ArcGIS Explorer Online Now Available

ArcGIS Explorer Online has now been made available. This comes as part of ArcGIS.com which has now gone live. Information around ArcGIS.com can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/…

ArcGIS Explorer Online can also be started from ArcGIS.com. You may already be familiar with the ArcGIS Explorer desktop application; ArcGIS Explorer Online is similar in appearance to the desktop version of ArcGIS Explorer, and has some of the same capabilities, but it’s a lighter weight version that works in a browser, and is built using Microsoft Silverlight. It’s tightly integrated with ArcGIS Online, and you can directly access basemaps and other content to create, save, and share your ArcGIS Explorer maps which can include presentations and more.

ArcGIS Explorer Online sports the same look and feel as ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200. The ribbon interface provides a number of tools and functions allowing users to create some nice looking mashups. Similar to ArcGIS.com, once users have setup a basemap they can add their own data.

Data can be added by connecting to an ArcGIS Server and once a layer has been selected this can be overlaid on top of the basemap.

Like ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200, users have the ability to work with added service. This includes setting transparency, default extent and draw orders. A query builder has also been includes to filter certain data.

 

Presentation mode has also been included allowing you to create a presentation of the data you might have been working with.

The presentation mode is once again very similar to that in ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200.

 
 
 

The presentation mode starts in a full screen mode and provides a great experience in being able to quickly and easily move between locations.

Mashups created in ArcGIS Explorer Online can be also saved and shared with others.

ArcGIS Explorer Online provides a nice light weight version built on the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF along with a great user experience for creating and sharing content easily and efficiently and its available to everyone!

Head over to http://explorer.arcgis.com and have a play!