The latest version of ArcGIS Explorer has been released and is now available for download! ArcGIS Explorer is a free virtual globe that is much more than just a fun and easy way to explore the world in 2D and 3D. You can use it to add your own data to your maps and combine it with free data from ESRI. You can also customize your maps by adding photos, reports, videos, and other information. The latest version, ArcGIS Explorer Build 1500 comes packed with a bundle of updates and new features. Some of these include: Updated Basemap Gallery The basemap gallery contains a variety of ready-to-use ArcGIS...

ArcGIS Explorer Build 1500 is coming soon! There are a bundle of new features and as we build up to this latest release, a sneak peak of what’s coming has been collated into a great video which can be found below. View The Video

ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200 was made available earlier this year and came packed with a bundle of new features. Information on this release can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… Pictures of ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200 is action can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… With the release of ArcGIS 10 around the corner, a compatibility update patch has been released for ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200. An ArcGIS Explorer 1200 and ArcGIS Server 10 compatibility update patch has just been released. This update enables ArcGIS Explorer build 1200 to consume map services from ArcGIS Server 10...

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...

ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200 was made available for download last week and since then I have been having a play when I can with some of the great new features available. I thought I would post some pictures of ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200 in action. Default Basemap   ArcGIS Online Streets Basemap Many users have asked about creating basemaps and how to go about doing this. Bernie has a nice write up showing some of our maps here: http://blogs.esri.com/info/… LINZ Topographic Basemap LINZ Topographic Basemap In The Basemap Gallery LINZ Topographic Basemap With A DEM Auckland Regional Council...

ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200 has been released and is now available for download. Detailed information on this latest build can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… As part of this release a press release has been published. The new release of ESRI ArcGIS Explorer builds on its intuitive design, improving access to geoprocessing services and expanding available maps in the Basemap Gallery. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable globe viewer with geographic information system (GIS) functionality. The release features a new Analysis Gallery that allows users to directly connect to and use...

The latest version of ArcGIS Explorer has been released and is now available for download! ArcGIS Explorer is a free virtual globe that is much more than just a fun and easy way to explore the world in 2D and 3D. You can use it to add your own data to your maps and combine it with free data from ESRI. You can also customize your maps by adding photos, reports, videos, and other information. This latest version, ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200 comes packed with a bundle of updates and new features! These features are: Updated Basemap Gallery The ArcGIS Explorer basemap gallery has been updated with new...

  Since the release of Microsoft Windows 7, many users have been asking if ArcGIS Explorer 900 is supported on the latest and greatest operating system. Late last week the system requirements for ArcGIS Explorer 900 was updated to support Windows 7. The latest list of supported operating systems is as follows:   The updated system requirements for ArcGIS Explorer 900 can be found here: http://wikis.esri.com/wiki/…  Also remember that you can check if your machine can run ArcGIS Explorer 900 by running an automated tool. Information on this can be found here:...

We have been waiting for it for a long time now and it’s finally here! ArcGIS Explorer Build 900 has been released is now available for download. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable GIS viewer that provides an easy way to explore, visualize, share, and present geographic information. The latest release of ArcGIS Explorer has many new features that make it ideal for providing wider access to your GIS data and capabilities, and for presenting information in a geographic context. For those wanting to know about the new features in ArcGIS Explorer Build 900, a massive list can be found here:...

Earlier this morning the new ArcGIS Online went into public beta. ArcGIS Online has been in a limited beta stage for quite a few months as the development teams have been adding new features and fixing issues. The new ArcGIS Online opens a number of doors for GIS users allowing sharing and finding of GIS content across the web. With ArcGIS Online, you can upload maps, register online map services, create and save Web maps as items for others to share, and discover and use maps published by ESRI and other ESRI users. You can organize and control access to the maps you share by making them public or...