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...