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May 2008 - Posts

Mapping a Walkabout (and another sneak peek at 480)

Part II of a two part post on the GIS Education Community blog appeared the other day, picking up where the previous post left off with a discussion of how to take GPS readings and turn them into shapefiles, and then add hyperlinks. But there's another Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:28 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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PIGWAD and Mars (or creating your own Mars Explorer)

NASA's PIGWAD (Planetary Interactive GIS-on-the-Web Analyzable Database) site offers a wealth of planetary information, including lots of information for Mars. PIGWAD's mission statement from their Web site: (1) Produce a web-based, user-friendly interface Read More...
Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 12:10 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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Hooray for NASA's Phoenix!

Though only given 50-50 odds, NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander completed a successful touchdown just a short while ago, completing a remarkable 296-day, 422-million-mile journey. In celebration of the milestone, the first-ever landing near Mars' north pole, Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 5:30 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

Creating and Saving Bookmarks for Navigation

Bookmarks are handy for navigating to a particular location that you want to visit often. Here's a tip on how to create and manage your own collection of bookmarks using results. First, remember that each result has a view property that you can set that Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:10 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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"Real time" 19th century data - and another sneak peek at 480

We're blessed with the availability of "real time" content these days, and recently blogged about the upcoming support for GeoRSS feeds in Explorer 480 as part of the landscape of timely information. Another recent post on the GIS Education Community Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:01 AM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

Timely information via GeoRSS - Sneak peek at Explorer 480

Cyclones in Myanmar. Fires in Florida. Earthquakes in China. Timely information is critical for learning about events as they happen, and subsequently how to respond and what to do in their aftermath. One of the ways that timely geographic information Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:20 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

Explorer at Where 2.0

Earlier this morning here at Where 2.0 in San Francisco, John Hanke, Director of Google Earth and Maps, and Jack Dangermond, ESRI President, partnered in a presentation which showcased some of the capabilities of ArcGIS Server 9.3. ArcGIS Server was used Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:45 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments

A Ringside Seat to Plate Tectonics in Action

Just about 15 minutes ago, as the Explorer team was winding down from a series of meetings this week in a 3rd floor conference room, we felt the building shake - an earthquake! This was a relatively minor one, only a 3.1 according to the USGS, but it Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:14 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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Myanmar Cyclone Response

For GIS users involved in the Myanmar disaster and recovery, ESRI maintains a web site that lists a variety of GIS data resources. At that site those seeking software, data, or services and consulting help can find an online request form that will enable Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:04 PM by ArcGIS-Explorer-Team | 0 Comments
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