Latest Contributions by MichaelBranscomb

Hi, That's a good suggestion, and a great tip for other users too. We did try to keep the sharing dialog as simple as possible so I can see there being some design required for exposing an advanced option such as this. Rather than giving users the option, perhaps we could always default to always using multiple cores instead... You could also wrap up a tiling workflow as a python script/tool and share that with your users - that might help ensure that they always follow the workflow you would like them use. A better place to suggest enhancements is actually the ArcGIS Ideas site: http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaList?category=ArcGIS+Desktop. That's the link to Desktop, since it's a desktop-based workflow, but you could tag it runtime as well. Cheers Mike ... View more

Hi, You should be able to replicate the smoother animation of the gps layer symbol by incrementally updating the geometry (still calling MoveTo) on a timer. The GPSLayer source code is on codeplex so you can take a look at how it works - but I just put this together this basic sample based on the GPSLayer code with an easing function from http://www.gizma.com/easing/ to allow for some acceleration and deceleration. Code behind: using System.Windows; using ESRI.ArcGIS.Client; using ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Symbols; using System.Windows.Media; using ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Geometry; using System; using System.Windows.Threading;  namespace SmoothAnimation {     public partial class MainWindow : Window     {         GraphicsLayer _gl;         private DateTime animateStartTime;         private DispatcherTimer animationTimer;         private int animationDuration = 5000;         SimpleMarkerSymbol defaultSymbol;         SimpleMarkerSymbol animatingSymbol;                  public MainWindow()         {             InitializeComponent();              _gl = new GraphicsLayer();                        MyMap.Layers.Add(_gl);         }          private void MyMap_MouseClick(object sender, Map.MouseEventArgs e)         {             if (defaultSymbol == null)             {                 defaultSymbol = new SimpleMarkerSymbol() { Color = Brushes.Red, Size = 12, Style = SimpleMarkerSymbol.SimpleMarkerStyle.Circle };             }              if (animatingSymbol == null)             {                 animatingSymbol = new SimpleMarkerSymbol() { Color = Brushes.Blue, Size = 12, Style = SimpleMarkerSymbol.SimpleMarkerStyle.Circle };             }              if (_gl.Graphics.Count == 3)                 _gl.Graphics.Clear();              if (_gl.Graphics.Count == 2)                 _gl.Graphics.Remove(_gl.Graphics[0]);              _gl.Graphics.Add(new Graphic() { Symbol = defaultSymbol, Geometry = e.MapPoint });         }          private void AnimateButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)         {             MapPoint startPoint = _gl.Graphics[0].Geometry as MapPoint;             MapPoint finishPoint = _gl.Graphics[1].Geometry as MapPoint;              MapPoint animatingPoint = startPoint;             _gl.Graphics.Add(new Graphic() { Geometry = animatingPoint,Symbol = animatingSymbol });              animationTimer= new DispatcherTimer();             animationTimer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(33);             animateStartTime = DateTime.Now;             animationTimer.Tick += (s, ex) =>              {                 double fraction = (DateTime.Now - animateStartTime).TotalMilliseconds / animationDuration;                 fraction = QuinticEasingInOut(fraction, 0, 1, 1);                 var x = (finishPoint.X - startPoint.X) * fraction + startPoint.X;                 var y = (finishPoint.Y - startPoint.Y) * fraction + startPoint.Y;                 animatingPoint.MoveTo(x, y);             };             animationTimer.Start();         }          public double QuinticEasingInOut(double t, double b, double c, double d)         {             t /= d / 2;             if (t < 1) return c / 2 * t * t * t * t * t + b;             t -= 2;             return c / 2 * (t * t * t * t * t + 2) + b;         }     } } XAML: <Window x:Class="SmoothAnimation.MainWindow"      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"         xmlns:esri="http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/client/2009"         Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">     <Grid>         <esri:Map x:Name="MyMap" UseAcceleratedDisplay="True" MouseClick="MyMap_MouseClick">             <esri:ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer ID="World Topo Map"                         Url="http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Topo_Map/MapServer"/>         </esri:Map>         <Button Content="Animate" x:Name="AnimateButton" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="10"                  Click="AnimateButton_Click">         </Button>     </Grid> </Window> Cheers Mike ... View more