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Latitude Geographics is pleased to announce the general availability of Geocortex Essentials 3.15, the Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 1.3 and the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.10. These releases include significant amount of development, resulting in many new features and fixes.

Some new features require the latest version of Geocortex Essentials as well as the latest version of the viewers, therefore we are releasing all of these new product versions together. Below is a short list of the key additions included in these releases.

Geocortex Essentials 3.15

Key additions:

• Compatible with ArcGIS Server 10.2.
• Comprehensive Support for Coded Value Domains. A new feature called the Services Enhancement Proxy can be used to improve and standardize the handling of feature data with coded value domain fields, among other things.
• Standardized Presentation of date/time Data. The Services Enhancement Proxy is also used to standardize the presentation of date/time data.
• Access ArcGIS Online secure content. Public ArcGIS Online content has been supported since Essentials 3.12. With this release, administrators can now create sites and applications that contain secured content from ArcGIS Online.
• Feature Clustering. Flare Cluster Symbols on Feature Layers with colour and threshold control.
• Heat Maps. Heat Map symbolization on Feature Layers with colour gradient control.

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 1.3

Key additions:

• Toolbar. Added a highly configurable toolbar component. Supports desktop, tablet, and mobile with shared or individual configurations.
• Legend. Added a legend for ArcGIS Dynamic Map Service layers, Feature Services, and basic WMS services. Functions in offline mode when working with Feature Services.
• Home Panel. Added support for a configurable Home panel.
• Printing Interface. Added an interface for printing.
• Sorting and Paging. Added sorting and paging to results in table views.
• Editing Enhancements. Resolved a number of issues around On Demand feature layers. Improved validation and enhanced support for types, sub-types, and coded domain values.

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.10

Key additions:

• Automatic Resolution of Coded Value Domains and Subtypes. When attribute values are displayed, the coded value description is now shown instead of the code stored in the geodatabase for fields with coded value domains or subtypes.
• Support for Heat Maps and Feature Clustering. Configure heat maps and clustering properties on layers in Geocortex Essentials 3.15.
• Support for Protected ArcGIS Online Content. The Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight now allows users to provide their ArcGIS Online named user account in order to access protected ArcGIS Online web maps and map services.
• Richer Support for Editing and Resymbolizing Existing Markup. Once markup is added to the map, users can now resymbolize that markup.

This is just a selection of new features in these new versions. Combined, these releases also include over 200 bug fixes and UI improvements. Please consult the release notes of each product for more detailed information.

This version of the Essentials API and the HTML5 Framework is compatible with version 1.2.1 of the HTML5 SDK. The TypeScript version of the API docs are forthcoming and will be published separately. The documentation for these APIs can be found in the SamplesViewer of the 1.2.1 release package.

Installers, release notes and supporting documentation can be downloaded by licensees with an active maintenance agreement from the Geocortex Support Center. If your account is handled by an authorized Geocortex Reseller, please contact your local representative for access to installers and documentation.

We will be making feature videos available for viewing in the Geocortex Support Center so that customers can learn more about new features introduced in these releases.

Drew Millen Chief Technology Officer

Geocortex Essentials 3.13 now available, enables more complete internationalization

Latitude Geographics is pleased to announce the general availability of Geocortex Essentials 3.13. This product release introduces expanded and simplified internationalization, numerous additional workflow activities, and more.

Key additions:

• Geocortex Essentials Manager can now be localized to support languages other than English
• Numerous new and updated Workflow activities
• Bug fixes and some other minor enhancements

Please consult the release notes for more detailed information.

Installers, release notes and supporting documentation may be downloaded by licensees with an active maintenance agreement from the Geocortex Support Center. If your account is handled by an authorized Geocortex Reseller, please contact your local representative for access to installers and documentation.

Geocortex Training helps you acquire the knowledge you need to make the most of your investment in Geocortex technology. We've recently developed new content and materials to ensure a greatly improved learning experience.

The new 2013 training schedule helps accommodate tight travel budgets and offers greater flexibility for participants across different time zones.

Introduction to Geocortex
This half day course provides a basic technical understanding of what you can accomplish using Geocortex, with an emphasis on Geocortex Essentials. Learn More

Getting Started with Geocortex Essentials
This two day course provides a great foundation for building and configuring solutions with Geocortex Essentials. Learn More

Developing Workflows for Geocortex Essentials
Building on Getting Started with Geocortex Essentials, this two day course dives into solving real-world business problems using Geocortex Workflow technology. Learn More

Upcoming Schedule

January and February workshop dates, along with more information and registration links, may be found on our Geocortex website.

Think of this free 45-minute webinar as a highlight reel of the most noteworthy Geocortex product development that occurred in 2012, with emphasis on technology that is available right now for you to implement at your organization in the coming year.

Please register now for this webinar; registration will close on January 7th.

Ryan Cooney Product Owner

Update: Latitude Geographics has just released the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight version 1.5.2, containing an important fix to a bug found in the Viewer 1.5.1 release. Please consult the release notes (found in the "Downloads" section of the Support Center) for information in the specific bug; more information on the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight version 1.5.1 release is in the May 29 blog post.

