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Brian Flood informs us Arc2Earth V2 has been released. Here's the Arc2Earth what is does page, from the overview: "Arc2Earth was created to convert and publish your ArcGIS data to view in Google Earth, Google Maps or Virtual Earth with a click of a button. There are some advantages and disadvantages to using one product over another." See also several previous stories regarding Arc2Earth below.
Related Stories
KML to Shapefiles and GML Scripts and Arc2Earth: ESRI to Google Earth
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Spatially Adjusted and Ogle Earth, amongst others, pointed to KML conversion scripts. Meanwhile, Spatially Adjusted also links to an update about Arc2Earth (ESRI to Google). From the update: "Anyways, one of the features I stuffed into A2E recently was the ability to open KML/KMZ files directly in ArcMap. Parsing multiple levels of KML Folders and correctly placing their geometry data into the correct feature class can be a challenge, the parser will do the best it can however folders in KML are too flexible to infer exact placement. A Personal GDB is created in the background and feature classes are created for each possible geometry type. Symbology is maintained and even links to Google Earth root icons are maintained (if you have GE installed on your machine)."
Arc2Earth as a Presentation and Distribution Tool
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Brian Flood has an entry on using Arc2Earth (with screenshots). From the entry's introduction: "A couple of posts got me thinking about how useful Google Earth has become as a presentation and distribution platform. It will not replace GIS platforms like ArcGIS but it’s very useful in helping to disseminate information that in the past was hard to visualize."
Industry: Arc2Earth Now Supports Virtual Earth, Yahoo and Ask
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Brian Flood tells us Arc2Earth now supports map tiles from Virtual Earth, Yahoo and Ask. The official website here. From the blog: "One of the big additions to the current version is what we call Map Tile Layers. It automatically connects to the GYM map providers and displays their data in ArcMap (previous post about this here). The benefit is instant aerial raster data for the entire planet right at your fingertips, all done automatically from inside ArcMap. [...] Likewise, we are also adding support for TerraServer and WorldWind’s base tile data in the next version so there will be plenty of free data to choose from."
Industry: Shape2Earth - Shapefile Data to Google Earth
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The Google Earth blog mentions Shape2Earth, a 30$ plugin to use ESRI shapefiles into Google Earth. From the blog: "There's an inexpensive ($29.99) application called Shape2Earth (Windows only) available which will let you convert shapefiles into KML so you can view your GIS data in Google Earth." See also Arc2Earth in related stories.
Arc2Earth Publisher Released
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Spatial Data Logic announced Arc2Earth Publisher has been released. Here's the feature list. From the Arc2Earth website: "Arc2Earth was created to convert and publish your ArcGIS data to view in Google Earth, Google Maps or Virtual Earth with a click of a button. [...] Arc2Earth does not limit users to exporting to a single product. Users have the ability to quickly and easily export their data to any one of the three products mentioned above, which makes Arc2Earth an extremely versatile product that will meet the needs of your projects now but is also prepared to meet your project needs in the future. Regardless if you are using Google Earth, Google Maps or Virtual Earth users will have the ability to disperse their GIS data to their fellow users with ease using Arc2Earth." Update: 05/05 14:54 GMT by S : Spatially Adjusted runs a story with numerous comments on why ArcIMS is dying due to competition such as Arc2Earth.
Industry: 10 New Live Search Maps Features, Virtual Earth in ArcGIS and Microsoft Back with the OGC 1 comment
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A few Microsoft-related stories. Let's start with 10 reasons why to love the new Microsoft Live Search Maps. There's an entry on Virtual Earth embedded in ArcGIS using Arc2Earth (with screenshot). And finally, even if we told you, the official bits about Microsoft rejoining the Open Geospatial Consortium as a Principal Member. From the 10 reasons introduction: "Now I present to you my list of the top 10 improvements aimed at delighting you; features that quietly improve your daily experience and at the same time make the more talked about features really shine. To go with another sports analogy, I present to you the starting offensive line of Live Search Maps :-)" See also related stories below.
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