An easy way to make a web map is to build it and share it online. Esri provides two options for doing this: the ArcGIS.com Map Viewer and ArcGIS Explorer Online.
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It's often easier to build a web app by modifying a completed example, rather than beginning with nothing. Whether you're working with Silverlight, Flex, or JavaScript, there are easy ways to get started making a mapping app.
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The ArcGIS APIs for JavaScript, Flex, and Silverlight allow you to develop web GIS applications using a framework familiar to you. Each API offers the same suite of common GIS functionality, including the ability to edit features and attributes over the Web.
Read moreYou may not know this, but the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex source code has been on GitHub since version 2.5 of the viewer. The ArcGIS API for Flex samples source code were also recently published to GitHub. The Esri Flex … Continue reading
The proliferation of mobile, social and sensor data has given us a new playground for analysis and visualization. It is an area we’ve beenparticularlyexcited about from our earliest experiments with streaming data. Since joining ESRI we’ve had the opportunity to … Continue reading
In a previous blog post, I explained how to create an interactive photo map with ArcGIS Online. Web maps are useful for sharing and editing, but in some cases, you may not want everyone to have the full capabilities of … Continue reading
Today’s technology has made it easier than ever to effectively share global information with the world. This information can be shared in a variety of ways, including web browsers, mobile devices, and desktop viewers. The Community Maps Team and ArcGIS … Continue reading
One of the most effective ways to speed the performance of web and mobile apps is to pre-draw some or all of the map layers at various scales and save the images in a cache. These images are often called … Continue reading
