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Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:53:23 GMT

What I need to accomplish is to generate a map (client side) and highlight the county or zip code based upon geo locations that I have.

I also need to take that same map and generate an image that I can add to either a word or power point document.

Can this be done with ArcGIS?

I have tried with Bing and Google Maps and I am unable to create static images due to the url length.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:25:11 GMT

Jim,

Sure you just use a print service to generate the image of the map and return a url that you can use to get the image. This has been discussed several times on GeoNet in the JS Space:

Export the map to an image, client-side, for printing?

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:21:16 GMT

Jim,

In addition to Robert's suggestion, you can scrape the HTML from the map and launch a print window from the browser. In Chrome, I can send the printout to MS OneNote. In our mapping app, we allow the user to "export" an image/PDF using the ArcGIS print service, or, we allow the user to "print" using the HTML scrape.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

SteveCole — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:36:13 GMT

..or just Print Screen?....

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:38:11 GMT

That would get my vote, unless they need functionality for users on the system.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:41:25 GMT

Not an option. They have to be able to click a button and have that map image added to a document.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:45:56 GMT

How did you accomplish this with a screen scrape? There isn't a said image (tag) to scrape off the page.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:33:11 GMT

I simply create a blank HTML page from text in js. Inside of the page, insert the map content, which, in my case, is just the innerHTML of the document - document.documentElement.innerHTML (I pipe-in maps over an iframe, so I just grab the whole page).

You can then just open a print dialog and write the HTML, and voila, a scrape of the map.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:02:50 GMT

How entailed is setting up the print service? I can test with the demo's out there and it works fine. However it is using an ArcGis sample server url.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:07:12 GMT

Jim,

If you have ArcGIS Server then you already have a print service available to you.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:17:51 GMT

Jim,

You may have to go in to the admin portal and start the service - I can't remember if it's started by default.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:34:34 GMT

I am a total noob to ArcGIS. I don't have a sever at this time and I am currently running on a dev trial to see if ArcGIS can accomplish what our business needs require. I'm not sure what kind of cost that this will entail to have this server instance.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:39:38 GMT

So you are just scrapping the div container and everything that is in it? Also is this approach valid? I was trying to go down this route for Google Maps but was told it could be in violation of the terms of service.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:43:40 GMT

You can always check out AGOL http://www.arcgis.com/features/plans/pricing.html

If you need to host on your own infrastructure, you can run ArcGIS for Server. A basic set-up for software only would run you 20k. This would give you a 4-core license - it's 5k for each additional core.

If you happen to package Esri with your product, like if you sell seats to a website which embeds ArcGIS Server maps and functionality, you may need an ASP license. A 4-core license for this would run about 40k.

Maintenance would run you about 10k/year (2500 per core). Keep in mind, you will also have expense in buying the server and for server maintenance. Additionally, you may need to spend some money on your network backbone.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:47:01 GMT

If you're licensed for the product, there shouldn't be any issue with doing this - you're just printing the page. You may want to have a look at this:

Is the ArcGIS Server JavaScript API free to use? - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:51:49 GMT

Let me add an addendum - the quotes I gave were for commercial enterprises. As I understand, if you are an NGO or governmental organization, you may fall under a completely different pricing scheme... it's best to contact Esri directly.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

SteveCole — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:00:34 GMT

ESRI only seems to cut breaks with SMALL governmental orgs or fed departments. Otherwise, you're kinda lumped in with commercial clients. I asked the guy who handles our license negotiating and he said that setting up an enterprise license agreement between ESRI and our county wouldn't be worth it so we just continue to battle, line by line on the license agreements.

Anyways, I'm not saying don't look into it but just don't get your hopes too high.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:28:00 GMT

Do they provide a hosting option? The only need for the server we would have would be for the printing. I highly doubt they will want to spend that kind of money on a server just to accommodate printing.

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

JimSirianni — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:34:18 GMT

So you were able to just grab the parent map div and scrape to an image?

Re: Can I create an image from JavaScript API to add to a PowerPoint or Word Doc?

ChrisSmith7 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:03:11 GMT

It's not an image - it would be a printout from the browser using a scape of the map's HTML - the browser might support saving as an image though. For instance, in Chrome, I can send the printout as an image to MS OneNote.