ArcGIS 9 sp2发布，与Vista兼容

3sNews讯，根据ESRI支持网站的消息，ArcGIS系列产品目前与Microsoft Windows Vista还不兼容，但最新发布的ArcGIS 9.2 sp2已与Microsoft Windows Vista兼容，不过，其他产品还不兼容。

具体的兼容性如下：

• ArcGIS 9.2 products are not currently supported on the Microsoft Windows Vista release. ESRI is committed to supporting ArcGIS on the Windows Vista operating system and will be adding support for Windows Vista in future service packs (after ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 2) and future releases.
• ArcGIS 9.1 and earlier
  ArcGIS 9.1 and earlier is not supported on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system and there are no plans to support ArcGIS 9.1 and earlier on this operating system in the future.
• ArcView GIS 3.x
  ArcView 3.x is not supported on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system and there are no plans to support ArcView GIS 3.x on this operating system in the future.
• ArcPad
  ArcPad 7.0 (and previous versions) products are not currently supported on the Microsoft Windows Vista release. ESRI is committed to supporting ArcPad 7.0 on the Windows Vista operating system and will be adding support for Windows Vista in future service packs and future releases.
• MapObjects Windows and MapObjects Java
  MapObjects Windows 2.4 and MapObjects-Java 2.2 and 2.3 are not supported on the Windows Vista. ESRI is not certifying any new environments for MapObjects-Windows and there are no plans to support Vista with MapObjects-Java.
  

ArcGIS 9.2补丁下载：

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 2

(包括ArcGIS Desktop、ArcGIS Desktop开发包、ArcEngine SDK、ArcEngine Runtime、ArcGIS Server、ArcGIS Server WebADF Runtime升级补丁包)
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=66&MetaID=1270

ArcIMS 9.2 Service Pack 2
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=16&MetaID=1271

ArcSDE 9.2 Service Pack 2
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=66&MetaID=1269

SP补丁体积不断增加似乎是当今软件发展的趋势，这次释放出的升级包中，桌面帮助、Server等升级包都超过了200M，补丁升级过程耗时也较长，准备升级之前需做好重要数据备份，参考网站上的说明进行。

ArcGIS 9.2 SP2补丁的改进，请参考这里：
http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/ArcGIS-92sp2-issues.htm
http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/ims_/ArcIMS_92sp2_issues.htm
http://gisupdates.esri.com/92sp2/ArcSDE-Windows-UNIX-Linux/ArcSDE-92sp2-issues.htm