Latest Contributions by MichaelBranscomb

Hi, ArcGIS Explorer can read layers / layer packages created in 9.3.1 or 10.0. Would it be possible for you to zip-up and post your layer/data/layer package here? - i'll give it a test. Cheers Mike ... View more

Hi, Unfortunately there is no interactive/user-defined thematic mapping out-of-the-box in ArcGIS Explorer. Someone with a good level of experience with the SDK could possibly create a tool to mimic this functionality using the new query functionality introduced in the API at version 1500 but it would require some effort. ArcGIS Explorer can of course consume layer packages and layer files which contain layers which are thematically rendered using ArcGIS Desktop. This is the model for working with ArcGIS Explorer - author content in ArcGIS Desktop and publish to ArcGIS Explorer. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Both the 2D and 3D caches are kept in the user temp folder. So for example, on a machine where this hasn't been modified, and I'm logged in, it is C:\Users\mbranscomb\AppData\Local\Temp\E3. Unfortunately at this point I cannot think of a reason why the service would simply not display in 3D but does in 2D. You could try creating the Explorer log folder and take a look at the contents of the log file e.g. C:\Users\mbranscomb\Documents\E3Log. Remember to delete this folder though after you've done your research - a lot of information gets logged here so the file could grow rapidly and it may slow down Explorer slightly. You'll see the line like "14:13:43 - 3780 - MapDisplay::DisplayMode::set Display3D" when you try to switch to 3D. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Unfortunately the image used in under the control of the Explorer application framework and cannot be specified via the SDK. I'd say this would be a good enhancement request - please feel free to suggest it at http://ideas.arcgis.com/ - we'll look at this site when working out what we can include in the next release. Regards Mike ... Actually this might qualify as a "bug". I'll enter it in our system for review. ... View more

Hi, Unfortunately the image used in under the control of the Explorer application framework and cannot be specified via the SDK. I'd say this would be a good enhancement request - please feel free to suggest it at http://ideas.arcgis.com/ - we'll look at this site when working out what we can include in the next release. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Unfortunately there's no ribbon group separator in the SDK. Please feel free to submit this at http://ideas.arcgis.com/ Regards Mike ... View more

James, Regarding the Bing URL: 1. Initially there's a handshake with the ESRI server at http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com to verify the client 2. Then ArcGIS Explorer is provided with the tiling information (i.e. it's a cached service on the Bing servers): {"imageUri":"http://{subdomain}.tiles.virtualearth.net/tiles/h{quadkey}.jpeg?g=585&mkt={culture}&token={token}","subDomains":["t0","t1","t2","t3"],"zoomRangeFrom":"1","zoomRangeTo":"19"} 3. After this ArcGIS Explorer makes direct requests to the Microsoft Bing servers based on the "imageURI" above. The URLs used when I tested this just now are below. This isn't an exhaustive list - a quick search online reveals that there are others e.g. http://t4.tiles... etc. http://t0.tiles.virtualearth.net/ http://t1.tiles.virtualearth.net/ http://t2.tiles.virtualearth.net/ http://t3.tiles.virtualearth.net/ *However*, because there's a handoff from the ESRI server to the Bing server - it's possible that these secondary URLs might change over time. Regarding limiting the extent: The best way to do this would be to develop an Extension Add-in for ArcGIS Explorer. You could then respond to one of the navigation events and each time check the extent did not fall outside/overlap/intersect your chosen extent - see http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/conceptualhelp/index.html#/Customizing_ArcGIS_Explorer/000200000020000000/ for more info on customizing ArcGIS Explorer in general and specifically http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/componenthelp/index.html#/ViewpointChanged_Event/000300000tmr000000/ for info on the ViewPointChanged event. Regards Mike ... View more

