Latest Contributions by MichaelBranscomb

Donna, Yes that's pretty much it. The best way to achieve an online/offline environment is probably via Application Configurations - which are self contained packages containing a map and any customisations such as custom Add-ins (for more info see http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/1500/en/appconfig_manager.htm). One thing you'll obviously want to consider is how you ensure you're got the latest data on your Explorer machines so I'd recommend thinking about a utility to get the latest data from your ArcSDE database. By the way - in terms of file-based data I'd advise moving away from Shapefiles to using File Geodatabases because they're more efficient for data storage/display/query particularly as the size of your data increases. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, One has already been written - try this: http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=16871 Regards Mike ... View more

Jon, It should work fine - if I click on this example (http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Louisville/LOJIC_LandRecords_Louisville/MapServer) i'm prompted by Chrome to save the nmf then when I select the downloaded nmf it fires up Explorer and the map is added as expected. Can you provide an example of one that doesn't work? Are you using Explorer 1500? Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Sorry to hear you're having problems with some of your installs. The first thing we always suggest checking is that your graphics drivers are up to date (and also perhaps before that is that the machine meets the recommended specs for running Explorer - there's an auto checker on the system requirements page - http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri_if/1186/10895). If you've gone through some installs/uninstalls on a machine then you could clear out the Explorer user profile - backup then delete the contents of C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\esri\arcgis explorer. You could take a look in the registry once you've removed the software just to make sure it's cleaned up after itself - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\Explorer1500. Finally, if you've got ArcGIS Server in your organisation then you're entitled to some tech support for Explorer so you could try the support desk. Regards Mike ... View more

Donna, Unfortunately you can't plug a local address locator into the OOTB address search tool in Explorer. However, as you suggest, you could write a VB.NET or C# Add-in which would prompt the user for one or more pieces of address info then search a FeatureClass / Table in a geodatabase. See the Table.Search method for more information: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/componenthelp/index.html#/d/0003000008v6000000.htm Regards Mike ... View more

Lane, You could try sharing the folder with the images on the laptop. Easiest way to do this is probably: 1. Create a text file and add something like the following: net share ShareName=C:\FolderYouWantToShare (for more info see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490712.aspx) 3. Then rename the text file to <something>.cmd 4. Add the .cmd file to the startup folder on the laptop Then the image paths will be \\ShareName\WhereverYourImagesAre\Blah.jpg Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Another thought - you said you were working at 200-400 metres? In which case are you in 3D? Unless you specifically need to be in 3D, I'd suggest working in the 2D mode, particularly if scale is important because on a globe the map scale varies across the view. I've posted some Add-ins which can help when working in the UK on British National Grid here: - Zoom to BNG grid ref: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ede2dcdd52bb4497957067f4bb693e99 - Zoom to map scale: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=b2814df318ad4b3482cf05ce62db1967 - Previous/Next Extent: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d857b130f76d48acab8eeb2e1e63cff7 Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Do you have ArcGIS Server in your organisation? - if so you can pick up your corporate services and use those as basemaps. Otherwise - World Streets, World Topo, Bing - any of those make excellent good basemaps. I've been trying to reproduce your problem but as yet have not had any success. I'll post here if I manage to reproduce the blurred issue. Regards Mike ... View more

Judith, Thanks for alerting us to this one - particularly with you having pointed out the other coordinate related display issue earlier in the summer. I'll enter as a bug and we'll get this one fixed. Regards Mike ... View more

Marcin, We decided that to ensure a good user experience in terms of performance/responsiveness that we would not support sample values from ArcGIS Server services. This is something we could consider resolving for a future release - please suggest it here: http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaList?category=ArcGIS+Explorer Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, I asked about 2D or 3D becuase they use different control/rendering engines/caching mechanisms. Therefore it's possible that the data you're expertiencing problems with may work in one display mode but not the other. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, E00 files are indeed a very old format. You'll need to use ArcGIS Desktop for this: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001200000046000000.htm. That will give you either a "Coverage" or a "GRID" depending on whether the data is vector or raster I believe. From there you will need to convert the Coverage to for example a File Geodatabase which can be read by ArcGIS Explorer. In the case of a GRID file - you can either create a Layer File in ArcMap which references this GRID or alternatively convert to one of the many raster formats ArcGIS Explorer reads directly such as TIFF. Cheers Mike ... View more

Hi, When you say 9.3.1 - do you mean you're working in ArcGIS Desktop (i.e. ArcMap / ArcCatalog)? If so, try posting your question in the ArcGIS Desktop forums (http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/5-ArcGIS-Desktop-General). Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, ArcGIS Explorer doesn't need administrative privileges at runtime - only during installation. As you observed, ArcGIS Explorer writes the cache to %temp%\E3. Additionally, other locations ArcGIS Explorer writes to are: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\Documents\ArcGIS Explorer C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\arcgis explorer C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\ArcGISPackageCache C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\ErrorReports Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, It sounds like you have a consistent issue opening Layer Packages on your laptop and PC - obviously this is not the normal behaviour. - Have you installed version 1500? (http://resources.arcgis.com/content/arcgis-explorer/1500/download) - Are you in 2D or 3D? - Just to make sure - I'd suggest running the system requirements checker: http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri_if/1186/10895 Regards Mike ... View more