ArcGIS 9.2 Released To Manufacturing!

What a morning! I wake up to find Microsoft Windows Vista has been released to manufacturing and now I see there is an official notice that ArcGIS 9.2 has been released to manufacturing!

Probably the two biggest releases I have been waiting for this year. I guess I can start talking about the bundle of cool features in ArcGIS 9.2 now? I have been slowly waiting for the release so I can start posting material. I will confirm soon as to whether my presentations and demos can be released to the web. I will try and get these up hopefully by the end of the week if I can.

David Maguire announced this morning the release to manufacturing.

"ArcGIS 9.2 has been released to manufacturing and will ship to all customers worldwide by the end of November. This project has been over 18 months in the making and represents a very significant milestone in the evolution of ArcGIS."

He also wrote up his personal view of the most significant features. Some highlights for me.

"Quality – 9.2 is the most tested release ever to leave Redlands. We have had a very extensive Alpha, Beta, and Pre-release program with both in house and external unit level and holistic testing. Literally thousands of software issues have been addressed in 9.2.

Server – ArcGIS Server 9.2 will turn out to be a major event in the history of ESRI. This, I believe, will be a very important step in a major shift of GIS from desktop to server architectures. With new out of the box clients, easier administration and a set of functionality that comes close to matching the desktop, Server will be a compelling way to deliver GIS capabilities to users inside and outside organizations.

ArcGIS On-line – a part of 9.2 is not being ‘shipped’ to users but will reside permanently on ESRI servers. This includes the on-line documentation and a set of web services that combine data and functionality. These 2D and 3D services can be used from the desktop, the new ‘geobrowser’ – ArcGIS Explorer – or the new browser-based web mapping application. I think we will see much more of the product on-line in the future."

Head over and check out the full write up at his blog here: http://gismatters.blogspot.com/2006/11/arcgis-92-released.html.

I was wanting to say, well done to all the teams at ESRI for getting 9.2 out. I can imagine the hard work and long nights/weekends you guys must of put in to get this completed. I have been using the rc versions and they are pretty awesome, so well done!