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Global Mapper Mobile extends the reach of a traditional GIS by offering access to virtually all raster and vector spatial datasets where they are needed most: in the field or at the job site. Used in conjunction with the desktop version of Global Mapper, the mobile edition can display both raster and vector layers from any of the 250 supported formats. Data is quickly and easily transferred to the device in the form of Global Mapper Mobile Package Files that efficiently compress multiple layers into single file and allow large amounts of data to be stored and displayed without the need for a continual mobile data or Wi-Fi connection. Global Mapper Mobile offers a full suite of data collection and digitizing tools for drawing lines, points, and polygons and for managing the attributes associated with these features. On-device data collection is made simple and efficient with preconfigured collection parameters such as pick lists and required entries ensuring accuracy and consistency. Data points can be manually placed or can be assigned to the current GPS-derived location. It is even possible to capture an image with the iPad or iPhone’s camera and automatically attach it to the current position. “Global Mapper Mobile represents one of the most exciting product releases that we have offered in many years.” stated Patrick Cunningham, Blue Marble President. “With more and more people using a mobile device for day-to-day business activities, an iPad or iPhone is a perfect platform for empowering your company’s mobile workforce with this powerful data verification and collection tool.” Global Mapper Mobile is currently available at no cost from the iOS App Store and includes some sample datasets for evaluation. A licensed copy of Global Mapper version 17.2 is required to transfer any additional data to or from the mobile app. An Android version of Global Mapper Mobile will be available in the near future. source : gisuser blog

The API lets users perform GIS visualization and analysis, spatial data/content management as well as organization administration, using both an interactive console, as well as scripts in a batch processing environment. The API integrates well with the Jupyter Notebook and the SciPy stack, enabling academics, data scientists and GIS analysts to share programs and reproducible research with others. The API has a modular design that makes it simple to use and understand. These modules contain classes, functions, and types for managing and working with the different elements of the GIS. The gis module provides an information model for GIS hosted within ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS. This module includes functionality for managing (creating, reading, updating and deleting) GIS users, groups and content. The viz module offers components for managing web maps and web scenes for visualizing GIS data and analysis. The tools module is used for consuming GIS functionality exposed from ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS web services, and the lyr module provides ways to access and use web layers. Pretty simple, right? We think of it as ‘GIS made easy’. Guides : https://developers.arcgis.com/python/guide/ Samples : https://developers.arcgis.com/python/sample-notebooks/ API References : http://esri.github.io/arcgis-python-api/apidoc/html/ The Python package for the API is delivered using conda. This makes it easy for developers to install and get started with the API right away. DOWNLOAD : https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-python-api/zipball/master

Two and a half months ago, at the Microsoft //Build/ Conference, the Bing Maps team announced the preview release of the Bing Maps V8 web control. Since then, the team has been working hard fixing bugs, adding new features and support for mobile, and making the Bing Maps V8 control stable and ready for production. Today we are happy to announce that Bing Maps V8 control has graduated from preview and is ready for use in production applications. The Bing Maps V8 control reduces development time by requiring less code to implement more features into your app. It also brings significant performance improvement by using the HTML5 canvas, which provides the ability to render vector data over 10 times faster than previous versions of the Bing Maps JavaScript (AJAX) control. It also supports rendering thousands of more shapes, allowing users to view more data and gain deeper insights into their data. In addition to this we have added a number of exciting new features such as autosuggest, drawing tools, heat maps, automatic user region and culture detection, and many other business intelligence tools. A Map Platform that Grows The Bing Maps V8 web control is production ready and has a number of new features, but that doesn’t mean we are done. We have many new functions to add to the existing features, such as circle and rectangle support in the drawing tools module. We also have many new features planned as well. Here is a list of some of the additional new features we plan to release: New Map Styles – A Greyscale and Dark map styles, which are better suited for data visualization in business intelligence type scenarios. Spatial Geometry Math – Calculate intersections and union shapes. Generate convex and concave hulls, Voronoi diagrams and much more. TypeScript definitions – TypeScript is an excellent programming language when developing large scale web apps. In fact, we used TypeScript to develop Bing Maps V8. We will be making the TypeScript definitions available so you can easily use Bing Maps V8 in your TypeScript app. Data Binning Layer - Data binning, also known as hex binning, is a common type of data visualization that is used in charts. However, when used with maps, it provides an engaging visualization that combines the power of heat maps and clustering. Image filters – In addition to having two new map styles you can also apply image filters against the base maps as well to customize the map to look the way you want. Export Map as an Image – Being able to visualize your data on a map is great, but this feature makes it easy to share an image of that map with others. Add it to a report, email it, or put it in a presentation. How to get started with V8 It’s easy to get started with the Bing Maps V8 control. In addition to having documentation on MSDN, we have also created a new interactive SDK for V8, which provides lots of useful interactive code samples to help you learn how to use V8. Interactive SDK MSDN Documentation To use Bing Maps in your own application you will need a Bing Maps key. You can get one from the Bing Maps portal, or if you are an Azure user, through the Azure Marketplace. To find out more about licensing options and learn about Bing Maps control, please visit www.microsoft.com/maps. Deprecating legacy Controls and Services As the next generation of our mapping platform begins its journey we want to give it all of our attention so that you have the best possible experience. Therefore, it is also time to prepare the retirement of its predecessors. In 2014 we already announced that the Bing Maps v6.3 and Silverlight controls will reach their end of life on November 30th 2016. In addition, we are now also announcing that our Bing Maps v7 control and the SOAP Web Services will be retired on June 30th 2017. The Bing Maps v7 control was introduced in 2010 and the SOAP Web Services in 2009. Since the launch of the Bing Maps REST Web Services in 2010 the majority of traffic has already shifted from SOAP to REST. Migrating Existing apps Have an existing app using the Bing Maps V6.3 or V7 AJAX controls? We have put together migration guides to help make your transition to the Bing Maps V8 web control easier. Migrating from Bing Maps V6.3 Migrating from Bing Maps V7 source : https://blogs.bing.com/maps/June-2016/Bing-Maps-V8-Web-Control-Released