ArcGIS Online - Calculate Roof Area?

Question

Is it possible to calculate roof areas using ArcGIS Online, or is this only possible using the Desktop version?

Thanks in advance.

DURGA_HARISHDAYAPULE · Answer

Hi Mike Minami,

I am Durgaharish,  I want to know is there any tool available for calculating roof area using community maps of arcgis. I am wondering how solar boston built that  tool.  Please help me in this matter.

Mike Minami · Answer

I don't know. You might check out the samples in the API references. One site that I do know about is an application called Boston Solar. This app lets you click on a building to determine solar potential. I assume that behind the scenes, it must be doing some calculations. It's build with the ArcGIS API for Flex...

http://gis.cityofboston.gov/solarboston/

hope this helps,

Mike

JohnSmith13 · Answer

Thanks for the quick reponse Mike.

I will take a look into ArcGIS Explorer. Do you know if roof area calculations have been done before or if there is a similar example lying around?

I'm just wondering if something like this would have to be built from the ground up.

Regards