It’s been a while since we have heard from the Applications Prototype Team in Redlands. As always they are busy working on the next greatest idea that could eventuate into a product or provide a good showcase of technology. The Applications Prototype Team has built a sample web application using the Silverlight PivotViewer control to browse a large imagery collection of New Zealand. The Silverlight PivotViewer makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data on the web in ways that are powerful, informative, and valuable and the team has been able to leverage these capabilities in this...

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...

About a month ago I posted information about ArcGIS for Windows Phone and the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone which was coming soon. Information about this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/…. Well it’s now here and the the public beta of the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone has been made available. We’re proud to announce that the initial beta for version 2.1 of the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone is now available for download on the resource center.  The API is built on the Silverlight framework of the Windows Phone Application Platform which includes existing Microsoft tools and...

The deprecation plans for ArcGIS 10 and ArcGIS 10.1 has been released. With every release, platforms not being used as much anymore or at the end of their supportability are assessed. With platforms, these can include operating systems, databases, development environments, hardware and the like. Periodically, it is necessary to deprecate specific functionalities and/or platforms to continue delivering optimal support for the remaining Esri software functionalities and platforms. At the ArcGIS 10 and upcoming ArcGIS 10.1 releases, Esri has a number of changes in our functionality and platform support....

Earlier this year Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone at Mobile World Congress 2010. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications. For the first time ever, Microsoft will bring together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone, exclusively on Windows Phone 7 Series. For developers, Microsoft Silverlight is the platform for Windows Phone development and as such the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone...

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 was released earlier this month in the run up to the ESRI International User Conference 2010. The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 introduces a number of new features when working with ArcGIS Server 10 as well as a number of bug fixes and enhancements for those working against ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 The new features and functionality in 2.0 that leverage ArcGIS Server 10 have been well received and discussions at the User Conference highlighted many of these benefits. There were a few questions around migration of Silverlight/WPF applications...

ArcGIS for iOS was released last week and made available for download from the App Store as a productivity application. Since it’s release there has been lots of talk with users rushing to try many of the new features offered. Information on it’s release can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… Using ArcGIS.com you can create your own maps and view them in ArcGIS for iOS, however there are several reasons where you might not want to host your maps on ArcGIS.com and for these cases, ArcGIS for iOS has the ability to consume maps directly from your ArcGIS Server instance. Now this works...

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 is now available! This has been in public beta for the last few months and is now final forming part of the ArcGIS 10 release. It’s great to see the team getting it out before the the upcoming ESRI International User Conference 2010. The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 introduces a number of new features when working with ArcGIS Server 10 as well as a number of bug fixes and enhancements for those working against ArcGIS Server 9.3.1. A detailed list of what’s new can be found here: http://help.arcgis.com/en/… For those that have...

Last week I posted about a new ArcGIS 10 editing add-in which has been developed for OpenStreetMap. The add-on allows ArcGIS users to download data from OpenStreetMap, store it locally in a geodatabase, and use the advanced editing environment of ArcGIS Desktop 10 to create, modify, or delete data. Once the edits are complete, the changes can be posted back to OpenStreetMap and made available to the OpenStreetMap community. Full information on this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/development/… The project’s website is now on CodePlex. This includes downloads, documentation and screenshots...

ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 has been released. This release includes an good number of fixes and enhancements. The announcement around this release can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… A detailed list of fixes and enhancements associated with each product can be found here: ArcGIS 9.3.1 (Desktop, Server, Engine) Service Pack 2 ArcGIS Image Server 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 ArcIMS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 ArcSDE 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 download locations can be found here: US ArcGIS 9.3.1 (Desktop, Server, Engine) Service Pack 2 ArcGIS Image Server 9.3.1 Service Pack...