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posted by Satri on Friday December 01, @09:10AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the fireworks-is-not-finished-yet dept.
ESRI Software Virtual Globe
To complete the previous announcement of ArcGIS Explorer and ArcGIS Online, here's recent stories about them. Spatially Adjusted discuss the rasterized labels decision in ArcGIS Explorer, along with a Google Earth vs ArcGIS Explorer debate. From that last entry: "ESRI has given GIS Professionals the tools to create their own 3D globes and serve them up to clients. We’ve been asking for these for years so now it is time to put up or shut up. ArcGIS Explorer is only as good as the datasets inside and ESRI has some starter services for us to use, but they are just starting points. Lets not lose perspective here that AGX has been out in the public for 2 or 3 days, while Google Earth has been out for years now." Read Dave Bouwman's entry on an OpenLayers connector for ArcGIS Server. Matt Priour first impressions are also informative.

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Technology: OpenLayers 2.0 Released [+]
The Chris GISMo blog tells us OpenLayers 2.0 has been released. From the press release: "OpenLayers makes it easy to put a dynamic map in any web page. It can display map tiles and markers loaded from any source. OpenLayers is completely free, Open Source JavaScript, released under the BSD License. This new release of OpenLayers supports a number of new layer types, including support for Virtual Earth, Google, and more, alongside WMS, WFS, KaMap, and GeoRSS." The official website.
ArcGIS Explorer and ArcGIS Online Released! [+]
Scrappad was first to announce the major news today: the launch of ESRI's ArcGIS Explorer virtual globe and ArcGIS Online. Prepare yourself to hear a lot about it on the various geospatial blogs. From the ArcGIS Online page: "ArcGIS Online provides a series of ready-to-use online map services, globe services, and other GIS services for use with ArcGIS. These include both 2D maps and 3D digital worlds (globes) that you can use directly in ArcGIS Explorer." Read Spatially Adjusted on why ArcGIS Online is more significant than ArcGIS Explorer, but don't rush to the download site: "Looks like they are only allowing those with current maintenance to download it and those in the beta.". Here's the system requirements. Additionally, Ogle Earth shares interesting comments on AGX labels. Read this long insightful comment on why ArcGIS Explorer is not a competitor to Google Earth, Virtual Earth or World Wind. Update: 11/29 17:24 GMT by S :I forgot to link to ESRI's Bernie Szukalski podcast on ArcGIS Explorer [mp3 file] (via SP). Update #2: 11/29 22:09 GMT by S :Additional entries: ArcIMS services in ArcGIS Explorer and Christian Spanring first impressions, including: "Still, the major drawback of ArcGIS Explorer is its overall performance. Once you’ve seen how fast you can move and fly around in Google Earth, it’s hard to go back to a sluggish performance like the one you’re experiencing in ArcGIS Explorer."
ArcGIS Explorer Review [+]
Ogle Earth offers an excellent detailed review of ArcGIS Explorer. From the review: "ESRI has said that AGX is not meant to compete with Google Earth in the geobrowser stakes, but that it exists primarily as a free client to which users of ESRI ArcGIS products can publish their work — a kind of geospatial Acrobat Reader for ArcGIS-produced content. [...] AGX shows promise as a tool for looking at somebody else's GIS work, but it's very much in Beta and it shows — a lot of basic functionality is still only half implemented. [...] At this stage, it is difficult to see AGX ever being anything more than a niche player among virtual globes." It really is a must-read entry.
ArcGIS Explorer Now Available to the Public and New ESRI Blog [+]
Spatially Adjusted informs us that ESRI's ArcGIS Explorer is now available to anyone. From the press release: "This unique lightweight application lets you not only connect directly to a variety of ready-to-use globes hosted by ESRI but also provides tasks that allow you to do more than just visualize a simple map. You can use ArcGIS Explorer to leverage data, services, and applications on the Web by easily connecting to your own ArcGIS services or those published by others. This application helps you extend the power of these Web-based services by fusing them with your local data." SA also tells us ESRI started a new blog: the ESRI Mapping Center blog. See numerous previous posts about AGX below.
The ArcGIS Online Data Appliance 1 comment [+]
Spatially Adjusted has a great entry on the ArcGIS Online Data Appliance. It's similar to Google Earth Server previously discussed, but integrated with ESRI products. From the ESRI page: "The ArcGIS Appliance provides terabytes of pre-rendered U.S. nationwide and worldwide data that you can host on your own secure server. This data consists of 2D maps and 3D globes that are optimized for publishing with ArcGIS Server and includes worldwide imagery, street map, shaded relief, and elevation data." If you wonder, it costs several tens of dollars depending on which options you want.
Technology: ArcGIS Explorer Build 440 Released [+]
Spatially Adjusted informs us ESRI as released ArcGIS Explorer build 440. Here's the What's new webpage. From the official announcement: "At the top of our list are ArcIMS improvements, including the ability to access sub-layers, and the addition of new point symbols and the ability to add your own custom point symbols. We'll be covering these in more detail here on the blog. Feel free to send us your feedback, and let us know what you think. We'll also be monitoring the Explorer support forum to help you with any questions that you may have."
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