Map Legends and the WMS Connector

Going way back in the way-back-machine I seem to remember one of the most basic things a map should have, among other things, is a legend.

You'll understand then why I find it so annoying that if you're plunging headlong into the OGC realm or maybe just using the interoperability connector for ArcIMS.

You're out of luck trying to get a legend graphic for any map layers served by ArcIMS via the WMS connector. Read more...

Object Oriented Design and ArcGIS Server DCOM

One of the great promises of using ArcGIS Server is that you can create web services, access ArcObjects.

This opens up all kinds of interesting options. But some of the requirements of using DCOM ArcObjects cause problems in object-oriented projects. Read more...