just blog when I add feeds. The 5 6 [...]

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OK, so most of us have their inetpub directories at “c:\inetpub”, but not all. I’m one of those people. For reasons I cannot recall, my inetpub directory is on my “d:\” drive. But that isn’t a problem is it? Well if you try and install either ArcGIS Server or ArcIMS 9.2 [...]

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So what was the story on the Thursday night party being in a parking lot? I’m looking at some uploaded photos in Flickr and it looks bizzare compared to previous years. Did the “American Road Trip” theme result in putting the party in a parking lot or did the theme come about because [...]

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OK, you have to just laugh at this blog. It seems like its been around for about a day, but I’m hoping we’ll see some more.
Carbon Neutral GIS

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Since I wasn’t at the UC and those blogging seem to not care about bugs, we haven’t really heard what Nick Frunzi presented at the plenary in regards to user support. The ESRI UC blog has a little bit on what to expect though:
Tentatively named “Bugs Online”, this new Support Center feature is planned [...]

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Anyone see a link to where ESRI provides support for ArcGIS for AutoCad? I can’t tell if this is actually supported by ESRI or not as it isn’t in the support site.

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I’ve gotten a couple people emailing me complaining about the lack of info coming out of the 2007 UC. I’m not sure what I can do about it as I’m not there. Thus if you’ve seen something interesting at the UC and think the folks back in the home office should know about [...]

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Great IM conversation:
gretch: afternoon james
James Fee: how are you doing?
gretch: great, im at the uc
James Fee: having a good time?
gretch: sure, people here are a little excited
James Fee: yea, people enjoy hanging around with fellow geo-geeks
gretch: esri guys excited too
gretch: howard dean excited
James Fee: lmao, really?
gretch: i swear he looked like his head would explode
gretch: [...]

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Looks like Microsoft is going to demo the REST API and Virtual Earth. Someone needs to stop by and get the details.
ESRI Announces new REST API for Interoperability at 2007 User Conference
With the release of 9.3, ESRI will provide an ArcGIS JavaScript library that extends the Microsoft Virtual Earth Software Development Kit. You can [...]

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By far the best thing I have read on Planet Geospatial in months.
Welcome to ESRI User Conference 2007: Amateurs Go Home!
…the plenary was quite disappointing. While some of the usual suspects have round-ups that make it look like a lot is being added, I find little to be energized about. They are integrating Image Server [...]

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What do you know, RSS is now available at ESRI Support.

Now you can keep up to date on the latest support articles and downloads without having to manually look through the site. Very welcome!

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Not that it is news, but 9.3 will not be out in this calendar year. You’ll need to make 9.2 work for almost 1 more year. Should be good for developers, at least you know that your clients won’t be installing 9.3 anytime soon.

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If you want to talk live about what you’ve seen, drop by the Planet Geospatial IRC channel.
Planet Geospatial IRC
Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #planetgeospatial
The convention center blocks IRC, but you can use the web based client here:
http://crschmidt.net/irc/irc.cgi

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Tim Sutton just announced on the QGIS blog that 0.8.1 has been released.
It is our great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Quantum GIS (QGIS) Version 0.8.1. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and [...]

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ESRI has introduced their new ArcGIS Online Content Sharing Program.
The ArcGIS Online Content Sharing Program enables your organization to contribute geographic data content to be published and hosted by ESRI. By participating in the program, ESRI will integrate your content with that from other providers for publication in ArcGIS Online services. Once your data is [...]

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I got an email from a fan:
from xxxxx@hotmail.com
to james.fee@gmail.com
date Jun 15, 2007 6:04 AM
subject re: James Fee GIS Blog
James,
You are such a wikicracker. Grow up.

I had not heard of the term wikicracker before, but Urban Dictionary is my friend.

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