I've got a project in mind (Finding cars in a parking using a local map based on a gps location), i'm trying to gather resources and see if the project can be realised.
At some point I will need to create several custom maps but i dont know which language to use to create awesome and professional maps.
Please, any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi I am recently trying to build ArcGIS applications, when i tried one i came across creating a layer online and importing onto our current map, the thing is, i was thinking it would be more like this: the map would be the canvas and whatever data we need will be on a plastic sheet which we can place upon the canvas for visualization, and remove it upon our need, but recently i tried to create my own 3d layer data and there were 2d points coming out when i asked someone they said the layer is not like the plastic sheet but table where you store the data and later take it as a reference to draw them in whatever shapes you want, can anyone shed more light into this??
There are some things that I think are important to clear up in order to get the best answer.
What kind of application are you building? Are you using WebApp Builder/Experience Builder within ArcGIS Online, or are you developing a standalone mapping application on some other stack?
The second description of a GIS layer is relatively accurate. GIS data will (should) have a tabular component that contains attributes related to the point, line, or polygon drawn on the map. The table drives what you see on the map, not the other way around.
I would recommend that you use your organization account or a free ArcGIS Online account and access Esri's "GIS Basics" course here for a great primer on ArcGIS Online, including web layers. There are a number of other free trainings that you can use to enhance your GIS knowledge.
I'm looking to create a website around a tool that plugs info from different sites into a form on mine. I'd like to eliminate/streamline data-entry. Anyone know a good way to accomplish this?
There are plenty of web scraper scripts available on github that can do data capture from web.
You will still need programming skills to change and plug those scripts as per your requirement. Here is one such parser but you must know basic DOM and programming to access information of your need from a website.
Apart from this you can also use excel sheet to access web data and then you can fill your form with that data.
You should try to learn web scraping using python. Threre are plenty of web based tutorials for it. Youtube may also be helpful.
Is there by any possibility a library or sth that allows to work with maps on Windows Phone 7 (connect to gps, connect a gps data with a point on the map etc.) and is NOT the control that connects with Bing?
Thanks in advance.
You can use ArcGIS, which does not use the Bing Maps control, though if you just want different maps (such as OpenStreetMap) you can specify a custom TileSource.
You can of course use the Bing maps control with other sources http://dotnetbyexample.blogspot.com/2010/10/showing-open-source-maps-on-windows.html - although this may one day hit licensing issues.
If you want to write your own map control, there are a few open source projects around - things like http://greatmaps.codeplex.com/, http://wpfsharpmapcontrols.codeplex.com/, http://bingmapscontrol.codeplex.com/ - but I don't know any of those with WP7 or touch support. Given the number of questions I've seen on SO asking for advanced features (like map from isloated storage), then hopefully one will come along soon!
Resco MobileForms Toolkit contains Location library that offers location-related services and lets you select one of 2 providers - Google or Bing. This article provides the details.
Any comments are welcome.
I need to put together a team to build a silverlight based application that will read an xml file and generate a Mind Map diagram based on that file.
I am new to silverlight and I need to find out what skills do I need and how difficult is it to do something like this.
I expect the typical Mind Map features available in a commercial Mind Map software, like the ability to open and collapse nodes and to move the nodes around the screen.
There is a pretty well known Silverlight implementation here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SilverlightMindMap
Might get you on your way to assess what is required.
I'm relatively new to silverlight and want to start building a data visualization tool that shows an interactive map of the US and allows me to essentially put a heat map on top along w/ varying points of interest dynamically added.
I'm sure there are commercial tools I could buy that would do all this but I'd like to build it from scratch (or semi-scratch) so I can figure out how to do it on my own.
Can someone maybe point me in the right direction in terms of building the map, putting the heat map up and placing points of interest based on latitude and longitude?
Thanks!
You should look at the Bing Maps Silverlight Control. I used it here for a demo.