James, Those Shapefiles don't sound too big but I would definitely take Joe's advice and consider moving to File Geodatabases. When importing the data to File Geodatabases, spatial indices will automatically be generated but you should also think about creating attribute indices for any fields used for rendering/labelling. Have you run the system requirements checked? (linked from the system requirements page - http://wikis.esri.com/wiki/display/agxpsr/ArcGIS+Explorer+System+Requirements). Also - there's a speed test - but by default this will try to connect online. you can however override the default behaviour: (http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/1500//en/firewall.htm) ********************************************* Redirect URL's for ArcGIS Online and Test Connection Speed By default, Add Content > ArcGIS Online... and Test Connection Speed direct you to Esri. You can override the default URL's by: Create a xml file. The xml file should look similar to the following: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <ArcGISOnlineURIList>   <Base>http://www.arcgis.com/</Base>   <Secure>https://www.arcgis.com/</Secure>   <PingTest>http://www.esri.com/</PingTest>   <SpeedTest>http://www.arcgis.com/arcgisexplorer500/support/downloadfile.zip</SpeedTest> </ArcGISOnlineURIList> Save this file and place it in your Inetpub\wwwroot directory on your server. Set one of the following registry keys to point to your xml file: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\ArcGIS Online\SignIn\HomeServerURIFile or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ESRI\ArcGIS Online\SignIn\HomeServerURIFile (for example, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ESRI\ArcGIS Online\SignIn\HomeServerURIFile = �??http://www.myservername.com/redirect.xml�?�). Only one registry key needs to be set. However, if both keys are set, the key located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE will take precedence. ********************************************* Lastly of course - the usual advice about making sure your graphics driver is up to date, trying not to run too many applications at the same time. Take a look at task manager too - is the CPU being hammered? Is your machine running out of memory? Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, You can edit a registry setting on the machine to do this - the following info is from the help (http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/1500//en/firewall.htm): ***************** Using a registry entry: You can specify the application configuration by setting the AppConfig registry value: Create the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\Explorerversion_number\Settings (for example, [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\Explorer1200\Settings]) Create a new string value called AppConfig and set it to a URL which references the application configuration. Note that file system paths (including UNC paths) are not supported. ***************** Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, On option is to create different shortcuts for your users - the following is from the help: "Some shortcut icons on the Desktop may start the application with different maps or different application configurations that have been set up for you. These shortcuts start ArcGIS Explorer on the command line, specifying the name of a map, using the syntax: /open <filename> or the name of an application configuration using the syntax>: /appconfig <filename>" However you could possibly consider doing something to the ArcGIS Explorer user profile - the referenced App Config is set there. The setting that determines whether to use an App Config is in a settings file also in their profile e.g. C:\Users\mbranscomb\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\arcgis explorer\settings1500.xml. Specifically there are two attributes in the settings section: UseAppConfig="-1"  and AppConfigLocation="C:\Temp\New Configuration.ncfg". Just for info - as Explorer loads the App config (.NCFG) is also exploded to the users profile e.g. C:\Users\mbranscomb\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\arcgis explorer\AppConfig\New Configuration\... . Regards Mike ... View more

Is there still this limitation with labels in 1500?  I have a shape file containing street names which are attached to short invisible line segments.  I can't seem to find where you would turn on labels and then set the source of the text string to pull from the appropriate field... Thanks all. J Hi, You'll need to set up the labelling in ArcMap then create a Layer File / Layer Package and add that to ArcGIS Explorer. Alternatively you try annotation feature classes. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, ArcGIS Explorer objects can only be accessed on the thread in which they were created - in order to achieve your objective you'll need to serialize/deserialize as you pass the object between threads. See "Best practices for programming with a BackgroundWorker" for more information (http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/conceptualhelp/index.html#//000200000046000000). Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, A couple of questions: 1. Does the mini print preview look ok? 2. If you click the Copy to clipboard button (Home Tab) > then paste into another application - how does that look? If the map within ArcGIS Explorer looks fine but #2 above looks bad then I'm uncertain what to suggest because it's effectively doing a print screen operation. For any display issues however, we usually suggest updating your graphics drivers as the first thing try. Regards Mike ... View more

Peter, If you can post your data on the forum I'll happily test it here. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, There is an excellent tool called the Geodatabase Diagrammer for working with Geodatabase designs using the XML Workspace document. This can be found on the Resource Centre at http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geodatabase/details?entryID=F12ADF8F-1422-2418-34B2-C276C6BCCF98. The advice recently is to consider moving away from UML as a means of modelling Geodatabases - see the following link for more information: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_dotnet_help/index.html#//0093000000rn000000.htm. Regards Mike ... View more