The much anticipated ArcGIS API for iPhone has now been made available for download as part of a public beta. The ArcGIS API for iPhone enables you to build iPhone applications that utilize the powerful mapping, geocoding, geoprocessing, and custom capabilities provided by ArcGIS Server. The API consists of native Objective C libraries that can be used within the Xcode Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Other iPhone developer tools such as Interface Builder can also be used in your application development. There were a number of demonstrations and sessions at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010...

The ArcGIS API for Silverlight 2.0 Public Beta has now been made available for download. There were a number of demonstrations and sessions at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 showcasing the ArcGIS API for Silverlight 2.0 and now you can try it for yourself. Version 2.0 beta of the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF is now available for download on the new ArcGIS Resource Center.   This is the first public beta release for version 2.0 that supports new features and functionality included with the ArcGIS Server 10 platform. There are bundles of new features/changes/enhancements in this...

The ArcGIS API for Flex 2.0 Public Beta has now been made available for use. There were a number of demonstrations and sessions at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 showcasing the ArcGIS API for Flex 2.0 and now you can try it yourself. Like its JavaScript counterpart, version 2.0 of the ArcGIS API for Flex introduces support for Web editing, a "feature layer" for working with client-side graphics, support for time-aware layers, an expanded geometry service, new components, faster queries, and many other features. There are bundles of new features in this latest version. Some of these...

The ArcGIS API for JavaScript 2.0 Public Beta has now been made available for use. There are a number of pre-summit seminar demonstrations currently underway at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 showcasing the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 2.0 and now you can try it yourself. The next generation of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript, version 2.0, is now available to everyone through a public beta release. Visit the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 2.0 online SDK page to explore the new API. You’ll find a full set of help, samples, and developer reference topics to help you get started. Version 2.0 introduces...

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 1.2 is now available for download! This can be downloaded from the ESRI Resource Centre for ArcGIS Server. This is a quality release that contains a set of updates and fixes. There have been a bundle of bug fixes as well as a number of new features, enhancements and changes. Updates/enhancements include: The Standard and Showcase Silverlight templates are now integrated with Visual Web Developer Express 2008.    A new event handler has been added to feature layers to listed for updates. The UpdateChanged event will fire when the all graphic...

ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 is scheduled to be released in June! This is an announcement for ArcGIS 9.3.1 SP2, planned to be available in June 2010, and contains a list of issues targeted for this upcoming release. While ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 1 addressed hundreds of issues across the products, ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 addresses a few key issues while we wait for ArcGIS 10 to be released later this year. The current count of issues are as follows: ArcGIS Desktop ~ 18 ArcGIS Engine ~ 2 ArcGIS Server ~5 ArcSDE ~ 16 .NET ADF ~ 2 Other ~ 1 The list issues being address with SP2 is being...

If you are using ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 for Java then please read the following alert. Description In ArcGIS Server, failover and round-robin are two methods for configuring multiple server object manager (SOM) machines. After applying Service Pack 1 to ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 for the Java Platform, unexpected behavior has been experienced with round-robin and/or failover in the server environment. With round-robin, the request is always sent to the secondary host. With failover, if a failure occurs with the primary host SOM machine, the initial failover from the primary host machine to a secondary SOM...

The ArcGIS API for JavaScript 1.6 is now available. This is currently live and can be referenced. Concepts, samples and reference documentation for the ArcGIS API for JavaScript has been updated as well. There are a few bug fixes along with a some new features. Some of the highlights of what’s new in this latest release include: Support for Dojo 1.4.1 Ability to rename Dojo namespaces Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (102100) In addition to the enhancements above this latest version contains various bug fixes to improve the stability and performance. There have also been some updates to the extensions...

Last week as part of the ESRI Federal User Conference 2010, ESRI announced a new and existing relationship with Amazon Web Services. Information on this announcement can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… There were a few other notes that those interested should be aware of. Very soon we’ll see ArcGIS Server running in the cloud I think this is a significant development and a great move forward from ESRI. Initially ESRI will offer ArcGIS Server Enterprise Advanced v10, along with a few extensions, on AWS. “The ArcGIS Server Amazon Machine Images, hosted in the AWS cloud, will not be...

The TDC Group has been working hard on their latest offering called Freeance View. Freeance View is a cut down version of Freeance Mobile and like the other Freeance Mobile offerings, Freeance View is specifically designed for the BlackBerry platform. Now there’s no reason not to have your GIS on BlackBerry smartphones. Freeance View software allows any organization running ESRI’s ArcGIS Server to publish their maps live to an unlimited number of BlackBerry smartphones. And it’s free. Create GIS maps on BlackBerry for public use, field workers, executives – anyone. Whether...