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On Friday, October 10, 2008, from 6 PM PST to midnight, ArcGIS Online will undergo system upgrades to improve our infrastructure. We anticipate minimal impact to your applications during this time, but you may need to reconnect to the ArcGIS Online servers....
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I just posted a newly updated Hillshade toolbox on the ArcGIS Resources – Models, Tools & Scripts page. This replaces the toolbox of the same name that was there earlier. The new toolbox includes:...
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When cartographers talk about "optimizing a computer display", they're usually talking about how to see things better, i.e., remove fuzziness, ensure all the information is shown, etc. This contrasts with how computer technology folks use the term "optimize",...
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Most of us use digital elevation models (DEMs) which are raster data sets that represent a continuous elevation surface in which each cell represents the elevation at its location. DEM data are typically available in tiles that are sized to balance ease...
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We mentioned a few tips about legend design in our session called "The One Minute Cartographer" at the 2008 ESRI User Conference. (The PowerPoint presentation is available for download on the Other Resources page.) We decided to share those tips and some...
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The World User Imagery 2D and 3D services, CSP_Imagery_World_2D and CSP_Imagery_World, were updated with imagery showing the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in the Galveston, Texas, area. ArcMap users can download the attachment below and open the MXD file...
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We've received the title question several times in the past few months. While a specific answer is already on Ask a Cartographer , I thought it would be good to address some of the circumstances that cause problems or require exceptions to our response...
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Three demographic map services for the USA are now available for population change, diversity, and median household income. These thematic services present some of the most valuable current year content created by ESRI’s demographic team. These services...
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The USA Prime Imagery map service, I3_Imagery_Prime_World_2D, will soon be disabled on the ArcGIS Online Services standard server (i.e., http://services.arcgisonline.com). This premium service was made freely available for preview and testing purposes...
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New in ArcGIS 9.3: you can send error reports to ESRI any time ArcGIS crashes. Software crashes are a serious software quality issue. Our goal is to eliminate them. The folks on our development teams wanted to explain why crash reporting was added and...
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New ArcGIS Online Sample Services for geocoding are available for Europe and North America. These sample services are composite geocoders intended for development and testing purposes. Each composite geocoder uses multiple geocoding services, and each...
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ESRI has retired a set of services that are no longer necessary to retain. Most of these services were replaced with more current or complete services or contained outdated information that cannot be maintained. The following services were retired: Retired...
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Yesterday I got an email from a long time colleague showing me an online map and asking, “When will it be possible to do this map with ArcGIS”? The map is the interactive map of Washington DC at http://dc.everyblock.com . In particular my friend was looking...
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ArcGIS Online Services Premium subscriptions are now available: Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps services for use in ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Explorer can be previewed in the content showcase on the ArcGIS Online Resource Center home page. USA Prime Imagery...
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Please note that we will be on vacation the next two weeks and may not be able to get to your question until the end of August. We're a small team and we really love helping you, but we need to take this break so we can come back energized for the rest...
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Last week in the User Conference, I did a demo for a few people. To a person, they were delighted to see what was possible. If you've got ArcMap 9.3 and a few minutes, do the following...
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The ESRI Map Book has become an annual must-have collectors item for ESRI International User Conference attendees and GIS users alike. The twenty-third volume of the ESRI Map Book showcases the innovative and inspiring accomplishments of GIS users around...
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One of the most frequently recurring topics on Mapping Center is what to do with stacks or clusters of point features on maps. In August 2007, I wrote a blog posting on how to use Maplex to display coincident points , and this worked for some scenarios,...
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The World Transportation services, ESRI_Transportation_World and ESRI_Transportation_World_2D , were updated with new data and improved cartography. The format for the 2D service was updated to improve file size and enable proper display in Internet Explorer...
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Not all of the new functionality for mapping and cartography was shown in the mapping section of the What's New in 9.3 PDF that's available on the new Resource Center . New with both the 3D and Spatial Analyst Extensions in ArcGIS 9.3 is the Contour with...
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We got a good question on Ask a Cartographer this morning. The gist of the question was how to go about symbolizing street centerlines so they could be drawn using line symbol widths that reflected, at scale, the actual width of the road (as shown in...
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The USA Prime Imagery 2D service, I3_Imagery_Prime_World_2D, was updated to include more recent, high-resolution imagery. Updated imagery was provided by i-cubed for approximately 40% of the continental United States for this release. The updated imagery...
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The USA Topographic Map services, NGS_Topo_US and NGS_Topo_US_2D , were updated to include detailed topo maps for the United States with shaded relief imagery. The updates also include more detailed topo maps for Alaska and Hawaii and improvements to...
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New ArcGIS Online World User Imagery services, CSP_Imagery_World and CSP_Imagery_World_2D , are now available containing data provided through ESRI’s ArcGIS Online Content Sharing Program (CSP). With this initial release, this service contains data for...
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I've spent the last few months immersing myself in ArcGIS 9.3, particularly ArcGIS Server and ArcGlobe in order to create some map and globe services and see how they work in ArcGIS clients, Google Earth, and Virtual Earth. These services need to look...
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