Latest Contributions by MarkBaird

Hi For web based mapping applications we've got a few options which may be of interest to you. You should take a look at the ArcGIS Online capabilities for "cloud" based solutions  http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline If you want to develop your own applications (which can consume either your own hosted services or ArcGIS Online services and webmaps), then you need to look at one of the web APIs we offer.  We have APIs for FLEX, Java Script and WPF. There are some links below and forums for each of these products. General link : http://www.esri.com/getting-started/...rs/get-started - Flex : http://www.esri.com/getting-started/...t-started/flex - Java Script: http://www.esri.com/getting-started/...ted/javascript There are loads resources available on all of these products. Let me know if this helps. Good luck Mark ... View more

Hi You should be able to write some basic Java code to extract the contents of a .loc file without too much difficulty. The SDK has 2 geocode operations which may be of interest to you: - Geocode - which takes in an address string and returns a geographical point - Reverse Geocode - which takes a geographic point and returns an address string(s) for the address closest to that point Both these bits of functionality are available offline (local server) or by using online services. If you already have the SDK then there is a sample application which demonstrates how the above operations work. I think you should be able to write a slick batch geocoder if you consider the use the thread pools to speed up the operation.  Geocoding or reverse geocoding large batches in a single thread (one after the other), might be a slow process. Does this help? Mark ... View more

We are generally encouraging developers to move away from Web ADF development as there are improved web API platforms out there which scale better and give you access to the latest ESRI developments. http://events.esri.com/uc/QandA/index.cfm?fuseaction=answer&conferenceId=2F6DC1A1-1422-2418-883C3868A9004888&questionId=3060 I'm not really the right person to advise on IDEs for Java development on web ADF, but this page should give some ideas: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/system-requirements/10.1/index.html#/ArcGIS_Web_ADF_Java_Platform/01510000006z000000/ If you need forum help on the subject, then you will get better answers going to the ArcObects forum. http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/20-ArcObjects-SDKs Mark ... View more

Hi, I'm assuming you are wanting to create a web application which consumes the services published by ArcGIS Server. You should be looking at one of the web APIs which we have for JavaScript, Flex or Silverlight even! There are some links below and forums for each of these products. General link : http://www.esri.com/getting-started/developers/get-started - Flex : http://www.esri.com/getting-started/developers/get-started/flex - Java Script: http://www.esri.com/getting-started/developers/get-started/javascript There are loads resources available on all of these products. Of course if you want to write native Java SE GIS applications then you're in the right place to get help on that subject. Good luck Mark ... View more

We've just been working on an API improvement for the next release which will do exactly what you want. It will work something like map.getLayers().reorderLayer(oldIndex, newIndex) For the moment ay 10.1.1 your best option is to remove the layer you want to reorder from the map control and then add it again at the place you want it; although it's not going to be as efficient as the new method above. Hope that helps Mark ... View more