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Reflection on the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit

March 21st, 2008 · 17 Comments · ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Explorer, ArcGIS Image Server, ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS, ArcObjects, ArcSDE, ESRI, ESRI Developer Network, GIS

Well I think most would agree, the 2008 DevSummit was one of the best.  There was tons of new stuff to learn about, much more attendees, more ESRI staff, better layout of the conference (the Community Center was particularly good) and better session (and more of them).  So what did I take away from the [...]

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ArcGIS 9.3 Beta

March 20th, 2008 · 8 Comments · ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Explorer, ArcGIS Image Server, ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS, ArcObjects, ESRI, ESRI Developer Network

I don’t think there is anything wrong swinging by the office on the way home from the Developer Summit to pick up the 9.3 Beta disks to install tonight while I watch UCLA destroy Mississippi Valley State. My wife just doesn’t understand me but I’m happy with who I am.

Lets see, I have my [...]

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ArcGIS Explorer SDK or API?

March 12th, 2008 · 7 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

I’m not sure why this “blog” post is getting much traction. I see no reference to where they got that information, I see no information about what this API is going to be (you can already skin AGX). All I see is ESRI Marketing sending a small email to Directions Magazine and they [...]

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ArcGIS Explorer 9.2 Build 450 Released

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI, GIS

The ArcGIS Explorer team has released the update to build 440 that addresses some of the issues that cropped up:

Fixes problems on startup that have occurred with certain graphics cards and drivers.

Fixes symbol display issues that have occurred with certain graphics cards and drivers.

Resolves a problem with vector lines flickering when the globe is tilted.

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ESRI Ready to Release ArcGIS Explorer Build 450

January 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

ESRI is about to release an update to ArcGIS Explorer. Build 450 will add no new features, but will resolve a number of graphics card related issues that we inadvertently picked up at 440 (via ArcGlobe apparently). There has been some discussion in the ESRI forums about this issue:
This problem was introduced by [...]

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touchEarth - Control Google Earth With Your Fingertips

January 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments · ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Explorer, ArcObjects, ESRI, GIS, Google, Google Earth

On Friday the Google Summer of Code Blog posted very interesting news about touchEarth created by Pawel Solyga.
touchEarth, an application he developed that allows you to control Google Earth using two finger gestures on multi-touch table. touchEarth uses the Google Earth COM API to control some of Google Earth’s features, while all the multi-touch [...]

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ArcGIS Explorer Build 440 Released

December 19th, 2007 · 26 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

The ArcGIS Explorer Blog just announced that AGX build 440 is available:
The ArcGIS Explorer Team is pleased to announce that today, at approximately 1:58 p.m. PST, the newest version of ArcGIS Explorer - Explorer 440 - was released.
If the ESRI servers are your home servers, you’ll be notified that there is a new version available [...]

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ArcGIS Explorer OpenGL Demo

August 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI, GIS

Wondering how OpenGL changes things with ArcGIS Explorer? Take a look at this YouTube video of that draws wind vectors on top of the globe that the ArcGIS Explorer blog demonstrated:

You can see how some folks are quite excited about the possibilities.
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What Is Important About ArcGIS Explorer Build 410

August 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

Keith Fraley says:
I really think there are two notable points with this release, that aren’t prehaps getting that much attention in the blogosphere
You know what, he’s got a great point. Subsurface navigation is a huge deal because that is one of the biggest complaints I’ve heard about Google Earth from some clients. Of [...]

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ArcGIS Explorer Portal Updated

August 15th, 2007 · 10 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer

ESRI has updated the ArcGIS Explorer Resource Center. Looks nice and I see they have a new Share tab (at least new to me). There is your GIS ESRI community right there folks.

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ESRI Releases ArcGIS Explorer Build 410

August 14th, 2007 · 15 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

ArcGIS Explorer Build 410 is now available for download. There are quite a bit of new “enhancements” at build 410 including a new “Find Address Task” that is much easier to use.
Go get the download.
You can also download an ArcGIS Explorer Wikipedia Task that will allow you to explorer Wikipedia entries within ArcGIS Explorer.

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Planned Update to ArcGIS Online

August 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment · ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

ESRI has posted a notice saying that there will be some updates to the ArcGIS Online services:
On August 9-10, 2007, the ArcGIS Online system will be updated to improve the network routing for service requests. We do not expect this to affect the availability of the ArcGIS Online services but you may experience some performance [...]

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ArcGIS Online (and ArcGIS Explorer) Adds New Imagery in Europe

July 9th, 2007 · 4 Comments · ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

ArcGIS Online (and since ArcGIS Explorer uses ArcGIS Online as its source) has begun to add better imagery for Europe.
[S]atellite imagery for part of Europe has now been added to ArcGIS Online. This imagery has a resolution of 2.5 meters per pixel and covers most of France and parts of adjacent countries. Look for additional [...]

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New Release of ArcGIS Explorer “Soon”?

June 25th, 2007 · 8 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

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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Jack’s Answers to the 2007 UC Q&A

June 11th, 2007 · 51 Comments · ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Explorer, ArcGIS Image Server, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS for Autocad, ArcIMS, ArcObjects, ArcPad, ArcSDE, ArcScripts, ArcView 3.x, ArcWeb, ESRI, ESRI Developer Network, Extensions, GIS, MapObjects

UPDATE: I have no idea why ESRI doesn’t believe in permalinks so all those links below do nothing special. Sorry.
I’m not going and probably most of you aren’t either so this might be your best bet as to getting an idea what might or might not be said Monday morning.
ESRI International User Conference 2007 [...]

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Hey Look! ArcGIS Explorer FINALLY Available to the Public

June 2nd, 2007 · 13 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

Explore the World with ESRI ArcGIS Explorer
ESRI announced today that ArcGIS Explorer is available to the public. This unique lightweight application lets you not only connect directly to a variety of ready-to-use globes hosted by ESRI but also provides tasks that allow you to do more than just visualize a simple map. You can use [...]

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KML in ArcGIS Explorer Build 380

May 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI, Google, Google Earth

I figured I’d try Chad’s Mogadishu Refugee Migration KML in ArcGIS Explorer and see how it looks.

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While it appears that KML rendering has improved, its still not able to handle transparency. Take a look at the same KML in Google Earth.

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KML support in AGX still has quite a [...]

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“Find Place” In ArcGIS Explorer Still Doesn’t Work Correctly

May 1st, 2007 · No Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, Microsoft, Virtual Earth

This has been a pet peeve of mine and its not just a problem with ESRI ArcGIS Explorer. Google has the search figured out just about perfectly. Give the user one text box to enter in their search query and return results. Microsoft’s Virtual Earth has not gotten this right yet.

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More ArcGIS Explorer Build 380

May 1st, 2007 · No Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

The 1 meter imagery looks good and I can see my office clear in Tempe, AZ.

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AGX still fails the Matterhorn test though.

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ArcGIS Explorer Build 380 Available

April 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments · ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI

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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