Using ArcSDE 9.3 with PostgreSQL, Part 3.5

I thought I was done with the series a while back but I’ve been getting a steady stream of questions through other channels so I thought I’d wrap up a lot of the common stuff in another post. Most of the inquiries come from people trying to integrate ArcSDE for PostgreSQL with open-source tools in [...]

SilverLight and ArcGIS Server 9.3

Al Pascual has posted about a sample app he Richie developed using SilverLight 2.0. For those who have been wondering about this (like me), I highly encourage checking this out. The SilverLight Deep Zoom technology is pretty impressive and it works well in IE, FireFox and Safari (on Windows anyway). See below.

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ESRI UC Summary

I spent last week in San Diego at the ESRI International User Conference. It was a bit different for me since I was working Zekiah’s booth most of the time. I did, however, make it out to a SIG and a couple of technical workshops. Additionally, some of our technical staff were there and had [...]

SQL Server SIG at the UC

My blogging has been slower this time around because I’ve been doing a lot of booth duty. This is my thrid conference this year and some of our other staff are getting to go to the sessions. I did, however, go to the SQL Server SIG a little while ago.
Ed Katibah had a few tricks [...]

A Good PostGIS Overview…

Steven Citron-Pousty gave a talk on PostGIS and has helpfully posted his slides here. It’s a good introductory overview and provides some good examples of basic spatial SQL in PostGIS.
With ArcGIS Server now supporting PostgreSQL as a back end RDBMS and also supporting the use of PostGIS geometries, a lot of new users may be [...]