With ArcGIS 9.3 shipping, ESRI has been busy creating a bundle of podcasts which talk about some of the new features and enhancements in ArcGIS 9.3. In the latest podcast as part of the ESRI Speaker Series, ArcGIS Mobile 9.3 is discussed by expat New Zealander Myles Sutherland. Myles Sutherland, ArcGIS Mobile Product Manager at ESRI, discusses what users can expect with the latest release of ArcGIS Mobile 9.3 and highlights mobile events at the upcoming 2008 ESRI International User Conference. This is a great podcast to listen to if you were wondering what is coming in ArcMobile 9.3. There have been...

With ArcGIS 9.2, we have been doing quite a bit of work in the mobile area. ArcGIS Server 9.2 Enterprise Advanced offers users the ArcMobile SDK. This is a powerful yet flexible SDK that allows users to built rich mobile GIS applications. The SDK not only allows users to build applications for offline users, but applications that work in a synchronous nature as well. This can be a very powerful feature depending on the use case. Up until now we have been been using Trimble Juno ST devices for development. The Trimble Juno ST is a great little device that’s affordable for most users. It runs...

It was good to see ESRI talking about and placing quite a bit of focus on ArcGIS Mobile. Since it’s introduction ArcGIS Mobile has evolved into a powerful product with a great SDK. At version 9.3 a new out of box, configurable application called ArcGIS Mobile Editor is also available. I have been working on ArcGIS Mobile for quite a few months and we implemented a very similar mobile editor to what was showcased at the plenary session so it was good to attend this session to get an insight into some programming and design patters for the ArcGIS Mobile SDK. Some of my notes for this session is...