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Friday, July 24, 2009

GeoStor Updates

I know it has been quite some time since my last update on the blog/forum and I apologize for that. It means that I have been REALLY busy working on it, in fact if I don't document my changes I forget most of them. Also, my trip to the ESRI UC was great, I learned a lot, visited with friends, met new friends, and enjoyed some down time in the California sun. If you are an ESRI user and are able to go, I highly suggest it.

Change log:

  • Updated the map cache for ACF and the aerials, I have included the 1 foot county aerials where possible in the cache
    • It has been rendered and will be added to the servers this weekend
  • Many, many bug fixes on the website, thanks for all your help finding the bugs!
  • Added features:
    • Add a bookmark for a search (Home page only)
    • Get a direct link for search results, you can click it and see it in the address or right click and Copy Shortcut (Home page only)
    • Many new help contexts and more visible help
    • We have added some new dynamic layers in the viewer
      • Sections, Townships, and Quads
      • NHD Hydrology
      • Legislative Districts
      • Census Tracts and Blocks
      • County Seats
    • The viewer automatically opens the Live Maps & Overview widgets
    • Added the AGIO logo to the banner (looks good up there doesn't it :))
    • The notifications will stay up longer so it will be easier to read them
    • All the beta addresses will be redirected to the production address automagically
      • CAVEAT:
        If you are direct connecting with ArcCatalog you will need to change the address yourself unfortunately, this includes any map documents that used the AGS services

Coming Soon™*

  • Ability to see the metadata thumbnails in the search results
  • Pagination in the search results
  • Ability to add search results to the viewer on the fly (cool huh?)
  • Suggestions?

Check our blog out: http://geostor.blogspot.com/

* Coming Soon™ means when I get time and we all know how much free time I have… (that's sarcasm by the way ;))

Glen

Friday, July 10, 2009

Address Change

Since we have been forced to go production with the new site we need all users to quit using the beta address as well as all the addresses below.

apps.geostor.arkansas.gov

beta.geostor.arkansas.gov

and http://maps.arkansas.gov now redirects you to http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/viewer/index.html

I have added redirects in my web application so people using the website with a browser should be ok, however anyone using ArcGIS Server connections will have to change to the new address:

http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/arcgis/services

Please see the tutorial on how to connect to AGS:

http://geostor.blogspot.com/2009/04/geostor-60-connecting-to-arcgis.html


 

Glen

Monday, July 6, 2009

GeoStor Bugs

GeoStor staff have worked diligently to resolve a number of bugs that were identified. We believe the following have been resolved:

  • Raster projection issues- Big thanks to Safe Software for quickly resolving the FME Server bug
  • Downloads via Firefox, Mozilla, ect
  • Delivery of metadata

Please drop us a note if you identify additional bugs geostor@arkansas.gov

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