ESRI MapIt 1.1 Now Available

ESRI MapIt was announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Business Partner Conference 2009 earlier this year. This latest product offering from ESRI is a combination of software and online services that enable you to create simple maps from your enterprise data.

I had a full write up on MapIt here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… With Microsoft PDC 2009 kicking off today, ESRI MapIt 1.1 was made available for download.

Over the last four months, the MapIt product has been refined and optimized, and includes a multitude of enhancements.

MapIt 1.1 comes packed with a bundle of new features. These new features include:

• The Spatial Data Assistant supports working with SQL Azure databases; using custom ArcGIS Server locators for address matching; and viewing a subset of table data when selecting match fields.

• The Spatial Data Service supports deployment into Windows Azure; use of GeoFields, which are fields that contain latitude and longitude values outside of the spatial geometry column type; and multiple spatial columns in a single table or view. 
   
• The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF supports Silverlight 3, integrates with the Expression Blend 3 design experience, includes a set of pre-packaged Silverlight templates, and supports the use of the Expression Blend Behaviors API.  Full release information on the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/development/…
• ESRI Parts for Microsoft SharePoint includes an enhanced configuration experience for the Map Web Part and two new components, a Geolist Web Part and Location Map data type.  The Geolist displays interactive attributes for SharePoint lists rendered in a Map Web Part.  The Location Map data type provides an interactive map to define locations in a list item.

There has also been a bundle of bug fixes! You can download, install and evaluate all of these new features of MapIt now. MapIt 1.1 can be downloaded here: http://www.esri.com/software/…