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ArcGIS Online brings projections to our world

Much of the GIS data used within the UK is stored in the British National Grid coordinate system (also known as Great Britain National Grid or BNG). ArcGIS Online is a global platform and in order to provide basemaps that are useful to a global community of users the default projection has to work globally. ArcGIS Online uses the WGS 1984 Web Mercator (Auxiliary Sphere) coordina

How do I create an ArcGIS Online service that uses British National Grid?

A short guide to creating ArcGIS Online services that use the British National Grid coordinate system.

New App on the block

A new ESRI app was released this week. Explorer for ArcGIS compliments the existing apps by focusing on using maps as a communication tool. The initial release is for iOS but the Android and Mac version are in development.

A Spatial Sensation in Schools

Every week new schools sign up to the Esri UK ArcGIS for Schools Programme and we are starting to see some great results. The immediacy that ArcGIS Online affords along with its simplicity has allowed some of our schools to produce maps in minutes as a response to recent world events.

Zoom in, zoom in

A recent upgrade to the ArcGIS Online Basemaps added support for re-sampling at scales larger than the map has data for (ie when zoomed in beyond the dats). This allows the client application to re-sample the closest available scale and display that, instead of a 'Map data not available' image.

Reflections on the Esri Partner and Developer Conference

On reflection, there were 3 main themes that emerged from the Esri Dev Summit this year: ArcGIS is now a Platform, 3D will be available across the platform and JavaScript will become the main Web development tool for Esri.

ArcGIS on tablets

The March release of the Operations Dashboard will allow a single-display operation view to be created, shared and then accessed on a mobile device (iOS and Android).

The drum roll starts for Collector for ArcGIS v10.2.2

Disconnected editing in the Collector App is coming soon and you can read about how it's going to work in a series of blog postings from the Esri mobile team.

ArcGIS stocking fillers

A quick mention for a couple of choice morsels in the recent ArcGIS Online enhancements.

Where are the Teams Now?! Building Walking with the Wounded Widgets Part 1

In the first of three blog articles about our work supporting the Walking with the Wounded expedition to Antarctica, I will introduce the ‘Where are the teams now?’ widget. The widget shows current and historic location information for the three … Continue reading Continue Reading