Concerned with the process of creating and subsequently modifying and maintaining software and systems.
1
vote
3answers
785 views
Drawing selection custom selection box - ArcObjects
I have some code that I'm using to selecting features in a certain extent. I already rigged the tool properly, so it selected the objects as needed, but I want to draw interactively the selection box ...
3
votes
4answers
883 views
How can I debug a DLL (ArcGIS tool) with VS 2008 Express?
As per ESRI's recommendation I begun the process of converting my existing VBA customization into VB .Net Express edition. I was surprised o realize that debuggin a DLL is not an option in the express ...
10
votes
2answers
740 views
How to unit test ArcObjects with Mocking
I'm a huge fan of unit testing, but still make use of a FGDB to grab features for running unit tests against when using the ArcObjects framework.
Is anyone successfully using mocking against thinks ...
3
votes
0answers
265 views
How do I Convert from LayerDescription.SelectionFeatures to GraphicsLayer?
How do I convert (in a clear and concise way) from
ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.ArcGISServer.LayerDescription.SelectionFeatures
to
ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.Web.Display.Graphics.GraphicsLayer
I want the selected ...
8
votes
10answers
2k views
Web GIS Development Skill Sets [closed]
What technologies and skill sets should one who wants to do web GIS development study/acquire?
One skill/technology per answer please.
16
votes
9answers
2k views
How do I develop my GIS programming skills?
I would like to develop my GIS programming skills, where do I start? People say learn C++ or Python but where can I learn this in a geographic context? Tutorials or anything would be very helpful, as ...
1
vote
1answer
278 views
Disadvantages to ESRI Plug-In Data Sources
I wanted to know what disadvantages ESRI plug-in data sources have when compared to custom layers. I am looking to implement a fairly large (in terms of average dataset size) read-only custom type ...
11
votes
14answers
1k views
What are your biggest challenges as a GIS developer?
What are your biggest challenges when developing GIS software?
Is it coding? Is it understanding cartography/geography/etc concepts (like projections)? Or other difficulties?
7
votes
2answers
526 views
What are the implications of using .NET Generics to store ArcObjects?
I'm wondering what are the implications of using Generic types in .NET to store ArcObjects, such as ILayer, IField, etc.
The compiler throws me a warning when using these kind of values
public class ...
