ArcGIS Mobile 10 has received an update to address a couple of issues. The latest build is now available on the Customer Care Portal for download. If you log into the Esri Customer Care Portal, you will find that we have updated the download for ArcGIS Mobile. It is now titled "ArcGIS Mobile 10 (Build 2475)". This is a quick bug fix update to ArcGIS Mobile and the first of several updates we intend to bring to you over the next year. Running the update setup will not require uninstalling ArcGIS Mobile 10. It will simply update your existing installation. Fixes in this update...

Those using ArcGIS Server 10 might come across this issue when publishing map services with mobile data access capabilities. In the past it was OK to publish an MXD as a map service with mobile data access capabilities enabled as long as it contained supported layers. However using ArcGIS Server 10, you will receive the following error message when trying to start a map service with mobile data access capabilities enabled. Now this message isn’t very useful and might be confusing to a number of users. So turning logging onto verbose and interrogating the log files we fine the following error...

Late last week we sent out an email to customers in New Zealand informing them of the some of the changes to licensing with ArcGIS Mobile 10. There are some new and exciting changes so thought I would share this with everyone! ESRI and Eagle Technology Group Ltd have announced the following licensing changes to ArcGIS Mobile 10: ArcGIS Mobile is now a feature of ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView).  ArcGIS Desktop 10 users are entitled to one (1) ArcGIS Mobile deployment for use in conjunction with their ArcGIS Desktop product.  This means that users can install ArcGIS Mobile on...

ArcGIS 10 Prerelease should be made available for download later today and as part of this release as well as the launch of the ArcGIS 10 Resource Centres, ArcGIS Mobile 10 Prerelease is now available for download. ArcGIS Mobile extends the reach of ArcGIS to the field and compliments both ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server with task-centric field applications for vehicle-mounted Windows touch devices and handheld Windows Mobile devices.   NOTE: ArcGIS Mobile 10 does not include ArcGIS for iPhone. The ArcGIS for iPhone application is currently under development and will be released through...

Recently we have been getting many users asking the question on how to go about determining which mobile solution fits for their organisation? There are a number of mobile solutions available and it can hard to figure out which one to use and or which suits the best. To help with this, ESRI will be running a free online seminar focused on answering this question. To help users evaluate ESRI’s mobile geographic information system (GIS) solutions, the company is conducting a free live training seminar this month that will demonstrate the technology’s versatility and power. Introduction to ESRI Mobile...

The ESRI International User Conference 2009 is in full swing after a massive Plenary session yesterday. Coverage of what went on at the Plenary session can be found in my write up here: http://mandown.co.nz/events/… The Plenary introduced some of the new concepts that are coming with ArcGIS 9.4. Many of these were similar to those showcased at the ESRI Business Partner Conference 2009 and the ESRI Developer Summit 2009 earlier this year. ESRI has made good way with the platform since then and I was really interested to see what they had to offer. I collated a bundle of the information that has...

For those that attended the ESRI Developer Summit 2009, there was a good focus on ArcGIS Mobile. A few of the key features and enhancements that’s coming in ArcGIS 9.4 was showcased and demonstrated at the main plenary. The ArcGIS Mobile Team has summarised a few of the key themes that ArcGIS Mobile 9.4 will be centered around. Extending the reach of our application platform support by including a new Tablet application that has all of the capabilities of the Windows Mobile application but targets touch screen windows devices. Opening our field applications as a framework for developers to...

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 has published a bundle of information on what we can expect from ArcPad 8. ArcPad 8 will include new capabilities, performance improvements and quality enhancements. ArcPad Application Builder, the development framework to customize ArcPad, will be included with every ArcPad 8 license. At version 8, ArcPad will become a maintenance-based product and...

Well things have been pretty busy over the last few weeks. Recovering from the ESRI New Zealand User Conference 2008 and following up on a number of issues. I have been working on a few ArcGIS Mobile 9.3 applications since then as well and came across an area a few users might not know. I have been been writing some Windows Forms Applications, making use of the ArcGIS Mobile 9.3 ADF. Running and testing these applications on a machine where ArcGIS Server has been installed no problem as all the relevant files exist. Running and testing these applications on a machine where ArcGIS Server has not been...

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?   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...