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Dealing with Lots and Lots of Point Data in a Web Application
I recently had a fun question from a student on the Building Custom ArcGIS Server Applications with JavaScript class. He has a busy map service with in excess of 50,000 points on it, and was after some advice as to how to improve performance in a web application he...
Understanding the ArcGIS Server Proxy Page and CORS
One thing that appears to cause more confusion than anything else among beginner users of the ArcGIS Server API for JavaScript is the use of the proxy page and CORS. Let's see if we can clear up that confusion once and for all. Before we get into the actual mechanics...
Adding USGS Topographic Maps to Google Earth using ArcGIS Online
Important note: A number of people have correctly noted that the directions below don't always display the topo data. I've found in the past that you sometimes have to add the layer a number of times before it will actually display the topos. I'm not sure why this...
10 Common Python Errors of Beginning ArcGIS Programmers
Over the years I have taught hundreds of beginning level Python programmers how to automate their ArcGIS geoprocessing tasks. Needless to say I have seen all sorts of errors. But there are some common errors that I see over and over again. So if you're a beginner...
Published! Building Web and Mobile ArcGIS Server Applications with JavaScript
I am happy to announce that my new book Building Web and Mobile ArcGIS Server Applications with JavaScript has been published by Packt Publishing and is available in hard copy and eBook formats. ArcGIS Server is the leading software for developing both web and mobile...
CartoDB – Learn How to Import ESRI Shapefiles
Need to build a GIS website but don't know how to write code? GeoSpatial Training Services is now offering a free self paced, web based course covering CartoDB. Building GIS Web Sites without Programming Using CartoDB is now available as a self-paced online class. A...
Querying and Selecting Data in ArcGIS 10.1 with Python
Today I'm releasing a free sample chapter from my soon to be published book Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook. Selecting features from a geographic layer or rows from a standalone attribute table is one of the most common GIS operations. Queries are...
Introduction to the HTML5 Geolocation API
The Geolocation API is one of the most exciting new features of HTML5 for us GIS folk. In this section we’re going to look at how geolocation works, what capabilities it offers us and show how easy it is to build an application to retrieve the users location. What is...
Free Online Class: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for Complete Beginners
Today we're releasing our latest online class HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for Complete Beginners. And it's completely FREE! This is the perfect, gentle introduction to what can be a complex topic. We are recommending this as a pre-requisite to our HTML/CSS/ JavaScript...