ArcGIS Explorer Build 1200 has been released and is now available for download. Detailed information on this latest build can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… As part of this release a press release has been published. The new release of ESRI ArcGIS Explorer builds on its intuitive design, improving access to geoprocessing services and expanding available maps in the Basemap Gallery. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable globe viewer with geographic information system (GIS) functionality. The release features a new Analysis Gallery that allows users to directly connect to and use...

Next week ESRI will be hosting a seminar which will explain how to use map templates and other resources. ESRI will host a free, live training seminar to demonstrate how to use these valuable templates and other resources. Best Practices for Working with Map Templates will air at www.esri.com/lts on Thursday, March 4, at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. Pacific standard time. Cartographers, geographic information system (GIS) professionals, and ArcGIS Desktop users of all experience levels are encouraged to attend. Some familiarity with ArcGIS Desktop is recommended. Using the cartography,...

With the situation which everyone is well aware of in Haiti, many organisations have been stepping up to help in responding to this tragic disaster. ESRI is one of these organisations. As part of a press release which has just been released, ESRI talks about the way they are helping assist in the Haiti earthquake response. ESRI is working closely with the geographic information system (GIS) community and agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake by providing software, technical support, GIS data, and personnel. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake—characterized as one of the worst natural...

A interesting article has appeared up in the Reseller News this week by Chris Bell. It talks about how resellers should get onto the mapping bandwagon and whether mapping application will provide new revenue streams. Geographic information systems (GIS) mapping applications are already being used internationally to do everything from matching ISPs’ broadband supply with demand to providing pawnbrokers with market analysis. This is aligned around the press release that we did in conjunction with Microsoft New Zealand for ESRI MapIt ESRI’s software is used in more than 300,000 organisations...

The latest product offering from ESRI, ESRI MapIt was launched at the Microsoft Worldwide Business Partner Conference 2009 yesterday morning. A soft launch of this was also done at the ESRI International User Conference 2009. In line with this launch, marketing collateral as well as the website for MapIt was made available. This talked about this new product, what it does and what it has to offer. I posted full information on MapIt here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… Added to the launch of MapIt was the press release which has gone out. Businesses have an exciting new tool to gain insight into...