ROK Technologies ESRI Developer Blog

ArcGIS Server Map Cache, Annotation, and Antialiasing

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:45:00 -0400

Here is another quick tip that we hope will save other folks some time. When caching a 'basemap' layer for county/city/municipal, we'll often include Streets, Annotation, and Property Parcels. Of course, these folks almost always have a really nice...

ArcGIS Server Identify Operations Slow?

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:24:00 -0400

Here is a quick tip for my fellow ArcGIS Server developers. While I have never been a big fan of using the Identify operation, there is no doubt that it can be quite useful at times. Its strange though, sometimes I have noticed that it was terribly...

ArcGIS Server Map Cache Creation

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:10:00 -0400

It seems that more and more folks are looking to host their ArcGIS Server map services off site recently. From what we can tell, its due to a couple of factors. First, would be the total cost of ownership (think map servers, bandwidth, cache server...

ROK Technologies on Twitter & Facebook

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:39:00 -0400

Ok, finally got it all set up. There are tons of things that we all would like to tweet, but don't necessarily warrant a blog post. So, here you go, check out and follow out our twitter feed and of course you can become a fan of ROK Technologies ...

ArcGIS Server Hosting

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:20:00 -0400

As a general rule, I don't post things here that are ROK Technologies specific. Yes, I do post on occasional demo or recently released site if I think it merits a mention. I usually stick to tips and tricks that I find when using ESRI based product...

This gave me a laugh

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:41:00 -0400

Saw this on a google search, it made me laugh, so I thought I would share. Names have been blurred to protect the stupid.

Using ESRI's ArcGIS Server To Help Get Relief Flights Into Haiti

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:59:00 -0400

One of our long time clients, FltPlan.com is in the business of helping private and corporate pilots file flight plans with the FAA. Filing flight plans, along with navigating customs can be a daunting task. Fltplan.com has really simplified ...

ArcGIS Server Security::Token Based Authentication w/ JavaScript API

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:39:00 -0400

Securing services for ArcGIS Server is not as difficult as one would think. The ArcGIS Server Manager works as a great tool to lock down services, create and manage a security database, and grant permissions for specific services and or folders. ...

D-ATLAS (Diabetes Atlas) - How it works

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:26:00 -0400

What is the D-ATLAS? The D-ATLAS (Diabetes Atlas) maps the prevalence and costs associated with type 2 diabetes. Press Release: The D-ATLAS: A Tool Supporting the Fight Against Diabetes To View the Atlas, register here: http://www.z-atlas.com/co...

ArcGIS Server JavaScript API version 1.5 - Bug with Drawing Toolbar deactivation?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:29:00 -0400

After upgrading our ArcGIS Server JavaScript API sites to version 1.5, we have noticed some strange behavior with our Drawing Toolbars. We use a Drawing Toolbar to allow users to draw a line or polygon to select features on the map. The geometry f...

Hey You, Dummy, Read The Docs

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:36:00 -0400

I just wasted a good 2 hours trying to debug an issue with a AGS Flex application I am doing. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how I was able to deactivate a Draw Toolbar without explicitly calling drawToolbar.deactivate. It was driving m...

Sorting a FeatureSet by Attribute - JavaScript API

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:15:00 -0400

Here is a simple example that shows you how to sort your FeatureSet in the JavaScript API. The javascript array sort function is actually a very powerful tool. You can pass a function to the sort method that will run each time the items in your ar...

Combining ArcGIS Server Images - Serverside

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:05:00 -0400

Printing aint what it used to be. The days of sending that request off to ArcIMS and getting back a print - ready image are long gone. In fact, I can safely say that one of the few things that ArcIMS does much better than ArcGIS Server is printing....

ArcGIS Beta 9.4

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:45:00 -0400

Wow, 2 posts in the same day. This is just a quick heads up to fellow ESRI beta testers. Looks like the first cut is out the door. I'm downloading right now. Good for ESRI for making the betas downloadable. I cant tell you many hundreds of cd's an...

Article on Map Cache Hosting in ArcUser

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:20:00 -0400

Those of you that get ArcUser, make sure to check out the Article 'Tiles On A Cloud'. Its a good rundown of what we have been doing for our clients that need to offload some bandwidth for their cached tile-intensive applications. I have blo...