WinXP Mode in Windows 7

OK, so now we have got some of the customers upgrading to ArcGIS 10. Some still use ArcGIS 9.3/9.3.1, though. Most of them do not have any particular need to upgrade at the moment. Others, perhaps, are not that familiar with the new functionality available in order to pursue the new version. Moreover, when moving [...]

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Open Source GIS Virtual Machine

So here is another virtual machine with a lot of preconfigured open source GIS software. I have written about another similar project – GISVM – here. This virtual machine, in turn, is called Arramagong and is based on the XUbuntu operating system. It gives you access to a lot of open source geospatial software; furthermore, [...]

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Desktop virtualization

At my work, I use virtualization software extensively for various reasons. I have virtual machines with ESRI software that I use for testing purposes, for example, when installing newer software versions like ArcGIS Desktop 9.4 (now is renamed to ArcGIS Desktop 10). Sometimes it might be very good to have several copies of the same [...]

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