How to reduce Shape file size + Generalize the map

Question

HI ALl,

I am using world countries shape file provided in arcgis website , we have to use it our application. The problem is it has data around 8MB but the loading this much data in browser hangs the system , so i want to reduce data to 300kb-600kb can anybody help me  with this , this map has extremely level of details i just want world countries with visible boundaries please help/

PanagiotisPapadopoulos54 · Answer

one option is to generalize the shapefile, but your have to decide which scales your want to server in order to select the correct parameters during the generalization Generalizing polygon coverage data—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

a another option is to use feature services (hosted services or from server).