Ryan Cooney Product Owner

We're pleased to announce the general availability of Geocortex Essentials 3.9

Customers can consult the release notes, and download installers and supporting documentation from the Geocortex Support Center. Highlights of this release include:

• Runtime modifications to Forms. The Display Form activity now contains a new child sequence activity that provides access to the Form's object model, permitting runtime modifications to the form. This enables end users to be presented with different value options based on previous inputs (e.g. if user specifies their location is in “Canada”, they could be offered “Province” values rather than “State” values)
• New Workflow activities (14 new and updated)
• Compatibility with Esri ArcGIS Server 10.1 pre-release
• Installer improvements
• Bug fixes

Please contact your Latitude Geographics account representative or local reseller if you have any questions!

Dave Stevenson CTO

Since mid-2011, we’ve been working away, developing our new Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 to serve organizations deploying Esri’s ArcGIS Server technology. I’m happy to announce that version 1.0 is now available.

It’s clear Esri users are excited about exploring how to leverage HTML5 and ArcGIS Server.  Because it’s still relatively early in the evolution of the HTML5 standard, we’ve been careful to take an approach that strikes the right balance between delivering powerful functionality today and not overextending what browsers can currently support.

The Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 serves different use cases than our feature-rich web mapping/GIS viewers based on Silverlight and Flex. While its capabilities will grow over time, for the foreseeable future the Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 will serve as a complementary viewer geared towards providing simple, targeted web-mapping applications serving desktop browsers, tablets, and a broad array of mobile devices. It allows you to deliver applications across platforms and devices without having to worry about plugins or building native applications, which is especially applicable to mobile scenarios.

The core framework of the Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 is architected after the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight (named commands and events, shells, regions, and views, and configuration), and prior Workflows you’ve created should just work.

The Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 has already undergone a number of iterations as part of professional services implementations that started back in October, but version 1.0 is still largely an infrastructure release geared towards workflow-driven mobile apps. Nevertheless, the foundation is all there and we have an aggressive R&D scheduled for the remainder of 2012.

To get started now, Geocortex Essentials customers can download the Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 from the Geocortex Support Center. In addition to documentation and sample code, we’ve also developed a half-day training course; the first is scheduled for May 2^nd.

The online Geocortex User Conference (June 6-7) will also offer sessions on HTML5 strategy and development.

Remember, though HTML5 today delivers when applied in the right ways, it remains an emerging standard. If you want to learn more about HTML5 and Esri technology, including when it might make sense for your organization to get started, be sure to visit www.geocortex.com/html5.

We're pleased to announce the general availability of Geocortex Essentials 3.8 and the Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.5.

Customers can consult the release notes, and download installers and supporting documentation from the Geocortex Support Center; we've also created a series of short videos for our customers describing new features in further detail.

Highlights of these releases include:

Geocortex Essentials 3.8

• Search related data (searchable datalinks). This allows administrators to configure searches against external (non-spatial) database tables, and associate the results with spatial features
• Support for ArcGIS Server Tables and Relationships
• 18 new workflow activities, including feature editing, linear referencing, collections and dictionary utilities, and datatable conversion activities
• Interval refresh for map services: allowing automatic refresh of data if changes to the data source are frequent
• Feature Highlight color configuration: set different colors for different layers
• Support for Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.5

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.5

• Support for new Geocortex Essentials 3.8 features, including searchable datalinks, ArcGIS Server Tables and Relationships, and new workflow activites
• A new help and tutorial framework: designed for end-users to learn GIS concepts and work effectively with the user interface. This also provides a framework for application designers to “plug-in” custom help content
• Support for ArcGIS Server Feature Attachments. If your data has feature attachments (such as .XLSX, .DOCX or .PDF files), you can now access them through the Viewer

Please contact your Latitude Geographics account representative or local reseller if you have any questions.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Geocortex Code Gallery. The Geocortex Code Gallery is an area of the Geocortex Support Center where the community can share code snippets, sample applications, workflows and other user-generated content.

The Geocortex support team has included a small nucleus of content to kick-start the gallery, but the expectation is that most content will come from Geocortex customers, implementers, and business partners.

The Geocortex Code Gallery is as a place where you can show off your work and view real-world solutions developed by other community members. We encourage everyone to submit reusable code, discuss the existing samples, and work together to improve the quality of this resource. If you find something in the code gallery that you can improve upon, or add functionality to, please submit your contribution while acknowledging the original author.

Last week we silently enabled the code gallery with a “beta” tag. We will consider it to be in “beta” for the time being as we may make changes or adjustments as we monitor its adoption by the community. Our hope is that it will quickly become an integral part of our Support Center and a valuable resource.

Please think about what you may want to contribute, and give us any feedback that you have!

-Alex McKeachie
Geocortex Support Manager

We're pleased to announce the general availability of Geocortex Essentials 3.7 and Viewer for Silverlight 1.4, continuing our team's focus on feature and usability enhancements.

Customers can consult the release notes, review a 35-minute video describing new features in further detail, and download the installers in our Geocortex Support Center.

Highlights include:

Geocortex Essentials 3.7

• Workflow and Forms
  Significant additions/enhancements to  including usability enhancements, rich contextual help for activities, 12 new activities, and new form input types.
  
• Layer Themes
  Configure sets of related layers into “themes” which can be easily toggled by end users.
• Support for simple HTML markup in feature descriptions
  Now, feature information can be formatted with images and hyperlinks when displayed in map tips or the results list view.
• Bug fixes

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight 1.4

• Usability enhancements
• Layer theme support
• Support for New HTML tags
  in feature descriptions for enhanced display of features in map tips and results list view.
• Support for new Workflow activities and Form items
• Support for ArcGIS API for Silverlight 2.4
• Bug fixes

Please contact your Latitude Geographics account representative or local reseller if you have any questions.