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• ArcGIS Online map services soon migrating to Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme

  11/18/09—Last spring, ESRI announced that it would be migrating its hosted ArcGIS Online map services to the Google Maps/Bing Maps tiling scheme . This migration is expected to be completed in December 2009. This change is in response to feedback from Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:00 PM by ginger | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, maps, map services, updates

• Creating a seamless map with multiple cached map services in ArcMap

  11/12/09–Here's a little known technique the ArcGIS Content team sometimes uses when working with cached map services in ArcMap 9.3.1. Suppose your area of interest is along the border of the U.S. and Mexico. You prefer the cartography in the ArcGIS Online Read More... Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:00 AM by ginger | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, maps, map services, ArcMap

• How to use ArcGIS Explorer Add-Ins

  11/05/09–Add-ins are used to extend ArcGIS Explorer's capabilities and can be created using Visual Studio and the ArcGIS Explorer SDK. The ArcGIS Explorer team has published a variety of ready-to-use add-ins that you can download from the ArcGIS Explorer Read More... Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, sharing, ArcGIS Explorer, Add-Ins

• ArcGIS Online in the news

  11/03/09–ArcGIS Online maps, tasks, and APIs received some good press coverage in October. Here are excerpts from a few of the articles: From the ESRI press release, ESRI Brings GIS to the Public with Mapping for Everyone Web Site ESRI has launched a Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, Web mapping APIs, ArcGIS Explorer

• Answers to your questions about ArcGIS Online Groups

  10/29/09–In a post last week , we answered some of the functionality questions we didn't get to during our live training seminar . Today, we'll address the audience's questions about ArcGIS Online groups . Can groups be private? Yes. When you create a Read More... Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, groups, seminar

• Is World Places Locator really as limited as it seems?

  10/22/09– Is World Places Locator really as limited as it seems? This question was posted to the ArcGIS Online forums by a user who is in the process of migrating from the old ArcWeb Services ESRI Place Finder Sample to the new World Places Locator available Read More... Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, geocoding, task service, Place Finder, Locator

• Answers to your questions about ArcGIS Online functionality

  10/20/09–As we mentioned in last week's post about our live training seminar, we had about 150 questions from the audience. Because we couldn't get to most of them, we promised we'd answer some of them in later posts. Today, we'll address a few of the Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, sharing, web maps, legends, recorded seminar, file size, iPhone, editing, mobile

• Narrowing search results

  10/15/09–In a previous post, we showed you how to find items published during a given time frame . Here's another search tip. You can narrow results by excluding a keyword. There is a caveat with this tip: you need to exclude keywords in conjunction with Read More... Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, search, sharing

• Who attended the ArcGIS Online live training seminar?

  10/13/09–Last Thursday, we had more than 1800 users participate in our live training seminar . Here are some quick facts about the attendees who filled out a post-seminar survey: Over half had never used the ArcGIS Online sharing application before. After Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, live training seminar

• Recording of Web Mapping API webinar now available

  10/09/09–If you missed last month's live webinar about building applications with the ArcGIS Web Mapping APIs, you can now view a recording . During the one-hour session, you'll see and hear Rob Shanks highlight a number of live user sites built with Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 8:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, Web mapping APIs, Silverlight, Flex, mapping for everyone, JavaScript

• Participate in a free live training seminar about sharing your maps

  10/6/09–On Thursday, October 8 at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. (Pacific daylight time), ESRI will host a live training seminar about sharing your maps using ArcGIS Online . The one hour online seminar is free and open to anyone who wants an introduction Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:00 PM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, maps, sharing, live training seminar

• ArcGIS Online Sharing Application updated

  10/1/09–The ArcGIS Online Sharing application was updated. The two most significant enhancements include: Presentation of Search Results Improved presentation of search by displaying thumbnail images for items found rather than general item type icons. Read More... Posted Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:30 AM by michellekh | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, updates, sharing

• Choosing Basemaps – Part 2

  9/29/09–In Choosing Basemaps – Part 1 , we took a look at some of the basemap services that ArcGIS Online offers and described how these basemaps may be used. Now, it is time to check out a few more. We will also explore some specialty services and layer Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:30 AM by ginger | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, maps, basemaps

• Using ArcGIS Explorer groups

  9/24/09–In a previous post , we offered some tips on how to create groups . We gave a few examples of great groups that users have already created in ArcGIS Online, including two from the ArcGIS Explorer team — the ArcGIS Explorer group and the ArcGIS Read More... Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:00 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, groups, ArcGIS Explorer

• ArcGIS Online content provides information for Disaster Response

  9/22/09–In disaster response work, a common challenge is to quickly gather data and accurately fuse it together to provide actionable information for those managing the emergency and related relief efforts. Properly trained emergency planners can use Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 8:45 AM by mzurn | 0 Comments Filed under: ArcGIS Online, disaster, cyclone, flood, wildfire, hurricane, earthquake, relief