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Plenary Session Demos for 2010 ESRI BPC and Developer Summit

Sriharsha Vankadara — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:56:26 +0000

This week marked the end of the 2010 ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference (BPC) and the 2010 ESRI Developer Summit at Palm Springs, California which was host to the largest gathering of GIS developers.

The BPC set the tone for the Developer Summit by showcasing features of the upcoming release of the ArcGIS product suite – ArcGIS 10. For those of us who couldn’t get to attend and see the demos first hand, the Plenary Session videos have been made available for viewing which cover the following topics:

ArcGIS.com
Desktop Usability
Server and Web Clients
Mobile Platforms
Editing Improvements
Imagery Platform
Analysis
Business Analyst Online
ArcLogistics
ArcGIS Server on Amazon

What started off as an overview of ArcGIS 10 during the BPC was picked up at the Developer Summit with demonstrations delving more into the new features and enhancements that ArcGIS 10 is going to support. ESRI has been quick to upload the Plenary demos which cover the following topics:

Opening by Jack Dangermond, President of ESRI and Jim McKinney, ArcGIS Program Manager

ArcGIS 2010 and Beyond
ArcGIS Online and Explorer
ArcGIS Server, Part One
ArcGIS Server, Part Two
Developer Community
Mobile GIS
ArcGIS Desktop, Part One
ArcGIS Desktop, Part Two
ArcGIS Desktop, Part Three

Jithen Singh on his blog http://geo.geek.nz has a detailed write-up summarizing the Plenary Session events of the Developer Summit.

Hitler furious at ESRI and ArcGIS

Sriharsha Vankadara — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:02:40 +0000

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 Blogs

Sriharsha Vankadara — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:52:48 +0000

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 of site content via protocols such as RSS, RDF and atom it has never been so easy to stay updated on current developments.

By publishing several blogs pertaining to its products, developer tools, support, events and other relevant offerings ESRI makes it easy to receive up to date information in our news aggregators by subscribing to its feeds.

Here’s the list of blogs and podcasts with their subscription feeds http://www.esri.com/blogs/index.html

Download ArcGIS Explorer 900

Sriharsha Vankadara — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:39:17 +0000

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 for layer packages(*.lpk)
Better KML support
Presentation mode
Localization
Projections
Expansion packs

For a better description of these features, jump over to the blog post announcing the release http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/arcgisexplorerblog/… or view a slideshow online

The .NET SDK and optional expansion packs can be downloaded here http://resources.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/…

What is ArcToolbox ?

Sriharsha Vankadara — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:37:00 +0000

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 single utility.

Here’s the link to a podcast on “What is ArcToolbox ?” describing what it is, its features and how it fits into our GIS workflow.

Mashup Capabilities in ArcGIS 9.3

Sriharsha Vankadara — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:23:00 +0000

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 and 14th May,2008. ArcGIS 9.3 has been included with JavaScript APIs that provide end users with the ability to integrate GIS based web-services from ArcGIS Server with other web content.

Here’s the link to the press release from ESRI on this new feature http://www.esri.com/news/releases/08_2qtr/arcgis9_3_mashup.html.

For live demos, making use of JavaScript APIs, please visit
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/about/demos.html