Geocortex Blog http://blog.geocortex.com Web-based GIS, software development & various other topics of interest to us. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:24:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 GeocortexBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Geocortex Code Gallery is Now Available http://blog.geocortex.com/2012/02/02/geocortex-code-gallery-is-now-available/ http://blog.geocortex.com/2012/02/02/geocortex-code-gallery-is-now-available/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:24:08 +0000 Alex McKeachie http://blog.geocortex.com/?p=2374

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Geocortex Code Gallery. The Geocortex Code Gallery is an area of the Geocortex Support Center where the community can share code snippets, sample applications, workflows and other user-generated content.

The Geocortex support team has included a small nucleus of content to kick-start the gallery, but the expectation is that most content will come from Geocortex customers, implementers, and business partners.

The Geocortex Code Gallery is as a place where you can show off your work and view real-world solutions developed by other community members. We encourage everyone to submit reusable code, discuss the existing samples, and work together to improve the quality of this resource. If you find something in the code gallery that you can improve upon, or add functionality to, please submit your contribution while acknowledging the original author.

Last week we silently enabled the code gallery with a “beta” tag. We will consider it to be in “beta” for the time being as we may make changes or adjustments as we monitor its adoption by the community. Our hope is that it will quickly become an integral part of our Support Center and a valuable resource.

Please think about what you may want to contribute, and give us any feedback that you have!

-Alex McKeachie
Geocortex Support Manager

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Customers can consult the release notes, review a 35-minute video describing new features in further detail, and download the installers in our Geocortex Support Center.

Highlights include:

Geocortex Essentials 3.7

  • Workflow and Forms
    Significant additions/enhancements to  including usability enhancements, rich contextual help for activities, 12 new activities, and new form input types.
  • Layer Themes
    Configure sets of related layers into “themes” which can be easily toggled by end users.
  • Support for simple HTML markup in feature descriptions
    Now, feature information can be formatted with images and hyperlinks when displayed in map tips or the results list view.
  • Bug fixes

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.4

  • Usability enhancements
  • Layer theme support
  • Support for New HTML tags
    in feature descriptions for enhanced display of features in map tips and results list view.
  • Support for new Workflow activities and Form items
  • Support for ArcGIS API for Silverlight 2.4
  • Bug fixes

Please contact your Latitude Geographics account representative or local reseller if you have any questions.

 

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More Info Geocortex REST Technology Training (Online – East Region) Feb. 7-9, 2012
More Info Geocortex REST Technology Training (Online – West Region) March 13-15
More Info Geocortex REST Technology Training (Online – East Region) April 17-19
More Info Geocortex REST Technology Training (Online – West Region) May 15-17
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Highlights:

  • 64-bit Support
    Geocortex Essentials 3.6 now supports x64 and IIS Integrated Pipeline deployments.
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Certified
    This certification demonstrates that Geocortex Essentials 3.6 has met Microsoft’s highest standards for stability, security, reliability, availability, Windows fundamentals, and platform compatibility. This certification is part of our ongoing commitment to the Microsoft Gold Partner program.
  • Web ADF and REST Elements Now Separate
    Geocortex Essentials REST Elements and Web ADF Elements are released independently. The 3.6.X branch of Essentials will contain REST Elements only. Future releases of the 3.5.X branch will contain Web ADF Elements.
  • Updated Workflow Documentation
    This release includes a draft version of new documentation surrounding workflow functionality. While still in draft form, this will nonetheless be very useful to gain a better understanding in how to set up and use Geocortex Workflow to its fullest.
  • Minor Bug Fixes and Enhancements
    This includes user interface, performance and workflow improvements as well as several bug fixes.

Please consult the release notes (found on our Support Center with the download) for further information.

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Webinar: Migrating from Web ADF to RESTful Technology

>> December 20, 2011 10 AM PDT

Given Esri’s deprecation of Web ADF, many organizations are in the process of devising migration strategies to shift to Esri’s RESTful web-based mapping platform. In this 30-minute webinar, we’ll explore strategies and best practices to help ensure smooth, efficient transitions.

If you are planning to migrate Web ADF applications, this is an ideal time to rethink how your web-based mapping applications are designed, developed and maintained in order to gain efficiencies and improve productivity moving forward.

