Spatial AdobeColdFusion, Flex, AIR and spatial applications (maps and more)...SDE 9.2 and ESRI's ST_GEOMETRY datatype for Oracle- October 31, 2007 At version 9.2 of ArcSDE (or as it's now called ArcGIS Server Basic) ESRI got with the program and added a new data type - ST_GEOMETRY - to Oracle that caters for the storage of spatial data. Of course, you have been able to run ArcSDE on top of Oracle Spatial (and its own ST_GEOMETRY data type) for sometime (also DB2 and Informix). I don't want to get too much into the pros and cons but needless to say it's great to see ESRI finally allow a standards-compliant way to store spatials within a...http://www.mariposa.com.au/arcims/2007/10/sde_92_and_esris_st_geometry_d.cfm Google going Flex- October 31, 2007 I just got my ColdFusion Developer's Journal e-mail titled "Google moves toward Adobe Flex" and I must say it brought the "inner smile" to my heart. For those of us who have been carrying the Flex banner out there in the battlefield, Google, with all those uber-smart people who can pass those ridculously hard interview questions - well, it makes us feel a bit smarter ourselves. I completely agree with Yakov Fain's assessment that this is big news. To see what Google is doing with Flex -...http://www.mariposa.com.au/arcims/2007/10/google_going_flex.cfm Dekko - ArcGIS Server and Flex- October 29, 2007 ESRI Australia has announced their new product - Dekko (sp) at the OZRI conference in Australia. Dekko is a flex-based front-end to ArcGIS Server. It sounds pretty exciting and it is good to see that they followed my lead with Flex instead of going with yet another overly complex jsf solution. With ArcGIS server set to take over the world, they are looking very well placed indeed...http://www.mariposa.com.au/arcims/2007/10/dekko_arcgis_server_and_flex.cfm Ramping up again...- October 29, 2007 Oh what a wild ride life can be. Well, with so many changes it the last couple of years, I am thinking of re-branding this Adobe and Spatial or Spatial Adobe...and get going again with news and views from the world of spatially related applications that use, or compete with, such solutions by those of us in the community..http://www.mariposa.com.au/arcims/2007/10/ramping_up_again.cfm |