The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 was released last week. Information on this release can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/development/… Since the release we have seen the toolkit made available on CodePlex. Information on this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/development/…, and a new template gallery which is now live. The template gallery provides a number of templates which you can peruse, view and download for use in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Expression Blend 4.   Seven initial templates have been provided.   The templates are really...

A new option has been made available when publishing services on ArcGIS Server 10. This is the ability to periodically check and repair data connections for idle instances. Dependant on architecture and configuration, services could loose connections to ArcSDE or the backend database.  This new option prevents idle services from losing their connections. When a service instance sits idle, it can be difficult for a server administrator to determine if connections to the source data are being successfully maintained. ArcGIS Server has built-in mechanisms to check for invalid connections to ArcSDE...

ArcGIS for iOS was released last week and made available for download from the App Store as a productivity application. Since it’s release there has been lots of talk with users rushing to try many of the new features offered. Information on it’s release can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… Using ArcGIS.com you can create your own maps and view them in ArcGIS for iOS, however there are several reasons where you might not want to host your maps on ArcGIS.com and for these cases, ArcGIS for iOS has the ability to consume maps directly from your ArcGIS Server instance. Now this works...

Land Information New Zealand Minister Maurice Williamson addressed ~ 400 senior executives at the ESRI Senior Executive Summit 2010. International leaders from New Zealand, Mexico, Abu Dhabi and Australia gathered to talk about spatial data strategies as part of the ESRI International User Conference 2010. Maurice Williamson, Minister for Land Information, Parliament, of New Zealand spoke with enormous passion about educating his fellow ministers about not only using GIS but managing all government entities with geospatial information. “I feel evangelical about this whole frontier,” said...

With ArcGIS 10 being released and the kick of the ESRI International User Conference 2010, ESRI has made ArcGIS Server 10 available to customers via Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud . “ArcGIS Server on Amazon EC2 gives customers another option for deploying ArcGIS Server," explains Ismael Chivite, product manager for ArcGIS Server. "Essentially, ArcGIS Server on Amazon EC2 will reduce the complexity of software deployments for many organizations. Instead of installing and maintaining local instances of ArcGIS Server on premises, customers can launch ArcGIS Server on EC2 instances with...

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 Toolkit is now available on CodePlex. The source code for this toolkit was made available when the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF was released last year and has now been updated with the latest version. This project contains the source code and libraries for the ESRI ArcGIS Silverlight Toolkit SDK. The library is an extension of the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight™/WPF™. This library is only an extension of the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight™/WPF™, so in order to build a complete web mapping application, you will also need...

Last week I posted information about an updated route finder which was made available as the ESRI International User Conference 2010 is set to kick of in San Diego. With the size of the venue and the amount of sessions, its useful to have an electronic route finder. Information on this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/events/… But what if you are not carrying a laptop? Well there is now a route finder available for those using an iPhone or Andriod device. Based on your location and without GPS, you can list the sessions in a nearby room, and if you desire, the application will show you the...

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 is now available! This has been in public beta for the last few months and is now final forming part of the ArcGIS 10 release. It’s great to see the team getting it out before the the upcoming ESRI International User Conference 2010. The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 introduces a number of new features when working with ArcGIS Server 10 as well as a number of bug fixes and enhancements for those working against ArcGIS Server 9.3.1. A detailed list of what’s new can be found here: http://help.arcgis.com/en/… For those that have...

Last week I posted about a new ArcGIS 10 editing add-in which has been developed for OpenStreetMap. The add-on allows ArcGIS users to download data from OpenStreetMap, store it locally in a geodatabase, and use the advanced editing environment of ArcGIS Desktop 10 to create, modify, or delete data. Once the edits are complete, the changes can be posted back to OpenStreetMap and made available to the OpenStreetMap community. Full information on this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/development/… The project’s website is now on CodePlex. This includes downloads, documentation and screenshots...

ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 has been released. This release includes an good number of fixes and enhancements. The announcement around this release can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… A detailed list of fixes and enhancements associated with each product can be found here: ArcGIS 9.3.1 (Desktop, Server, Engine) Service Pack 2 ArcGIS Image Server 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 ArcIMS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 ArcSDE 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 download locations can be found here: US ArcGIS 9.3.1 (Desktop, Server, Engine) Service Pack 2 ArcGIS Image Server 9.3.1 Service Pack...