Arcgis newbie - Have some questions :)

Question

Hi guys,

I am a complete beginner to GIS but havent seen a preview of it, i am really interested and drawn to it at the moment.

What i am looking to do is create a public website and share some information. I was hoping to get a few pointers on best way to do this.

Questions i have is:

- What is the best way to start? I have been using the online web maps on the arcgis website and been embeding this on to my website just to play about it at the moment.

- Should i purchase any specific software? Or is there any free options to get this across.

- I have a lot of data in csv format, how would i be able to get this easily across on to the maps?

- Having the options of legends, is this easy to setup?

- Does the coordinates have to be in longitue and lattitude, or can they be x and y co ordinates?

I hope you dont mind me asking these questions, i am really a fan of the product and would like an oppertunity to really get to know it further.

Thank you

AbhijatC · Answer

Hi guys,

I am a complete beginner to GIS but havent seen a preview of it, i am really interested and drawn to it at the moment.

What i am looking to do is create a public website and share some information. I was hoping to get a few pointers on best way to do this.

Questions i have is:

- What is the best way to start? I have been using the online web maps on the arcgis website and been embeding this on to my website just to play about it at the moment.

- Should i purchase any specific software? Or is there any free options to get this across.

- I have a lot of data in csv format, how would i be able to get this easily across on to the maps?

- Having the options of legends, is this easy to setup?

- Does the coordinates have to be in longitue and lattitude, or can they be x and y co ordinates?

I hope you dont mind me asking these questions, i am really a fan of the product and would like an oppertunity to really get to know it further.

Thank you

I had described basic steps to start with here:
http://abhijat-innovations.blogspot.in/2012/06/creating-arcgis-web-application-net.html

Hope it helps you in the initial stage.

Abhijat

Mike Minami · Answer

If you want a unique image for each row in the CSV, then you need a field to contain the URL. If you want the same image displayed for all rows, then you can simply add an image media with a hard coded URL to one image. There is no ability to add the image directly from the popup. You can only define an image to display with a popup when you configure the popup.

Thanks,

Mike

FaisalKhan3 · Answer

If the points are displaying correctly, I suppose you must have the correct coordinates in the CSV file (or if you have addresses, that will work too, up to 250 addresses).

As far as displaying a popup with a picture in it, each record in your CSV file has to store the URL to the image that resides on the web somewhere. ArcGIS Online can't store your images for you.  Here's a post that describes how you could do it.

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/52504-Configure-pop-up-for-individual-features?p=179544&viewfull=1#post179544

Thanks,

Mike

Thanks again Mike.

Might be again a dumb question, but to insert the image URL does this have to be in the csv file like in a extra column? 
Its just if i go to the point on the map which has been added from the csv file, then there is no option to add the image?

Thanks