Creating mpk or Runtime geodatabase

Bhargav_KumarK

Hello,

My application is such that,

  1) I don't need Server for getting map data(Vector or Raster). All data is available in my local system i.e I create either mpk/tpk/runtime geodatabases and use in my runtime application.

  2) Perform some queries on attributes of layer.

  3) I need to pan and zoom the screen.

  4) Setting visibility of layers.

So my doubt is for displaying of layers or rendering or searching which is better to use, mpk or runtime geodatabases?

Lucas Danzinger

In my opinion, if you can do what you need with a runtime geodatabase (the geodatabase you create from the Create Runtime Content tool), then you should use this. The main reason being that it is one less dependency that your application has, and will lower the size of you application quite a lot. It sounds like everything you listed should be easily attainable with the runtime geodatabase. However, if you would rather use the MPK and local server for another reason, that would be perfectly viable as well.

-Luke