So, I’m blogging from my phone at the ESRI Developer Summit plenary session in Palm Springs, CA. There is a lot to explore here. I wish I could use some sort of shadow clone jutsu so I could attend all the sessions I want. Just goes to show how busy the men and women at […]
After a bit of a hiatus, I’ve tackled a few issues on Map Services Enhanced, a Chrome extension that makes working with ArcGIS Server REST endpoints much easier. I’ve released v. 1.2.1 to the Chrome Web Store. If you’re interested in finding out what it does, then check out this previous article. The list of
The year 2017 has finally arrived. Can we all agree that 2016 was a weird, weird year? I think I can speak for everyone when I say that I hope 2017 will be better. After all, it’s a prime number, and primes are good. Am I right? I decided to do a quick post to
If you develop against ArcGIS Server REST Services, or simply test them, you have probably found them to be both a blessing and a curse. ArcGIS Server REST endpoints provide simple, well organized pages that present just enough information for that particular endpoint. To check out information on each map service or layer underneath, however, requires
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Nothing fills a developer’s mouth with words of both praise and cursing more than a major version release (Just ask the Angular JS community). ESRI released the ArcGIS JavaScript API 4.0 out of beta yesterday. If you’ve had experience with the 3.x version, a tour through the 4.x line looks a bit incomplete, much like
Trouble with dates A couple years ago, our company had developed a JavaScript-based web application, and it was in the middle of user acceptance testing when the client noticed something strange in the search results. When the client searched for her own property, she noticed that the date of sale showed March 17th, the day
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Creating Layer visibility controls for web maps can be a pain. If you’ve tried to implement complicated web maps or “ArcMap on the web” applications, you know what I mean. So, when ESRI released the LayerList widget in v. 3.14 of their JavaScript API, I had to try it out. The LayerList I found the
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This year, I was happy not just to attend the ESRI Developer Summit, but I also had the privilege of talking about the ESRI REST Diagnostics tools in a user presentation. Since I attended with some other members of my team, I focused on attending most of the sessions on JavaScript and web development. It was a lot
Packt Publishing is running their annual $5 Skill-up. From December 17 until the 8th of January, you can get any e-book and any video for $5. Packt is a publisher of technical books covering a wide variety of IT related fields. They cover the many aspects of software development, but they also offer books that
When it comes to property searches, nothing tells you that you’ve arrived at the right house like a picture of the front door. If you need these property photos for your web applications, you have a few options. You can go door-to-door and snap pictures yourself. This is good and cheap if you only have
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