ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 2 Released

ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 2

Issues addressed:
http://downloads2.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/ArcGIS-10sp2-issues.htm
ArcGISDesktop10sp2.msp
364 MB

(required)
ArcGISLicenseManager10sp2.msp
13 MB

http://resources.arcgis.com/content/patches-and-service-packs?fa=viewPatch&PID=17&MetaID=1752


Top picks of issues
NIM063852 - The service pack information does not appear in the help about box

NIM064990 - The first 2 links in the Help; About on Windows 7 only, do not work. The 3rd one does.

NIM058951 - ArcMap and ArcCatalog crash when trying to open a particular DGN V8 file.

NIM061452 - Spatial reference along with the units is not read correctly for TIFF images

NIM059249 - ArcMap crashes in an edit session when clicking the layer name in the Attributes window

NIM064252 - Add Rule To Topology tool and Remove Rule From Topology tool needs entries for new rules added at ArcGIS 10

NIM064497 - For maps that contain view extents not present in the spatial ref's extent, ArcMap hangs or crashes when exporting to PDF with the Export Map Georeference Information checkbox turned on.

NIM064458 - Cartographic line symbology with a negative offset causes ArcMap and ArcCatalog to crash when at a large scale.

Full list
http://downloads2.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/ArcGIS-10sp2-issues.htm

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 2 Released

update
Service Pack 3 is now available 01/08/2007
http://mapperz.blogspot.com/2007/08/arcgis-92-service-pack-3-released.html

The ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 2 is released for download to solve all your bugs with ArcGIS 9.2.1 (?)

ArcGIS 9.2.2 (build 1350)


This is what is fixed - all 15 pages.

In summary with direct links to the downloads

ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView)

ArcGISDesktop92sp2.msp	87 MB
ArcGIS Desktop Help updates
ArcGISDesktopHelp92sp2.msp	335 MB
ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit for the Microsoft .Net Framework
DesktopSDKDNet92sp2.msp	46 MB
ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit for Visual Basic 6
DesktopSDKVB692sp2.msp	1 MB
ArcGIS Desktop VBA Developer Resources
DesktopSDKVBA92sp2.msp	1 MB
ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit for Visual C++
DesktopSDKVCPP92sp2.msp	75 MB
ArcReader
ArcReader92sp2.msp	46 MB
ArcView 9.2 Evaluation Edition
ArcGISEvalEdition92sp2.msp	87 MB
ArcGIS Engine Runtime
ArcGISEngine92sp2.msp	62 MB
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for C++
ArcGISEngineSDKCPP92sp2.msp	69 MB
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for the Microsoft .Net Framework
ArcGISEngineSDKNet92sp2.msp	46 MB
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for the Java Platform
ArcGISEngineSDKJava92sp2.msp	1 MB
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for Visual Basic 6
ArcGISEngineSDKVB692sp2.msp	1 MB
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for Visual C++
ArcGISEngineSDKVCPP92sp2.msp	66 MB
ArcGIS Server for the Microsoft .Net Framework
ArcGISServerDotNet92sp2.msp	215 MB
ArcGIS Server Web ADF Runtime for the Microsoft .Net Framework
ArcGISServerWebADFRuntime92sp2.msp	6 MB
ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform
ArcGISServerJava92sp2.msp	209 MB

ArcGIS Server Post Install Workaround

ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 2

update: 17/04/2007
For more information on ArcGIS Service Pack 2
http://mapperz.blogspot.com/2007/04/arcgis-92-service-pack-2-released.html

ArcGIS Service Pack 2 Announcement


Image Source ESRI (UK) - scribble by mapperz

Okay this is a summary due to the large number of bug/fundamental errors in ArcGIS 9.2 (Service Pack 1)

This is truly amazing to see after ESRI did extended beta testing of ArcGIS 9.2

One missing in this is the recently found projection problem - If you have a World Database and it is in Geographic and projection on the fly into Vander Grinten then change the central meridian to 155 degrees
nothing happens! (thanks ESRI - lucky we have 9.1 (SP3) running which works without a hitch)

Come on ESRI produce better software - remember most companies are paying thousands of pounds (and dollars) for the software + thousands more for maintenance.

But where is the compensation when you have lost 100's of production hours migrating to from 9.1 to 9.2 and finding out stuff did work and now does not!



Mapperz Top 10 bugs (fixed? we hope so...)
1.
NIM004761 - BasicGeoprocessor clip doesn’t work at ArcGIS release 9.2.
2.
NIM005308 - Maplex does not produce labels in some situations with data drawn in Geographic Coordinate System.
3.
NIM005313 - ArcCatalog may crash when trying to create a backup using Personal and Workgroup ArcSDE geodatabases if the user creating the back up is a geodatabase administrator and an administrator on the local machine
4.
NIM005500 - Batch Project Script returns an "Error failed to execute" when trying to run script.
5.
NIM005575 - In 9.2, when highlighting a subset of records in Selected View and pressing Delete in edit mode, only the highlighted records should be deleted (as it is in 9.1); instead all selected records get deleted

6.
NIM006180 - When you compress a file geodatabase dataset, any text attribute longer than 256 characters truncates to 256 characters.

7.
NIM006254 - Calculating an angle for annotation in the angle field fails on a single point geometry.

8.
NIM006313 - On some Windows machines, installing ArcGIS 9.2 can cause raster projection not being recognized.

9.
NIM006640 - Adding a spatial index to large shapefiles may fail.

10.
NIM006783 - Representation layers may lose CMYK color information on export to PDF, EPS, SVG, and AI formats.

Full list (have at least 10 mins spare with caffeine)

So try
MapInfo Professional
CadCorp
AutoDesk


ESRI - remember there are some very good open source GIS applications out there. With the likes of

Mapserver (very easy to configure - Internet Map Server like ArcIMS but FREE)
QGIS - coming along strong - supports postgres (ESRI were to support Postgres??)

Even Google Earth is becoming a GIS for the general public to create spatial information