What is new in ArcGIS 9.3.1
So the ESRI Business Partner Conference and the Developer Summit is coming up and that means that ESRI will be showing the latest releases of their software. In preparation of the DevSummit, ESRI has published new features of ArcGIS 9.3.1. I’m interested to see the faster rendering and map optimization. One thing that did catch my eye:
Upgrading to ArcGIS 9.3.1 does not require uninstalling ArcGIS 9.3.
That should speed the upgrade times up from hours to minutes. Expect 9.1.1?9.3.1 second quarter (April, May, June) 2009.
Google’s AJAX API Playground
Google has a new tool that helps developers learn and test code for Google’s JavaScript APIs (similar to Microsoft’s VE Interactive SDK). The interactive AJAX APIs Playgound has an easy interface that allows users to interact with Google’s JavaScript APIs (Visualization, Search, Language, Blogger, Libraries, Maps, Earth, Feeds, and Calendar). Google also open sourced the API playgound so maybe we’ll be seeing more of it with other APIs in the near future (cough ESRI JavaScript API cough).
Google’s AJAX API Playground
Google has a new tool that helps developers learn and test code for Google’s JavaScript APIs (similar to Microsoft’s VE Interactive SDK). The interactive AJAX APIs Playgound has an easy interface that allows users to interact with Google’s JavaScript APIs (Visualization, Search, Language, Blogger, Libraries, Maps, Earth, Feeds, and Calendar). Google also open sourced the API playgound so maybe we’ll be seeing more of it with other APIs in the near future (cough ESRI JavaScript API cough).
ESRI’s 2009 Developer Summit Website Updated
ESRI seems to have abandoned the event template of the past and gone with a more visually pleasing website that is actually much easier to use. I haven’t checked the videos on the front page for any references to “HTTP Goodness” but I’m sure we’ll run into it during the week.
Consider this a reminder to register and to reserve a hotel.
ESRI’s 2009 Developer Summit Website Updated
ESRI seems to have abandoned the event template of the past and gone with a more visually pleasing website that is actually much easier to use. I haven’t checked the videos on the front page for any references to “HTTP Goodness” but I’m sure we’ll run into it during the week.
Consider this a reminder to register and to reserve a hotel.
Make ArcGIS JavaScript Sample Viewer support more than WGS84
Users not wanting to use WGS84? Inconceivable!
Inconceivable!
So you’ve downloaded the JavaScript Sample Viewer from ESRI and want to use it with your own services? Well make sure those basemap services are WGS84 because they won’t show up otherwise. You aren’t losing your mind when you see nothing in the viewer, just republish them as WGS84.
It would probably be a good idea for ESRI to update their docs to reflect this.
Update: Jithen, unlike me, wasn’t happy about having to use WGS84 and he has figured out a way to get it to work.