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ArcGIS 9.3 continues to expand the use of GIS throughout the enterprise. From GIS professionals to decision makers, clients, and the public, GIS information and analysis can be made available wherever it is needed.

ArcGIS 9.3 is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2008.

ArcGIS Desktop

At ArcGIS Desktop 9.3, we've implemented many of your enhancement requests and addressed a significant number of common technical support issues to help make you more productive.

ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 is supported on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows 2000.

 

General Mapping Enhancements

• Bookmarks are now easier to access and use.

  Bookmarks are much easier to access. You can also re-order and sort them, and export and load them between different data frames, maps, and globes.

• The ability to pause labels increases performance while you assemble layers in your map or do analysis.
• A new convert graphics to features function allows you to create features by drawing graphics without using the editor.

  The new Convert Graphics to Features dialog at ArcGIS 9.3

• Attribute table improvements including, multiple field sorting and persisting field aliases.
• All legends now simulate layer transparency to more closely match your maps.

  Layer transparency synced with the legend at ArcGIS 9.3

• A new ArcGIS Desktop Resource Center makes it easy to add useful online data to your map.
• A new error reporting system automatically tracks errors and sends reports to ESRI.

Cartography

• Curved graticule support is improved.
• What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editing allows you to better see how an edit will impact your map.
• Automatic street address placement
• Multiple view windows
• Better contour labeling
• Disperse Markers has been added to allow you to spread representation markers apart which are coincident or nearly coincident

  The new representation marker dispersal tool reduces the complex one-to-many relationship to a simple dynamic map

Modeling & Analysis

• Refined iterative modeling
• Improved contouring
• Improved scatter plot graphics
• A new Geographically Weighted Regression tool helps you understand how processes vary over space

3D Visualization

• Improved KML support
• Better support for time series animation in 3D
• Collaborative Design Activity (COLLADA) support for the more realistic display of 3D models

ArcGIS Server

Here are just a few of the quality enhancements and new features you will see with ArcGIS Server 9.3.

New REST and JavaScript APIs

These APIs will dramatically simplify your development experience and enable you to deliver fast and user-friendly mashup GIS Web applications.

The JavaScript libraries will also let you embed ArcGIS Server maps, geocoding, and geoprocessing services into Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth.

New Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Services Support

Additional support for OGC and industry standards, such as Web Coverage Service (WCS), Transactional Web Feature Service (WFS-T), and KML 2.1, will improve your ability to integrate with virtually all the commonly accepted GIS and IT standards.

New PostgreSQL Support

Giving you the ability to store and manage spatial information in this open source database system.

New Collaborative Design Activity (COLLADA) File Support 

Furthering your ability to interoperate with industry standard 3D authoring tools for rich shading and texturing effects.

Improved Performance

On-demand caching and improved caching geoprocessing tools will allow you to create faster mapping services.

New image services will let you quickly publish imagery that is optimized for the Web.

Better Diagnostics

Precise logs will enable you to easily identify bottlenecks and points of failure and improve your installation and configuration experience.

Enhanced Security

New options, including Role-based security, in Manager will make it easier for you to secure Web services and Web applications.

More Documentation

Major additions have been made to the online help and SDK documentation.

A new ArcGIS Server Resource Center brings together the set of online resources to help make you successful including blogs, samples, and best practices information.

ArcGIS Mobile

ArcGIS Mobile extends the ArcGIS Server platform beyond the office with the addition of a new ArcGIS Mobile application and enhancements to the existing ArcGIS Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK).

New ArcGIS Mobile Application for Windows Mobile

At 9.3, the ArcGIS Mobile will be enhanced with the addition of a new ArcGIS Mobile application for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices. This includes out-of-the-box mobile GIS capabilities that integrate with ArcGIS Server to provide central management, configuration, and deployment of mobile GIS data, maps, tasks and projects from the ArcGIS Server Manager. The ArcGIS Server Manager is a Web-based portal that is optimized for mobile Internet Explorers and enables any organization to host the ArcGIS Mobile application and their ArcGIS Mobile projects for deployment to Windows Mobile-based devices. The ArcGIS Mobile application provides mobile workers with the ability to access their specific ArcGIS Mobile projects from a centralized server to:

• View and navigate mobile maps
• Collect new GIS features
• Edit existing GIS features
• Utilize the device rocker, stylus or Global Positioning System (GPS) to sketch
• Search for and manage a list of GIS features to perform future work

ArcGIS Mobile Software Development Kit Enhancements

ESRI released the ArcGIS Mobile Software Development Kit at 9.2 as part of ArcGIS Server Advanced Enterprise edition. This SDK currently supports customers and business partners developing custom mobile GIS applications.

The ArcGIS Mobile platform at 9.3 will include improvements to the software developer kit providing:

• New naming convention for mobile service map cache
• Enhanced map control rendering to support multiple data sources and graphic layers - Improved data storage capabilities
• Expanded projections covering both grid and non-grid based ArcGIS GIS projects
• Improved editing and new sketch tools for manipulating geometries
• Increased Global Positioning System (GPS) performance
• Signed cabinet file (CAB) including ArcGIS Mobile runtime components

Geodatabase

The geodatabase continues to be the common data storage and management framework for ArcGIS. At ArcGIS 9.3, the geodatabase offers improved spatial data management and enhanced capabilities for integration with enterprise systems.

ArcGIS 9.3 geodatabase enhancements include

Raster data management

• New geoprocessing tools make the transfer of unmanaged raster catalogs (in Microsoft Access personal geodatabases and file geodatabases) from one location to another much easier.

Geodatabase replication

• Microsoft Access personal geodatabases and file geodatabases can participate in one-way replication as child geodatabases.
• ArcGIS 9.3 allows for more detailed logging of geodatabase replication activity.

Direct Connect backward compatibility

• ArcGIS 9.3 clients can make direct connections to pre-9.3 enterprise geodatabases (e.g., 9.2, 9.1, and 9.0).
• Backward compatibility allows easier implementation of phased migration strategies for new ArcGIS releases.

Versioned editing

• The Merge Geometries option enhances conflict and reconcile management.
• The Version Changes Viewer tool allows a version to be compared with an ancestor version without performing a reconcile operation.

Support for PostgreSQL (Open Source DBMS)

• Enterprise geodatabases can be implemented on PostgreSQL with full support of the geodatabase data model.
• Vector geometry is stored in the ESRI spatial type.
• PostGIS Open Source spatial type is supported.

Support for SQL Server 2008

ArcGIS 9.3 will support the two new spatial types in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. A geodatabase implemented on SQL Server 2008 will be able to store vector geometry in either spatial type (Geography or Geometry).

New 64-bit platform support

• Enterprise ArcSDE technology is now available as a native 64-bit application for Windows and Linux.