QuakeFeed 2.0 is live in the App Store! This version of QuakeFeed brings several improvements including Universal App support and Ocean Bathymetry maps! Read the full announcement on our blog: http://artisanglobal.com/blog/quakefeed-2-0-released/.

I'm working on a new product launch called Tap Tap Maps!

It's a series of customizable app templates that make it quick and easy to get your ArcGIS maps onto mobile devices.

We are launching this product using the Lean Startup approach, so our first goal to validate our problem/solution fit hypothesis. That's why we've put up our landing page in advance of release.

We are initially targeting local governments, so if you are are a CIO or GIS person in local government, feel free to visit the site and sign up for more information. You can also follow us on twitter at @taptapmaps. We are actively looking for 10-20 early adopters to beta test and provide feedback.

We will be building out an initial prototype starting tonight at Startup Weekend Los Angeles being held at the awesome CoLoft space in Santa Monica. Last year at this same event, I participated in the thrilling launch of Zaarly. No matter what happens this weekend it's going to be fun and I'll continue to share my experiences with Tap Tap Maps! as we go along.

In case you're wondering why I haven't blogged in a while, this little guy has been keeping us pretty busy :-)

QuakeFeed Now Available in the App Store

QuakeFeed is now available in the App Store! This is a free app that I've created using the Esri ArcGIS API for iOS.

Download Now: QuakeFeed in the iTunes Store

The app displays all earthquakes from the past 7 days with a magnitude > 2.5 on a map or in list. Six beautiful base maps are provided by Esri. A variety of filter and sort options are available. The app is location aware so you can find quakes that are closest to you. It has an intuitive user interface and features Twitter, Facebook, and email integration.

Esri ArcGIS for iOS Webinar Archive

Earlier this month I participated in a Directions Media Webinar in which I shared some tips & tricks and lessons learned while developing QuakeFeed and working on another ArcGIS API for iOS integration project for our client CitySourced. The archive of this webinar is now available on the Directions site.

View now: ArcGIS for the iPhone and iPad (Registration Required). 

Note: My portion of the Webinar starts at 22:45.

Esri ArcGIS For iOS White Paper

For this event, myself and Kurt Daradics of CitySourced also collaborated on a technical white paper. The paper begins with an overview of the CitySourced app and the reasons why they migrated to the ArcGIS API for iOS. A technical discussion follows, with code samples that show: Base map options available through the API. Waiting for the map to load before drawing graphics. How to perform WGS84 to Web Mercator transformation on the device. Tips for drawing pins on the map for improved usability. Dowload now: CitySourced ArcGIS API for iOS Implementation

For those if you interested in working with the ArcGIS API for iOS, I'll be expanding on these topics and more in the coming weeks.

Over the weekend I was working on an iPhone app design for a personal project. The design includes a series of screens for cross promoting the app through social networking by sending an email, posting on Twitter, or sharing on Facebook.

This is a pretty common scenario in iPhone apps, so I decided to pull out the social networking screens and share them in a reusable package. I used Balsamiq Mockups to create the wireframes, so it was easy to share them on Balsamiq’s Mockups to Go site. If your doing an iPhone design in Mockups that requires social networking integration, you can download the mockups from here.