File handling with Python is a very important topic for GIS programmers. Text files have long been used as an interchange format for exchanging data between systems. They are simple, cross-platform, and easy to process. Comma and tab delimited text files are among...
ArcGIS Online has enabled the capability for you to add layers from a file such as a shapefile compressed into a zip file, delimited text file (.txt or .csv), or a GPS Exchange file (.gpx) when creating a map using the free online map viewer. This allows even more...
The ArcGIS Server Viewer for Flex provides an excellent framework for creating web GIS applications without the need for programming experience! Anyone can build attractive, functional web applications with just a little knowledge of how the ArcGIS Server Viewer can...
We had 731 respondents. Here are some of the highlights: 40% of respondents list their job titles as either GIS Analyst or GIS Technician. 16% are GIS Managers/Coordinators/Directors, and 6% GIS Developers/Programmers. 40% of respondents have 10 years of experience...
This is a guest post by Tripp Corbin, Vice President of GIS/IT at Keck & Wood, Inc. I know many folks are still running ArcGIS 9.3 and only beginning to think about moving to 10. Esri is not resting though. It is already planning for the release of 10.1 which will...
The new Popup widget, provided with the 2.3 release of the ArcGIS Server API for JavaScript can be used as a replacement for the default info window. This new widget provides an attractive alternative to the info window complete with navigation tools that allow you...
