ESRI Releases ArcGIS Server JavaScript API 1.5
Not much to say other than:
- Support for Firefox 3.5
- Support for Dojo 1.3.2
- Ability to force a mouse cursor style change
- Optional HTTPS access of the ArcGIS JavaScript API
- Bug fixes
So if you love Dojo (and I don’t know why), you’ll want to make the simple change to your code.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/arcgis/?v=1.5" />What’s new document is here.
Just one word; ESRI. Enough said…
WhereCampPDX this weekend
Don’t forget, WhereCamp PDX is this weekend. The WhereCampPDX blog has a good overview post of where you need to be and when.
Ill see everyone on the WhereCampPDX boat this weekend.
I’ll see everyone on the WhereCampPDX boat this weekend.
WhereCampPDX this weekend
Don’t forget, WhereCamp PDX is this weekend. The WhereCampPDX blog has a good overview post of where you need to be and when.
Ill see everyone on the WhereCampPDX boat this weekend.
I’ll see everyone on the WhereCampPDX boat this weekend.
In defense of VBA
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
So the news that ESRI ArcGIS 9.4 will be the last version that includes VBA support has really stirred up some emotions. So sum up a couple comments in that post, “I can’t believe they are dropping VBA, I use it all the time”. Many of us have moved beyond VBA to other languages, but there seems to be a large percentage of ESRI developers that still rely on VBA to customize ArcGIS Desktop. geoGraphika has even written a blog post outlining 7 reasons why ESRI shouldn’t drop VBA.
Now before VBA devs get all worried that they have no time to prepare for the change. Take a look at the time between when ArcGIS 9.3 arrived and when 9.4 will come. ArcGIS 9.3 shipped June 26, 2008 and ArcGIS 9.4 earliest possible release date would be right before the ESRI UC which is July 12, 2010. That is almost 2 years between releases. Lets assume 9.5 takes that long to arrive (let alone the mythical 10.x release) it will be summer 2012. That is a lifetime to get ready to migrate off of VBA. Plus if VBA is mission critical, you can stick on ArcGIS 9.4.
Hey, don’t worry about VBA being depreciated. The future’s so bright, you gotta wear shades.
In defense of VBA
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
So the news that ESRI ArcGIS 9.4 will be the last version that includes VBA support has really stirred up some emotions. So sum up a couple comments in that post, “I can’t believe they are dropping VBA, I use it all the time”. Many of us have moved beyond VBA to other languages, but there seems to be a large percentage of ESRI developers that still rely on VBA to customize ArcGIS Desktop. geoGraphika has even written a blog post outlining 7 reasons why ESRI shouldn’t drop VBA.
Now before VBA devs get all worried that they have no time to prepare for the change. Take a look at the time between when ArcGIS 9.3 arrived and when 9.4 will come. ArcGIS 9.3 shipped June 26, 2008 and ArcGIS 9.4 earliest possible release date would be right before the ESRI UC which is July 12, 2010. That is almost 2 years between releases. Lets assume 9.5 takes that long to arrive (let alone the mythical 10.x release) it will be summer 2012. That is a lifetime to get ready to migrate off of VBA. Plus if VBA is mission critical, you can stick on ArcGIS 9.4.
Hey, don’t worry about VBA being depreciated. The future’s so bright, you gotta wear shades.
Using OpenStreetMap in your ESRI JSAPI web apps
So yea, one can always use the Google, Bing or ESRI ArcGIS Online for your web mapping base layer, but lets be honest… You really want to use OpenStreetMap. Well there is now a code example on the ESRI JSAPI Resource Center using Cloudmade with JSAPI. Once can easily take the code and modify it to read in the OSM tiles directly into your JSAPI map. I used OpenLayers with OSM and ESRI ArcGIS Server in the past, but if you don’t or can’t use OpenLayers, you can take advantage of the OSM project now inside ESRI’s API.
Let’s get it on!
via @sathyaprasad