Another fantastic data visualization tool has been released by Google. The Google Public Data Explorer (currently in labs) makes large publicly available datasets available for exploration, visualization, and communication. Visualizations of public data can be...
Google has announced a new Geocoding Web Service which contains a number of improvements over its previous version including the following: A flatter response format for address components that is easier to parse The ability to tag an address component with multiple...
I’m really impressed with the recently announced World Topographic base map from ESRI. As James Fee noted on his his blog, “the cartography just catches your eye.” According to ESRI the map is designed to be used as a basemap by GIS professionals...
I’m surprised the announcement that ESRI is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring ArcGIS Server into its cloud computing environment isn’t getting more attention. This, in my opinion, is a significant development even though it will...
Today we are beginning a new series of posts on the ArcGIS Server API for Flex. The ArcGIS API for Flex allows the creation of Rich Internet applications on top of ArcGIS Server, and is based on the free Adobe Flex framework. The Flex framework is a client-side...
