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...
There are essentially three types of mobile application development including native, web, and hybrid solutions. What most people associate with mobile applications or apps are native applications. These are applications developed specifically for a particular...
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...
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...
In this post I will describe how you can use a third party clustering tool in your AGIS JavaScript API applications. Clustering is an excellent technique for visualizing lots of point data. We’ve all seen applications where there were so many points that they...
One of the most difficult tasks for many web developers building GIS applications is designing and creating the user interface. The ArcGIS Server API for JavaScript and Dojo greatly simplifies this task. Dojo’s layout dijits provide a simple, efficient way to create...
