This new version includes

• Routing using ArcGIS Server 9.3.1.
• Microsoft Virtual Earth mapping.
• Microsoft Virtual Earth geocoding.
• Renderers for simplified thematic mapping.
• Utils package with useful utility classes for converting between geographic and web Mercator projections, and an easy way to get the extent for an array of graphics.
• New properties on TextSymbol to easily display the value of attributes as the actual text.
• New styles on NavigationSlider to set how tall it should be or how many ticks it should show.
• Nine new and 10+ updated samples.
• Several bug fixes reported by users in the forums and through support channels.

You can see a full list of new functionality, changes and bug fixes in the What's New page in the online SDK.
This API release corresponds with the recent release of ArcGIS Server 9.3.1. However, the ArcGIS API for Flex 1.2 can also work with services from both ArcGIS Server 9.3 and 9.3 Service Pack 1.

ArcGIS Desktop users are now able to directly connect to Microsoft Virtual Earth services and quickly start their GIS projects with ready-to-use content at no additional charge. Virtual Earth services, which include imagery, streets, and hybrid imagery with street labeling, appear as just another data layer in GIS. Virtual Earth imagery and street maps provide excellent background maps on which users can overlay their operational data. Also, ArcGIS Explorer users and ArcGIS Server developers who are using Microsoft Silverlight, Flex, JavaScript, Java, or .NET now have simple access to the same high-quality Microsoft Virtual Earth basemap data.
In order to know how to register for this service, go to Ressource center or contact ESRI BeLux support !

ArcGIS or ArcIMS 9.2 clients that have been updated to service pack (SP) 5 or higher can install the ArcGIS 9.3.1 GDB Direct Connect for 9.2 Clients. This will enable these clients to make direct connections to ArcSDE 9.3.1 geodatabases.

Gartner Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry, recently gave ESRI a Strong Positive rating. In the MarketScope report Energy and Utility Enterprise Geographic Information Systems, Gartner evaluates GIS companies against marketplace criteria. ESRI was the most highly rated GIS vendor, ahead of big competitors.
“Utilities looking for a strong GIS platform vendor that supports a broad range of third-party partner applications for the utility industry should consider ESRI”
[Gartner Inc., 26 January 2009]
For a limited time, ESRI has commissioned the Gartner report and posted it at www.esri.com/utilityreport. The report will be available until June 16, 2009.

ESRI BeLux ontwikkelde recent een nieuwe website, gebruik makend van de ArcGIS Server technologie, voor het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. Deze toepassing geeft een cartografische voorstelling van de warmteverliezen door de daken van de Brusselse gebouwen.
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ESRI stelt de lijst voor met opgeloste problemen in de versie 9.3.1.
ArcGIS 9.3.1 wordt beschikbaar in mei van 2009.