02/18/10–Some of the evolving ArcGIS Online features, and a peek at forthcoming changes and enhancements, were highlighted at yesterday’s FedUC plenary session and demonstrated in the ESRI showcase and conference workshops.
The recently announced and newly updated World Imagery, World Streets, and World Topographic basemaps were featured throughout. The World Topographic map includes detailed content, such as, building footprints (in diverse worldwide locations from Geneva to Manhattan), elevation data, and even vegetation, providing coverage to 1:1,000 scale in major U.S. cities, such as, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Pasadena, Washington, D.C., and a growing list of others.
This basemap represents a true “community basemap” built with contributions from throughout the GIS user community. Here’s an example from Washington, D.C., near the Library of Congress.
Also highlighted was the upcoming evolution of arcgisonline.com – maps.arcgis.com – which focuses on ways to provide ready-to-use maps and apps, and easy ways to share and create communities. Here’s the current map gallery – choose one and begin making your own map, or switch to the app gallery to see more examples.
A new Web mapping application is an integral part of the site, and allows users to browse ArcGIS Online, the Web, or specific ArcGIS Servers for content to mashup and share with others. New maps can also be shared via links. Here the streets basemap was chosen and mashed up with demographic data (daytime population) found on ArcGIS Online and live weather radar data discovered on the Web. Users can also connect directly to an ArcGIS Server.
Also shown was a preview of ArcGIS Explorer Online, a Silverlight-based rich internet client for working directly with ArcGIS Online content, and other resources found on the Web or at specific ArcGIS Servers.
ArcGIS Online is “built-in” to the ArcGIS user experience, and it’s inherently integrated into ArcGIS 10. Demonstrations showed how ArcMap users can find basemaps, discover additional layers to add to their maps, and modify and share data directly via ArcGIS Online. It’s a seamless and transparent part of the user experience.
More in upcoming posts, but the FedUC has provided the first glimpse at what’s ahead for ArcGIS Online and online GIS.
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The new maps.arcgis.com sounds great, especially being able to mashup map services from anywhere on the web, and ArcGIS Explorer Online. Do you have an approximate release time-frame? Ie, will it be released with ArcGIS 10?
The new maps.arcgis.com sounds great, especially being able to mashup map services from anywhere on the web, and ArcGIS Explorer Online. Do you have an approximate release time-frame? Ie, will it be released with ArcGIS 10?