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ArcGIS JavaScript API: Understanding the Query Task
The Query Task is probably the single most important class in the ArcGIS Server Javascript API. Understanding how to access data from the server and how to manipulate it is the cornerstone to developing any GIS application. There are a few examples within ESRI’s sample page, however I wanted to provide two examples outlining how…
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Stamen’s new basemaps are beautiful
Stamen recently released a set of free open source web mapping services that are both fast and beautiful. Watercolor (my favorite) is a great map service for anyone looking to add some artistic flare to their maps. The basemap incorporates hand-painted brush textures and high-level cartographic algorithms to create a map that honestly looks like…