What’s Coming In ArcPad 7.2?

Posted by Jithen (J) Singh in ESRI on Saturday, September 13, 2008 | 3 comments

Something that slipped past was the announcement of ArcPad 7.2 and the beta program which is now open. ArcPad 7.2 beta program is now accepting applications.

So what’s some of the new features coming in ArcPad 7.2?

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Well it sounds like the ArcPad Development Team has been very busy making some great changes.

  • A Fresh new Look! – new modern icons are used in ArcPad 7.2, which allows ArcPad to take advantage of different screen resolutions
  • New Open Map Dialog – the open map dialog has been enhanced for easier navigation of map documents
  • ArcPad Toolbar Manager – a new graphical interface for creating custom toolbars without the need for ArcPad Studio
  • Dynamic Toolbars – the new toolbars take less space on the screen and can be docked wherever you prefer
  • Improved GPS User Interface – The GPS can be displayed as either a semi transparent window over your map or as a full screen GPS Dialog
  • The ArcPad Data Manager has additional capabilities – You can now use the ArcPad Data Manager to configure an ArcPad
  • Check for repeated future Check Outs and also to publish to ArcGIS Server
  • ArcPad Extension for ArcGIS Server – this ArcGIS Server Extensions enables the creation of an ArcPad enabled Map Service will allows data synchronization between ArcPad and the Enterprise GIS
  • New geocoding method in StreetMap – This new method uses lookup index to find addresses, which helps to speed up the process of text entry. It now also supports intersection and POI lookup.

The new fresh look is something to look out for. The look of ArcPad hasn’t really changed for quite a while now and the change to new modern icons and a nicer interface will really bring some life into ArcPad.

I think the biggest highlight here would be the ArcPad Extension for ArcGIS Server.  This is a big step forward for ArcPad which as it stands is the offline mobile application. At the moment synchronization between ArcGIS Server and your mobile application is done via ArcGIS Mobile. The new ArcGIS Mobile application that ships with ArcGIS Server 9.3 is a great addition to the powerful SDK for making use of easy tasks in the field. I think many ArcPad users will appreciate the introduction of this synchronization technology within an ArcPad interface.

More information on ArcPad 7.2 can be found on the ArcPad Development Team blog here: http://arcpadteam.blogspot.com/2008/…



3 Responses to “ “What’s Coming In ArcPad 7.2?”

  1. Troy Rigby says:
    January 1, 1970 at 12:00 pm

    Hi,

    Just wondering, can a customer purchase the ArcGIS Server extension for 9.2 and take advantage of this synchronization ability in ArcPad 7.2? Or do they have to purchase 9.3?

    Troy.

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  2. What’s Coming In ArcPad 8? says:
    January 1, 1970 at 12:00 pm

    RE: What’s Coming In ArcPad 7.2?

    Earlier this year ESRI announced ArcPad 7.2 . A few weeks later the beta program was opened to a select few users allowing those accepted into the program to test the software. As at the latest beta release, ArcPad 7.2 has been renamed to ArcPad 8. ESRI

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  3. Jithen (J) Singh says:
    January 10, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Hi Troy,

    At this stage we do not know if this ArcGIS Server extension will be support for ArcGIS 9.3.

    Cheers

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