Geocortex Blog

The Geocortex Sample Flex Viewer provides Geocortex Essentials licensees with a viewer template for creating applications based on the Esri and Latitude Flex APIs. Release 2.1 highlights include:

• Viewer Template Engine Support: The Viewer is now shipped as a template which can be “plugged-in” to the Viewer Template Engine in Geocortex Essentials.
• Internationalization: The Viewer is now internationalized, meaning it can now be localized for languages other than English.
• Updated ArcGIS API for Flex Support: The latest version (2.3.1) of the ArcGIS API for Flex is included and completely supported.
• Quality Improvements: Various bugs/issues identified since the last release have been resolved.
• Availability of Source Code

Sharing the design principles of our Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight, we hope our customers enjoy working with this next-generation viewer design that seeks to incorporate the simplicity of web mapping with the power of feature-rich web-GIS applications. More information can be found in the Geocortex Support Center.

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.2.1 is now generally available to customers.

The Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight is part of Geocortex Essentials; however it is shipped and released separately.

This is essentially a maintenance release to address some known issues, but does also contain some minor feature enhancements as well as improvements to performance. For more information, Geocortex customers can visit the Geocortex Support Center to download this update and product release notes.

At the Esri user conference in San Diego this week, Latitude Geographics will be providing a short 20-minute presentation in its booth (#2417) on Tuesday and Wednesday at 5PM.

Say Goodbye to the Web-GIS Viewer: An evolution from “one-off” Web-GIS viewers to purpose-specific spatial application delivery is underway – stop by and learn all about it.

San Diego Convention Center

We’re looking forward to another great User Conference in San Diego this year. Look for Latitude Geographics in Booth 2417 in the Exhibition Hall.

If you’re planning to attend, we want to make sure you’re aware of the following Geocortex-related presentations and events taking place.

Presentation: Geocortex Technology Update

Geocortex clients, prospective clients and partners interested in learning more about our product plans are invited to attend this technology update session. The objective is to provide information about the current status of Geocortex technology and our product roadmap; topics will include Geocortex Essentials 3.5, our strategy for mobile technology, and our Spatial Application Infrastructure approach. Hosted by our President and CEO, Steven Myhill-Jones, we welcome your participation and questions.

Date: 07/12/2011 (Tuesday)

Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Location: Room 27 A, San Diego Convention Center

Event: Geocortex Picnic and BBQ

We’re pleased to invite our clients, prospective clients and business partners to Embarcadero Marina Park South, located immediately behind the San Diego Convention Center. Unwind from the busy conference, relax and join us seaside for a pleasant picnic lunch with members of the Geocortex community and staff from Latitude Geographics. Please be sure to RSVP by July 7 if you plan to attend the BBQ.

Date: 07/13/2011 (Wednesday)

Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Location: Embarcadero Marina Park South

Presentation: Key Principles Linked to Long-Term Success with Web Mapping Initiatives

Having played a role in the development of hundreds of web mapping and web-GIS applications, Latitude Geographics has identified several principles that influence the long-term success of web mapping deployments. By being mindful of these principles and balancing the natural tensions that exist between them, organizations can better achieve their program objectives. This presentation will be of particular interest for individuals currently contemplating technology change. This session is presented by Steven Myhill-Jones and is as part of the GIS Managers Open Summit; more information on the Summit can be found here.

Date: 07/13/2011

Time: 2PM

Location: Ballroom 20 B/C, San Diego Convention Center

The online agenda for the Esri UC can be found here. Given everything going on, don’t forget to mark your calendar with events/sessions you plan to attend! We hope to see you in San Diego next week.

There is a new Ocean Basemap available on ArcGIS Online for your bathymetric needs.

This map service is designed to be used as a basemap by marine GIS professionals and as a reference map by anyone interested in ocean data. The basemap includes bathymetry, marine water body names, undersea feature names, and derived depth values in meters. Land features include administrative boundaries, cities, inland waters, roads, overlaid on land cover and shaded relief imagery.

This release of the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight offers many new features and enhancements, including:

• Integration with Bing Maps and Google maps
• New Editing Tools
• Upload Data Capabilities
• Toolbar Behaviour Configuration
• Buffer Identify
• Identify Layer Selection
• Context menus, feature actions and feature set actions
• Export Map Image
• Improvement to the Composite Delegate Command
• Improvements to highlighting
• Viewer Themes
• Performance Improvements

The Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight (1.2) is available for download at the Geocortex Support Center

This is a reminder that the 2011 Geocortex User Conference is fast approaching (June 7-8, 2011).

Register by May 12^th and receive a discount on registration fees.

Like the 2010 Geocortex User Conference, this will be another live online event with all sessions recorded for later viewing. Last year, we discovered that a video broadcast with real-time Q&A is an effective way to learn and share information. It also reduces costs and eliminates travel-time for attendees, while allowing us to reach a wider audience in an era of reduced travel authorizations. Our goal is to replicate the advantages of an in-person event as closely as possible.

The Agenda is now available online. You can register for the conference here.

We hope you can make it!

I was just reading some great tips from the Esri Support Services Blog for displaying rasters in your MXD.  If you have wondered why your rasters sometimes look much brighter than you expected, read this post about how stretches are applied to rasters in ArcMap, and how to change the settings.

ArcGIS 10 (Desktop, Engine, Server) Service Pack 2 has been released.  Click here for details.

Language specific service packs are coming soon.