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Hi Mike, Thanks for your response. I am not creating a local copy for editing. I'm brand new to ArcGIS Online subscription functionality, so I'm just exploring stuff as I dive in head first. I was exploring functionality when I discovered that you can open a feature service in ArcMap and then export the features to a shapefile or featureclass. The lack of ability to share an App with everyone while still maintaining security of the feature service (i.e. not having it available for folks to open and export as described above) is very disappointing. I work with a lot of counties in Mississippi, and they don't necessarily have the $$$ (or technical expertise and resources) for server, so I thought this would be an excellent scalable solution for them to provide dynamic mapping services to county residents. Considering they have invested THOUSANDS of dollars to have their GIS parcel data created, there's no way they would want that data to be available for others to obtain. Query...yes. Download (i.e. export)...absolutely not. Even with data disclaimers for term of use, it's still not a good idea. I thought I was really on to something with ArcGIS Online, and was ready to pull the trigger and suggest to counties I am working with that it would be worth the investment. BUT...with things the way they are right now, I won't recommend it. Not enough control over security of their data. Ultimately, that's less sales for ESRI, because the counties will outsource it to companies who use software other than ESRI...for around the price they would have paid for ArcGIS Online. As I said...I am new to ArcGIS Online subscriber services, so maybe I'm missing something, but right now I'm very disappointed and confounded by the lack of security options for sharing/not sharing data. There should be some kind of option that allows for download to edit for specific individuals/entities, while still allowing sharing to everyone else just for viewing in a dynamic map service. That would seam to make sense to me... What if I didn't want anyone to edit it? I'd still have to share it with everyone in order for all county residents to be able to access the Parcel Viewer App, correct? Please let's continue this dialogue, as I think I may need a little more enlightenment. I already have further questions, but will wait on a response to this so as not to get ahead of myself! Thanks!
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Hi, I just created a parcel feature service, created a web map containing the feature service, and then created a Web Mapping Application from the Web Map (Parcel Viewer). The security settings on the feature service are set so no one can export to a shapefile, geodatabase feature class, .csv, etc. This prevents people from exporting the data from the feature service description window. I have to share the feature service with EVERYONE in order for county residents to view the Parcel Map Viewer without an ArcGIS Online account & membership in a group. That being the case, ANYONE can open the feature service in ArcGIS for Desktop and then export the data to a shapefile or geodatabase feature class!!! The option to disallow export is apparently POINTLESS, as anyone can work around it as described. This basically makes sharing of Web Maps and Web Applications completely USELESS if you don't want others to be able to obtain a copy of your data. That's a SERIOUS data security issue!!! NOT COOL. Hard to believe this has been overlooked. Maybe I'm missing something???
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Hi, I created a web map containing a parcel feature service. In the ArcGIS.com map viewer, I set the symbology for the parcels to white outline with no fill (100% transparent fill). Then, I opened the map in ArcGIS Explorer Online, zoomed to a different extent, and saved the map. When I open the map in the ArcGIS.com map viewer again, my parcel symbology is changed...0% transparent fill...so they're all black! Symbology is fine when I open up map again in ArcGIS Explorer Online. What's up with that!? I've tried this several times with the same results... Any help would be great. Thanks
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I know this is in reply to a pretty old post. Just wondering if you ever figured it out? I think I've got a fix. Let me know if you still want some help with it.
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Hi. This is a relatively simple question...I just need clarification. I just read "The Top Nine Reasons to Use a File Geodatabase". I downloaded the pdf, but the same info was published in ArcUser - Spring 2009. Reason 4 states that File and Personal GDBs are designed to be edited by a single user, YET Reason 5 states (about File GDBs) that "Stand-alone feature classes, tables, and feature dataset contents can be edited by different editors simultaneously without the entire geodatabase being locked". Is there not a serious contradiction here?!? Am I reading this wrong? Can someone clarify for me? Thanks!!
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