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...
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...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...