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October 2007 - Posts

Fire Response GIS Activities Ramping Up

You've seen several posts here regarding Explorer and ArcGIS Online services that we've put up to support some of the work being done at the various Operations Centers. But that's only a small part of the huge amount of GIS work that is happening, and Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:13 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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Four and Half Days Later...

Here's a couple of photos taken 4.5 days apart from the same spot. The one on top was taken just a couple of hours ago, the one below was taken Tuesday evening (and we posted it on Wednesday). That was the Slide Fire , and it's currently 75% contained. Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 28, 2007 3:43 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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Explorer California Fire Map Updated

We've just updated the Explorer California Fire Map. It can be opened from the ArcGIS Explorer Resource Center as described in our previous post . From Explorer, choose File, then Resource Center, then click the California Fires map in the lower right. Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:17 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 1 Comments
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Explorer Fire Map and Fire Perimeter Service Now Available

We've just published an Explorer Fire Perimeter Map which you can open from the ArcGIS Explorer Resource Center . From Explorer, choose File, then Resource Center, and look for the newly published map in the lower right. The complete map includes a connection Read More...
Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 11:07 AM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 1 Comments

ESRI Fire Support Site

We've had a number of requests today concerning the availability of maps, data, and services concerning the California fires. ESRI maintains a disaster response and assistance site which includes the fire support site containing information and links Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:18 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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Running Springs Fire from Redlands

As of this morning the Running Springs Fire in the San Bernardino National Forest is still 0% contained. Last night it crept down over the ridge from the town of Running Springs, where many homes were lost, and it was clearly visible from ESRI and throughout Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:21 AM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 2 Comments
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2003 Fires Compared

It was almost exactly four years ago when southern California fires reached a magnitude comparable to today's disaster. Two of the most extensive that year were the Grand Prix and Old Fires in the San Bernardino and Angeles National Forests near Redlands. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:15 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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Fires in Southern California

It's all over the news; fires seem to be burning everywhere in Southern California and the air is heavy with smoke. Yesterday you could see it, smell it, and even taste it. Today, the Santa Ana winds which have been fanning the flames seem to be dying Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:50 AM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

ArcScripts for ArcGIS Explorer

If you're looking for additional tasks for Explorer, and especially if you're looking for their source code too, then don't forget to check out ArcScripts. ArcScripts has long been a valuable resource where the ESRI user community and staff share code. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:22 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

Prompt on Startup Resolution

We recently ran into a situation with a user who was continually being prompted for a username and password when starting up Explorer. We worked out the mysterious prompt issue, and thought we'd share its resolution in case others are experiencing something Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:50 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

Speeding Up Your Exploration

Recently one of our team members visited a client who was complaining about lackluster performance. It turned out they were gauging performance by typing in an address, and letting Explorer navigate from the default global view to the address to display Read More...
Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 2:52 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

Find Nearby Task

Here's another addition to the Community Showcase , one of the destinations on the Explorer Resource Center . This task is from Michael Waltuch of the Explorer Development Team, who also authored the Find GNIS task that we recently blogged about . Find Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:24 AM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 1 Comments

Debugging Custom Tasks with Visual Studio

(Submitted by Rob Dunfey, ArcGIS Explorer Dev Team) When designing the ArcGIS Explorer API, above all we wanted to make it as simple and easy to use as possible, so people with no development experience would be able to develop their own custom tasks. Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:42 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments