Silverlight application are able to take advantage of browser cache to store and access map tiles retrieved from tiled map services which enhances application performance. The Map control included with the WPF assemblies now creates a similar client-side cache for you to provide the same enhanced performance and user experience with tiled map services. [/INDENT]
My question is whether or not there is additional functionality coming in order to support disconnected users?
What I need is a way for users to download/cache their features and map data so that they can work offline when they move out of coverage.
Any chance there may be a full offline story in future versions beyond 2.1 of the Silverlight/WPF API? It would be a huge benefit for WPF clients, Silverlight OOB clients, and WP7 apps.
A full offline story like what you are requesting will not be available in 2.1
Thanks for the reply and that is good to hear you are at least investigating it.
Essentially a fork was put into the Windows Mobile OS this year with announcement of Windows Phone 7 early in the year which goes in one direction and in the other direction is Windows Embedded Handheld which was announced in June. Microsoft has already said that the next version of Windows Embedded Handheld OS will support Silverlight and become available in the second half of 2011. This Handheld OS will be the successor to the Windows Mobile being heavily used with rugged handheld devices that the ArcGIS Mobile SDK and ArcPad is strong in today. Thus, I can't help but think the ArcGIS Silverlight/WPF API and ArcGIS Mobile SDK aren't going to begin to overlap in the future. Seems like a good place to combine efforts to me.
This is something we are investigating and thinking about, but I can't share any details at this time.
