I’m trying to wrap things up so that I can be ready to head out to Palm Springs. That’s been somewhat challenging since I’m going on my fifth day with the flu. I’ve been watching some the developments about the ArcGIS REST API with interest but, since I’ve had the energy level of a snail,…
“Upgrading” to SQL Server 2008 February CTP
There is no direct upgrade yet so you need to remove the November CTP. Apparently, the uninstall doesn’t always work well (hey, it’s beta). Luckily, Tim’s post straightened me out. This worked for me. More accurately, the guidance in Michael’s comment worked for me.
Thoughts on the FedUC
I didn’t go to the FedUC today. I haven’t been staying in the city but have rather been commuting in each day. The weather is rather nasty so I decided to forego the rousing sendoff. I can handle snow and I can handle rain but I want nothing to do with ice. Boat drinks! Boys…
FedUC: From the Exhibit Hall
Most of the usual suspects were there today but there was very little that was new or exciting. The system integrator community was well represented as well as several relevant government agencies such as USGS, NGA, BLM, etc. There was a good cross-section of government support, including land managment, environment and others. In other words,…
More From the FedUC Plenary
I want to focus a little more on some of the demos and also how ESRI is positioning the ArcGIS platform to support the “GeoWeb” implementation pattern. Jack identified four “implementation patterns” that defin typical GIS architectures. The first three are pretty standard: single user desktop, multi-user server, and “federated” (an ESB-type implementation). The last…
ArcGIS 9.4 Mentioned at FedUC
This is my first time posting from my Moto Q so forgive any typos. I just sat through the FedUC opening talk by Jack. There was a lot of talk about 9.3, as would be expected. There was also a lot of talk about positioning AGS support the GeoWeb, including a compelling demo of an…
ESRI 2008 Fed UC Vibe
At the risk of sounding like an ESRI shill… The FedUC starts on Wednesday and this year it seems to have a different feel to it. It feels like it’s definitely picked up some momentum over previous years. The sessions seem to be a little meatier and the atmosphere feels more purposeful and businesslike now….
A One-Touch (Almost) Data Loader With FWTools and PostGIS
So my PostGIS/SharpMap/WPF project is ready to go out the door. Literally. The servers are being loaded onto pallets and shipped to their respective destinations. Great! Time for a cold one! Well……maybe not. There’s one little problem: there’s no data on the servers yet. We had to coordinate with a large national government agency to…
SQL Server 2008 and 2005 Side-By-Side
Installing the the SQL Server 2008 November CTP side-by-side with SQL Server 2005 is very straightforward. On the previous build of my machine, I had them both running just fine. After my system crash, I began setting things up again. Because I had been working with 2008 before the crash, I installed that first and…
And We’re In
Well, our abstract was accepted for the ESRI Federal User Conference. I say “our” because I am co-authoring with my friend/customer/former co-worker Dan Getman at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We’ll be presenting some work we’ve (Dan, me and a couple of other really good developers) done together on the SensorNet effort. I don’t want to…