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[Darren Cope's Blog] More on ArcGIS Explorer: Number one would be that it's from ESRI [esri.com], who is the undisputed GIS king (at this point I will argue that this is still true, despite what you may hear, and despite what I may myself think at times...) Number two would be it's ability to read data from ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS and ArcWeb services directly, as well as WMS and KML data. The third advantage that I can see is it's ability to perform some GIS analysis, such as visibility, modelling, and proximity search, which, although are not really impressive features, certainly
[Ogle Earth] Google Earth killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?: The GIS blogosphere is a abuzz about a public demonstration in Warsaw earlier this week of what is being billed as ESRI's response to Google Earth, an apparently free GIS viewer most people seem to be calling ArcGIS Explorer 2.0. James Fee points to Ed Parsons' and Jeff Thurston's blogs, both of which have eyewitness reports about what they saw and what the product promises to be.
[Spatially Adjusted] ESRI's ArcGIS Explorer Revealed: What got me excited however, is the ability of ArcGIS Explorer to use other data services including OGC WMS and WFS servers and any ArcIMS server you may already use. ArcGIS can also display local data, File GDB’s,shape files, most image formats and even KML files from your PC’s hard drive.Rather than the small controlled demo at the 2005 UC, this demo was of the actual product and it appears that it has impressed many GIS professionals.
[Spatialdatalogic.com] Brian Flood : Google Earth Continued: Between the base ArcObjects components and the three main extensions (3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst and the new Network Analyst), it’s hard to imagine what data and analysis couldn’t be pumped into the GE viewer. So, continuing with this meme, below are some more thoughts on integrating GE and AGS.
[Spatially Adjusted] Why Google Earth Won't Be the Default Viewer for GIS Information: GE is about a 70% solution toward a great GIS tool, but its limitations are showing up in how I'd like to deploy it for my clients. I can see many cases when Google Earth is all they would need, but I suspect unless Google Earth opens up more on many of the above points as well as their planned updates to the datasets, I'll probably be looking more toward ArcExplorer (I say this without even having a test drive so I reserve the right to say I don't like ArcExplorer in the future) which will do many and more of what I want/need in a GIS viewer rather than Google Earth on its own.
[All Points Blog: Our Opinion, Your Views ”” The Weblog for Location Technology & GIS] More Signs KML is Becoming a Standard: “MxGPS 9, a user-friendly application to transfer data between ESRI’s ArcMap application and Garmin GPS, now supports Google Earth (.kml) format.
[Digitalearth.com.au] Digital Earth Weblog » Blog Archive » Google Earth Notes: Data extent: If you are viewing the entire planet Google Earth will ask for a map image covering the entire planet (-180,-90,180,90). If your data does not cover the entire planet you can use KML to restrict the output of your map server to a smaller extent.
[Dmcope.blogspot.com] Darren Cope's Blog: Number one would be that it's from ESRI [esri.com], who is the undisputed GIS king (at this point I will argue that this is still true, despite what you may hear, and despite what I may myself think at times...) Number two would be it's ability to read data from ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS and ArcWeb services directly, as well as WMS and KML data. The third advantage that I can see is it's ability to perform some GIS analysis, such as visibility, modelling, and proximity search, which, although are not really impressive features, certainly
[Spatialdatalogic.com] Brian Flood: Industry soothsaying, hype, geospatial musings, hype, product proclamations, hype, implicit promises of future features and more hype, all served with a generous helping of ESRI kool-aid in the southern California sun ;) All kidding aside, the UC is the one of the best conferences I’ve ever been to and well worth the price of admission. Every software conference is exactly like this but I think ESRI puts a lot more love and care into theirs.
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