Archive For The “Web Standards” Category

Exporting GeoJSON

If you’ve ever needed to export a shapefile or feature class to a GeoJSON text file, there’s a handy ESRI-supported Python script available.  It’s easy to install into your ArcToolbox, and works quite well: http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=15545 So what is GeoJSON?  JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation, an encoding format for web object data.  GeoJSON is just […]

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Standardized Browsing

As the old saying goes, “The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from”.  HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are fairly ubiquitous web development tools, and there are plenty of standards surrounding them.  Sharing a web page with our visitors should be the easiest thing in the world.  Unfortunately, there are […]

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