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...

The ESRI International User Conference 2010 kicked off earlier this week in San Diego and for those that were not able to attend, videos from the Plenary Session are now available for viewing. Social media has been capturing the event in almost real-time making it a valuable source for finding the latest information. James provided live coverage of the Plenary Session here: http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2010/… while Adena captured the key messages here: http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/… The videos cover the demonstrations from Plenary Session as well as Jack’s vision and include...

Land Information New Zealand Minister Maurice Williamson addressed ~ 400 senior executives at the ESRI Senior Executive Summit 2010. International leaders from New Zealand, Mexico, Abu Dhabi and Australia gathered to talk about spatial data strategies as part of the ESRI International User Conference 2010. Maurice Williamson, Minister for Land Information, Parliament, of New Zealand spoke with enormous passion about educating his fellow ministers about not only using GIS but managing all government entities with geospatial information. “I feel evangelical about this whole frontier,” said...

Last week I posted information about an updated route finder which was made available as the ESRI International User Conference 2010 is set to kick of in San Diego. With the size of the venue and the amount of sessions, its useful to have an electronic route finder. Information on this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/events/… But what if you are not carrying a laptop? Well there is now a route finder available for those using an iPhone or Andriod device. Based on your location and without GPS, you can list the sessions in a nearby room, and if you desire, the application will show you the...

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...

Land Information New Zealand Minister Maurice Williamson is set to address ~ 400 senior executives at the upcoming ESRI Senior Executive Summit 2010. This closed event is part of the ESRI International User Conference 2010 which is set to kick off in San Deigo next week. Mr Williamson will address a senior executive seminar at the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) International Users Conference on Sunday morning (early Monday morning NZ time). The week-long conference is being held in San Diego and attracts over 12,000 professionals from around the world. "Geospatial information and...

The ESRI International User Conference 2010 is about to kick off in San Deigo next week and for the last few years ESRI has created a nice little Flex application that allows you to find a room or router around the San Deigo Convention Centre. The application is a great and useful showcase of some of the capabilities of ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS API for Flex and Network Analyst. The route finder displays distance in either mi or km as well as approximate walking time. There is also the option of search for accessible routes. Definitely worth using if you are attending this years UC. You can find the...

Registration for the ESRI International User Conference 2010 is now open! As we build up to another weeklong event a number of key topics have topped the discussion list. The ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) is a weeklong event that energizes, educates, and inspires the geographic information system (GIS) community. The conference connects industry peers, thought leaders, and technology experts on the topics that matter most—from cloud computing and GeoDesign to the release of ArcGIS 10. Attendees have access to cutting-edge GIS technology, expert advice, demonstrations, and...

With the release of  the ArcGIS API for JavaScript almost a year ago, many users have been confused about licensing. Since then we have seen the introduction of the ArcGIS API for Flex and recently the ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF. It seems that many users are still confused about the licensing. So to clear this up. Until now the API’s were FREE for development and testing purposes ONLY. You were required to have an licensed ArcGIS Server or a Web Map API Licence. At the ESRI International User Conference 2009 a few weeks ago, ESRI decided to simplify this model and announced: The...

The ESRI International User Conference 2009 is now over and for those that attended it certainly sounded like a great experience. From the Plenary session through to the sessions during the week, there was a lot content being fed back. Like every year, the Plenary session is recorded. Recordings are made available on the web as well as hard copy. The plan this year was to have the recordings from the Plenary up on the web within twenty four hours but due to a power outage during this years Plenary this caused a big delay. The important thing is that the recordings did make it up on the web and are now...