Esri Forums MVP Program is back

I used to spend quite some time during evenings on Esri forums. It’s a great way to learn something new from other users and see what problems we may encounter when using the GIS software. Usually, it is ArcGIS Desktop bits (Cartography, Editing, Geoprocessing), but I may post a bit on some extensions threads as [...]

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ArcPy geoprocessing package

Esri has introduced in ArcGIS 10 a new geoprocessing package ArcPy, which is based on Python – a popular open scripting language. This module is supposed to replace the previously used in ArcGIS 9.3 arcgisscripting module and contains a plenty of new functions that could help you to be more efficient when managing your GIS [...]

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ArcGIS API for JavaScript

I was recently involved in some work with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript – one of those Web mapping APIs Esri developed. I have dealt mostly with Silverlight API before, so JavaScript API was quite new for me. The experience is quite positive, though – I enjoyed working with the API. So I have decided [...]

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Configuring ArcGIS Server for SQL Server course

Recently I have been teaching an ArcGIS Server Enterprise Configuration and Tuning for SQL Server course that Esri also now offers for ArcGIS 10. Originally, it was designed for the previous versions, but it has been rewritten and updated in order to reflect the new interface and functionality of the version 10. The course is [...]

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RouteSmart for ArcGIS

Recently, I was lucky enough to get hands on one of the best pieces of software for high-density routing solutions – RouteSmart for ArcGIS. The software has been developed based on the Esri ArcGIS platform and is used by customers from various industries. It does use ArcGIS Network Analyst technology for solving routing tasks, yet [...]

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Street data for Network Analyst

Through talking with customers and being personally involved in several projects which require having street data for routing purposes, I have learnt some valuable lessons which I want to share with the GIS community. First of all, to get started working with street data is not as easy as it seems. One may need to [...]

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What’s New in Editing at ArcGIS Desktop 10

I have just gone through materials for ESRI What’s New in Editing at ArcGIS Desktop 10 course. The course is short, but contains plenty of useful information that those users who have just upgraded to ArcGIS 10 will surely be interested in. It covers such topics as new editing workflow, which is based now on [...]

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Importing .csv into a feature layer

Here are the instructions on how to import .csv data into a point feature class by using ArcGIS Desktop and MS Excel 2007. 1.      Open a .csv file in Microsoft Excel 2007 by double-clicking it in the Windows Explorer. 2.      Right-click the first row and choose Insert>Entire row, if your .csv file does not have [...]

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ESRI Nordic Developer Conference

Recently I was at the ESRI Nordic Developer Conference, which was attended mostly by GIS developers from Scandinavian countries. The topics covered were very diverse and gave some insight into the new features in ArcGIS 10, effective geodatabase and mobile programming techniques, working with ArcGIS Web Mapping APIs and many other things. In particular, my [...]

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Teaching ESRI course

Recently I was teaching a 2 day course ‘Creating effective Web applications using ArcGIS Server’. The course is focused on using ESRI Web mapping APIs which provides developers with mapping, analysis, and data processing tools so they can embed GIS functionality in their Web applications. During the course, students had to make a choice which [...]

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