I was hoping there would be a plethora of responses here.
We have a sister company who's been using the Runtime SDK to upgrade their Computer Aided Dispatch system. Right now they pull the map online. However, they're finding out that most of their customers (if not all) do not particular care to have their dispatch system online.
As for my company's application, we're working on developing a Surveillance Command and Control system for high value assets. These customers do not and will not have their workstations/servers on the internet. Which means the base map, etc has to be local. As a newbie in the GIS and more specifically, ESRI, it's been a battle trying to find the necessary information for me to get started. I have gathered a lot of information as what things are but I haven't really seen something that takes you from the beginning.
For example, I'm struggling with how to create a Tile Package using ArcMap that I can use in the SDK. I needed to do a snippet of an area of the map and use that as my base map. Typically these areas are 1-2 square kilometers. Using the Tile Package example code, my map was blank. However, one of the 6 layers (shapefiles) did show up. The rest of the layers did not show up; neither did the map.
Anyway, you look like an expert in ESRI. Perhaps you could write in your blog on how to get started from creating a local map to integrating with the SDK.