This free Webinar will be of interest to GIS administrators, GIS managers and analysts currently using Web ADF who are involved in planning for the transition to ArcGIS for Server using a RESTful approach.  The presentation will take about 30 Minutes, but please allow for an additional 15 minutes for Q&A.

Register Here

 

Webinar: HTML5 and Esri-based Web Mapping

>> February 1, 2012 10 AM PDT

With the steady growth in smart mobile devices and with every modern web browser now supporting HTML5, the adoption of HTML5 for web-based mapping is clearly on the rise.  This 30-minute webinar will provide an overview of HTML5 for generalists, theorize on likely timelines around adoption, and provide information to help you ensure that your organization is positioned to embrace this important standard at the right time.

It may still be a year or more before browser support for the HTML5 standard enables wide-spread adoption, and until then, a pragmatic approach works best. But don’t let that hold you back! Even today, HTML5 offers the opportunity for building platform agnostic mobile applications and solving real-world problems and we will show some examples using the forthcoming Geocortex Viewer for HTML5.

 This free Webinar will be of interest to GIS administrators, GIS managers and analysts currently using Esri’s ArcGIS Server platform. The presentation will take about 30 Minutes, but please allow for an additional 15 minutes for Q&A.

 Register Here

 

Dec. 5, 2011 –  Some small edits have been made to the original post.

]]> http://blog.geocortex.com/2011/12/01/upcoming-webinars/feed/ 0 Geocortex Essentials Flex API (2.4) http://blog.geocortex.com/2011/11/28/geocortex-essentials-flex-api-2-4/ http://blog.geocortex.com/2011/11/28/geocortex-essentials-flex-api-2-4/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:19:45 +0000 Robert Dubicki http://blog.geocortex.com/?p=2321 A new version of the Geocortex Essentials Flex API is now available. Highlights include:

  • Support for Forms 1.0
  • Export Map
  • Support for new workflow activities: SetLayerDefinition, SetLayerVisibility, Report, GetMapExtent, Geoprocessing
  • Support for ESRI Flex API 2.4

Licensees can download the Geocortex Essentials Flex API 2.4 from the Geocortex Support Center.

 

 

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We have now added an additional Virtual training session in October. Our training schedule is now as follows:

More Info San Antonio, TX Oct. 4-6, 2011
More Info Virtual Classroom Oct. 18-20
More Info Renton, WA Oct. 25-27
More Info Charlotte, NC Nov. 8-10
More Info Virtual Classroom Nov. 14-16
More Info Denver, CO Nov. 29-Dec. 1
More Info Los Angeles, CA Dec. 6-8
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  • Extract Feature Data (“clip, zip and ship”) enables users to extract spatial data from layers within a defined map region, and export to common GIS formats. Once a file is created, it can be easily emailed and shared.
  • Support for GeoRSS data sources is now available, allowing users to add this popular data feed format through Geocortex Manager and interact with the layer within the viewer.
  • Users are able to dynamically add cached and dynamic layers to their viewer sessions, to be used in subsequent search, identify and print operations.
  • Performance improvements in managing sites with large numbers of layers and reducing viewer startup time of the Viewer.

The latest release of Geocortex Essentials is available for download from the Geocortex Support Center http://support.geocortex.com.

]]> http://blog.geocortex.com/2011/09/29/release-of-geocortex-essentials-3-5-and-the-geocortex-viewer-for-silverlight-1-3/feed/ 0 Migrating from Esri ArcIMS to ArcGIS for Server http://blog.geocortex.com/2011/09/28/migrating-from-esri-arcims-to-arcgis-for-server/ http://blog.geocortex.com/2011/09/28/migrating-from-esri-arcims-to-arcgis-for-server/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:52:19 +0000 Peter Rowand http://blog.geocortex.com/?p=2287 A frequent discussion topic between Latitude Geographics team members and our customers is the Esri release plans for ArcGIS for Server 10.1, and Esri’s plans to deprecate ArcIMS (details at the Esri blog).

On October 12, we will be providing a free webinar to provide guidance on migrating from ArcIMS to ArcGIS for Server. We will also demonstrate an approach that can help accelerate this migration by gaining efficiencies in the design, development and maintenance of web-based mapping applications.

Interested? The event is filling rapidly. More information and registration is available at: http://www.geocortex.com/events-training/webinars/arcims-arcgis-migration/

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