Today the shipping of ArcGIS 9.3 starts. To find a list of all improvements ESRI is providing a pdf document with new features. Also a video is available shows some new function of ArcGIS 9.3. Visit following link to see the presentation.
Video: http://esri.com/flashmedia/arcgis_desktop_93/arcgis_desktop_93.html
[via: esri.com]
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About four days ago (21.06.2008) ESRI joined Youtube with a profile. At esritv they want to publish official ESRI company videos. Here you can see one video which gives an introduction about ArcGIS Server.
For sure the videos are commercially oriented and sometimes structured like an advertiment but it also contain some useful information how to use ESRI systems.
Link to Pofile: http://youtube.com/user/esritv
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Dave Bouwman has done an informal “2008 Geospatial Developer Survey“. 320 people took the time and have completed the survey. He has now published some results.
I’ll sumerize some interesting points:
His statement:
The split across titles was somewhat interesting - almost even between “Analysts who write code”, and those who consider themselves “GIS Software Developers”, with “Software Engineer” trailing slightly. I see this as a progression from “getting things done” coding towards more “built to last” coding.
The idea of this question was to get a feel for what you most commonly work with. “.NET” was the prominent platform with a 61% share.
Here is how the “other” broke out by count of times they were mentioned. As Dave I’m also surprised that there are still people using VB6 and VBA.
This is an interesting resut showing the dominace of ESRI in the GIS community.
Link: http://blog.davebouwman.net/2008/05/27/GeospatialDeveloperSurveyResults.aspx
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ESRI has announced enhancements for ArcGIS Server in version 9.3. I will shortly summurize the most improtant ones of the new release:
ArcGIS 9.3 is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2008.
Interesting for Developers:
ArcGIS 9.3 will support Visual Studio 2008 in ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, and ArcGIS Server for customization and development. In addition, ArcGIS 9.3 will continue to support Visual Studio 2005. ArcGIS 9.3 will still have the Visual Basic (VB) 6 Software Developer Kit (SDK) for ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Desktop, but it will be the last release that will support VB 6. ArcGIS Server 9.3 will support .NET 3.5.
ArcGIS 9.3 will not support Visual C++ 6.0. In fact, ArcGIS 9.1 was the last release that supported it. However, if you want to do COM Visual C++ development at ArcGIS 9.2 and 9.3, ESRI will support that language via Visual Studio 2005 (not Visual Studio 6).
ArcGIS Server 9.3 will support the following operating systems:
[via ESRI.com]
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It’s unbelievable how much has changed over the past 18 years. GIS has envolved and systems are now integrated into company structures. Geospatial Information and Geoservices are available for nearly everyone over the Internet and the popularity of GIS was never as high as today. This video really shows the basics of GIS and what has changed over the years.
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Do you know how ESRIs Homepage looked like 11 years ago? This is an Screenshot from ESRIs Website back in 1997.
The screenshot was made with “Wayback Machine“.
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An Excerpt:
The world has currently a lots of porblems to solve. Therefore GIS Specialists have a lot to do. Some examples are:
What is what we can do collectively?
Some topics: data and model sharing, desktop systems, geoweb, fusion of desktop and web GIS, ArcGIS 9.3, ArcGIS Server
listen to full talk.
[via Jack Dangermond, 2008 ESRI Federal User Conference Plenary]
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I could not believe my eyes, when I read this message in the official support center of ESRI, and ESRI schould be the largest software company for Desktop GIS Systems. Thats poor…
The Message can also be seen here: http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techarticles.articleShow&d=34262
Problem: ArcMap crashes periodically every half hour
Description When Opera Web browser is installed on a system with ArcGIS this program often interferes with ArcGIS and causes it to systematically crash. Cause Opera Web browser is not supported by ArcGIS. Solution or Workaround Opera Web browser must be removed by the system.
Article ID: 34262 Bug Id: N/A Software: ArcGIS - ArcEditor 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 ArcGIS - ArcInfo 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 ArcGIS - ArcView 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 Platforms: Windows XP
WARNING: The instructions below include making changes to your operating system. It is recommended that you backup your operating system and files, including the registry, before proceeding. Consult with a qualified computer systems professional, if necessary. ESRI cannot guarantee results from incorrect modifications while following these instructions. Therefore, use caution and proceed at your own risk.
Created: 1/3/2008
- Close all programs running.
- Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
- Choose Opera Web browser > Remove.
- Restart machine and start ArcMAP. It should no longer crash.
Last Modified: 1/28/2008
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Any discussion about the present and future of the GIS industry is incomplete without perspective from the man some call the “Father of GIS,” Jack Dangermond. He and his wife, Laura, founded industry heavyweight ESRI in 1969.
As interest in GIS grows and its applications are more frequently marketed to the general public, ESRI and its professional GIS tools may be approaching a crossroad. Below there is a small interview about the Future of GIS:
