ArcGIS Explorer

June 2007 - Posts

One of the things we demonstrated at the User Conference was a note that began playing a video when it was clicked. In this particular case the note popup opened a link to one of the videos published on YouTube. We've had several questions about how this Read More...
ArcGIS Explorer's Notes are an easy way to add pushpins to your maps, and also offer unique capabilities to link to a variety of content, including local files as well as anything that's published on the Web. Here's a quickie tutorial on the topic that Read More...
The ArcGIS Explorer Team would like to extend a big thanks to everyone that attended one of our sessions or stopped by to say hello or ask questions in the Explorer Showcase area. We enjoyed meeting you and learning more about what you plan to do with Read More...
An excellent write-up on one of the demonstrations performed during Jack Dangermond's opening plenary at the 2007 ESRI User Conference this morning appears on the ESRI User Conference Blog. The post, titled Integrating Online Geospatial Services Delivers Read More...
It’s User Conference time! There will be numerous glimpses of ArcGIS Explorer as part of the opening Plenary Session and the development team will be rooting for a great show from the back of the room. The entire team is excited to be a part of this year’s Read More...
This recent VSTV podcast features ArcGIS Explorer running on a very interesting ultra-mobile PC, the new OQO. According to Sue at Very Spatial , the video was made during a break at a recent conference using the wireless connection available in one of Read More...
(Post submitted by: George Dailey, K-12 Education Program Manager) The release of ArcGIS Explorer opens the door to making use of not only ready-made services like those available from ArcGIS Online but also shapefiles that a user might access from his/her Read More...
The recently published issue of ArcWatch includes a Q&A covering ArcGIS Explorer . ArcWatch is a monthly e-Magazine, and covers topics of interest to the GIS Community. You can subscribe to get ArcWatch automatically, and there's lots of great information Read More...
If you're heading to the 2007 ESRI User User Conference in San Diego next week, there's lot's in store for Explorer users. Not only will there be introductory and advanced workshops that talk about the current release, there will also be some looks forward Read More...
There several ways that you can navigate with Explorer. All are explained in the Help, under Exploring and Navigating Maps . One of the ways is using the Navigator , the round disk that by default resides in the lower left of the map display. When it's Read More...
You might be wondering where the "world" or globe that you see when you first start ArcGIS Explorer comes from. It's actually one of many globes that you can choose to open that are part of ArcGIS Online . ArcGIS Online is a new family (in fact it's still Read More...