It’s been a while since we have heard from the Applications Prototype Team in Redlands. As always they are busy working on the next greatest idea that could eventuate into a product or provide a good showcase of technology. The Applications Prototype Team has built a sample web application using the Silverlight PivotViewer control to browse a large imagery collection of New Zealand. The Silverlight PivotViewer makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data on the web in ways that are powerful, informative, and valuable and the team has been able to leverage these capabilities in this...

ArcGIS Mobile 10 has received an update to address a couple of issues. The latest build is now available on the Customer Care Portal for download. If you log into the Esri Customer Care Portal, you will find that we have updated the download for ArcGIS Mobile. It is now titled "ArcGIS Mobile 10 (Build 2475)". This is a quick bug fix update to ArcGIS Mobile and the first of several updates we intend to bring to you over the next year. Running the update setup will not require uninstalling ArcGIS Mobile 10. It will simply update your existing installation. Fixes in this update...

About a month ago I posted information about ArcGIS for Windows Phone and the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone which was coming soon. Information about this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/…. Well it’s now here and the the public beta of the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone has been made available. We’re proud to announce that the initial beta for version 2.1 of the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone is now available for download on the resource center.  The API is built on the Silverlight framework of the Windows Phone Application Platform which includes existing Microsoft tools and...

The latest version of ArcGIS Explorer has been released and is now available for download! ArcGIS Explorer is a free virtual globe that is much more than just a fun and easy way to explore the world in 2D and 3D. You can use it to add your own data to your maps and combine it with free data from ESRI. You can also customize your maps by adding photos, reports, videos, and other information. The latest version, ArcGIS Explorer Build 1500 comes packed with a bundle of updates and new features. Some of these include: Updated Basemap Gallery The basemap gallery contains a variety of ready-to-use ArcGIS...

ArcGIS Explorer Build 1500 is coming soon! There are a bundle of new features and as we build up to this latest release, a sneak peak of what’s coming has been collated into a great video which can be found below. View The Video

The deprecation plans for ArcGIS 10 and ArcGIS 10.1 has been released. With every release, platforms not being used as much anymore or at the end of their supportability are assessed. With platforms, these can include operating systems, databases, development environments, hardware and the like. Periodically, it is necessary to deprecate specific functionalities and/or platforms to continue delivering optimal support for the remaining Esri software functionalities and platforms. At the ArcGIS 10 and upcoming ArcGIS 10.1 releases, Esri has a number of changes in our functionality and platform support....

Earlier this year Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone at Mobile World Congress 2010. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications. For the first time ever, Microsoft will bring together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone, exclusively on Windows Phone 7 Series. For developers, Microsoft Silverlight is the platform for Windows Phone development and as such the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone...

The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 was released earlier this month in the run up to the ESRI International User Conference 2010. The ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF 2.0 introduces a number of new features when working with ArcGIS Server 10 as well as a number of bug fixes and enhancements for those working against ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 The new features and functionality in 2.0 that leverage ArcGIS Server 10 have been well received and discussions at the User Conference highlighted many of these benefits. There were a few questions around migration of Silverlight/WPF applications...

The first patch for ArcGIS Server 10 has been released. This patch addresses an issue in the REST API Server Information Resource when working with secure services on ArcGIS Server for the .NET Framework. ESRI® announces the ArcGIS Server 10.0 REST API Server Info Resource Patch for the Microsoft .NET Framework. This patch addresses an issue in the REST API Server Info resource. We recommend this patch to any secured ArcGIS Server for the Microsoft .NET Framework installations that use a token based security. Note that this is for those using secured services on ArcGIS Server for the .NET Framework...

The ESRI International User Conference 2010 kicked off earlier this week in San Diego and for those that were not able to attend, videos from the Plenary Session are now available for viewing. Social media has been capturing the event in almost real-time making it a valuable source for finding the latest information. James provided live coverage of the Plenary Session here: http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2010/… while Adena captured the key messages here: http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/… The videos cover the demonstrations from Plenary Session as well as Jack’s vision and include...