This video has been doing rounds in the social media circles for some time now and is definitely worth the time. Watch the Fuhrer rant over the failure of ESRI and ArcGIS.

ESRI is at the forefront of GIS (Geographic Information System) development and technology. Be it modeling, analysis or development ESRI produces the best COTS (Commercial off-the-shelf) software for all GIS needs and having to keep up with the latest from this world leader is no simple task. With the evolution of Web 2.0 and syndication [...]

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The wait is finally over. ESRI’s free downloadable GIS viewer, ArcGIS Explorer 900 has been released and is available for download. This new release comes with significant changes to the user experience and lots of new features. Some of which include:

New ribbon-based interface
Easy access to ArcGIS Online base maps via the basemap gallery
Integrated 2D/3D display
Support [...]

Geoprocessing is an important feature of any GIS software application. If the application being talked about is ArcGIS, then there are numerous geoprocessing functions that come in-built with the application. One of the simpler ways of accessing these functions is through the ArcToolbox, which is a collection of several of these features packaged into a [...]

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It feels good to be back at blogging, with lots of new thoughts to share and plenty of time at hand. This post after a year’s break is on the mashup capabilities that are coming in-built with ESRI’s ArcGIS 9.3 version.
ESRI demonstrated these mashup capabilities at the Where 2.0 conference in Burlingame, California between 13th [...]

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