Early last year I wrote up a post about ArcGIS Online and the move towards migrating its map services to the Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme. Information on this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… Just before Christmas the ArcGIS Online Team completed this update and migration. ArcGIS Online servers were updated late last week (services.arcgisonline.com, server.arcgisonline.com, premium.arcgisonline.com), and the hosted ArcGIS Online map services were migrated to the Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme in Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (WKID 102100). These map services may be used...

Many users wonder how to go about creating web mapping applications. Powerful web mapping applications! Well now you will be able to tune into an ESRI Live Training Seminar and get started using the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF. Public demand is increasing for Web maps that can tell interesting stories and communicate important information quickly. ESRI will host a live training seminar this month that will teach Web application developers the fundamentals of designing fast, rich, and interactive mapping applications using the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF. As part of a press...

The ESRI International User Conference 2009 has kicked off and to go with this has been the official launch of the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF. The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverilght/WPF 1.0 was made available on the weekend. Information about this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… With the official launch, a new press release has been published. Developers of desktop and Web applications can now deliver rich mapping and geographic information system (GIS) content with the release of ESRI’s ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF. They can combine GIS-based Web...

ESRI released this patch a few weeks back but since then there has been a few issues so the patch has been pulled and updated. The final version of this patch is now up. The ArcGIS 9.3.1 Download Layer Package Patch was released to address issues with downloading secure content from ArcGIS Online when using ArcGIS. This patch addresses issues with downloading secure content from ArcGIS Online when using ArcGIS Desktop. Content that is not shared with everyone cannot be downloaded. This patch allows all content from ArcGIS Online to be downloaded. We recommend that all Desktop users download and...

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...