The full agenda along with session times, information on each session, sponsor and exhibitor information as well as a conference map has been made available online. This comes as a convenient PDF that you can download and print off to carry along. You can find this here: http://downloads2.esri.com/edn/… I am already making my way to Palm Springs for the ESRI Business Partner Conference and ESRI Developer Summit 2009. I am currently in Auckland spending the day with the parents. Will be flying out to LA this evening. Right through I will be blogging about what’s going on. I’ll also be on...

The ESRI Developer Summit 2009 is only a few days away and we are already seeing some good material coming out! To add to this, the public beta for ArcGIS API For Microsoft Silverlight/WPF is now available. The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight™/WPF™ enables you to create rich internet and desktop applications that utilize the powerful mapping, geocoding, and geoprocessing capabilities provided by ArcGIS Server and Microsoft Virtual Earth™ services. The API is built on the Microsoft Silverlight/WPF platform which is integrated with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008. The...

The ESRI Developer Summit 2009 kicks off next week in Palm Springs. In preparation for this, the ArcGIS Server Development Team has make available the demonstrations that they will be presenting during the Developing Advanced Applications With The ArcGIS JavaScript API. These are the demos that we will be presenting during the ‘Developing Advanced Applications with the ArcGIS JavaScript API’ session at Developer Summit ’09. The demos include Dijits, Printing, API Usage, Custom functionality, Info Window Customization, etc. These demonstrations can be downloaded from the ESRI...

The ESRI Developer Summit is fast approaching and entries have been coming in for the ESRI Developer Summit 2009 Code Challenges. So far there has been some great entries which users and developers will be able to vote for soon. The prizes include: ArcGIS Server Web Mashup Code Challenge First Prize – $7,000 Second Prize – $3,000 ArcGIS Mobile Code Challenge First Prize – $4,000 Second Prize – $2,000 A reminder that all entries must be received no later than 5:00 PM  (PST) on Friday, March 6, 2009! We already have two entries from New Zealand....

A new press release has been published which talks about the new ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight. Information on the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight was first spotted on the agenda list of the ESRI Developer Summit 2009. Since then ESRI has released more information here: http://mandown.co.nz/esri/… and also released a sneak peek here: http://mandown.co.nz/esri/… The beta release of the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight will coincide with the 2009 ESRI Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California, to be held March 23-26. This new API allows application developers to integrate...

Information about the new ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight which is coming soon was released yesterday. This information can be found here: http://mandown.co.nz/esri/… A few people have been wondering what the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight would be like. Similar to the ArcGIS API for Flex? Well ESRI has posted a great little video which answers some of these questions. It’s a sneak peak at this new API. Check out the video here: http://downloads2.esri.com/edn/… The video showcases some of the features of the new API and shows a few examples at work around the integration...

Information about the new ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight has just been released publically from ESRI. The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight enables you to integrate ArcGIS Server and Microsoft Virtual Earth services and capabilities in a rich interactive application. With the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight, you leverage ArcGIS Server and Virtual Earth resources, such as maps, locators, and geoprocessing models, and Silverlight components, including grids, tree views, and charts, in your applications. So what can you do with the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight? With the ArcGIS API...

So I was browsing through the sessions list trying to decide what to attend at the ESRI Developer Summit 2009 and came across two very interesting sessions: Introduction to the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight Patterns and Best Practices for Building Applications with the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight Now this is cool and almost something to be expected. Many users have been asking for an ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight and it looks like ESRI will be releasing one soon. I’ll definitely be attending these two sessions to see what’s on offer. I’ll be formulating a list...

ESRI has announced the keynote speaker for the upcoming ESRI Developer Summit 2009 which will be held between the 23-26th of March in Palm Springs. David Chappell, principal of Chappell & Associates in San Francisco, California, will give the keynote address at this year’s DevSummit. The keynote session will take place between 8:30am to 10:30am on Wednesday, March 25th. Chappell has been the keynote speaker for conferences, events, and universities across the globe, and his seminars have been attended by tens of thousands of developers, architects, and decision makers. His books have been...

The ESRI Developer Summit 2009 and Business Partner Conference is not to far away. The Developer Summit is dedicated to GIS, mapping, and spatial developers. This event exists to give you access to the help you need and the ideas you crave, from detailed technical presentations led by ESRI’s development team to one-on-one meetings with ESRI staff representing all areas of the ArcGIS platform. Early bird registrations close on the 6th of February 2009. If you haven’t yet registered now’s a good time! You can find all the registration information here: http://www.esri.com/events/… If...