Testing the new news module on test.kgis.org

Now that HTML5 has become more widely supported, Google has announced a timeline for their discontinued support for Microsoft's Silverlight plug-in.  This will take place in 3 phases over the next 9 months with support being completely removed by September 2015.  Click here to see how KGIS plans to adjust to the upcoming changes.

Esri posted an interesting article on their developer's blog site the other day.  Basically, they are dropping new development efforts for the Silverlight API and Flex API.  With the rise in mobile devices, which don't support either Silverlight or Flex, Esri has decided to focus all new development efforts on the JavaScript API and HTML5.  They are planning to support both (including bug fixes) in the coming year but they will not be adding any new functionality.  Here is the link to article: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2014/02/21/esris-roadmap-for-web-developers/

How does this affect KGIS? (click here to read more)

The Knox County Trustee's Office has made its tax sale properties available on KGIS Maps . Currently, the map is updated to show properties from Tax Sale 19A (in orange) and 19B (in blue).  Please see the Trustee's web site at http://www.knoxcounty.org/trustee/tax_sale.php for more information about the Tax Sale.  The "Property Tax Sale" map can be found under the "Other Maps" heading of the Maps tab.

Google recently updated their Google Maps Javascript API, which KGIS is using to display street view maps.  This change is  causing some older browsers to distort the street view picture.  Below are two examples:

	Internet Explorer - this is the view that you may see inside of most Internet Explorer (IE) browsers.  Note the "bubble" effect - this should be a straight section of road. Internet Explorer 10 and prior will definitely have this problem.  IE 11 may or may not have this issue, it seems to be behaving differently on different machines. Click the image to the left to see the full size image.
	Google Chrome - the Chrome browser fully supports the Google Maps API and therefore does not have the same problems displaying the street view image. Click the image to the left to see the full size image.