topic Publishing a Service vs Adding an Item in ArcGIS Collector Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/publishing-a-service-vs-adding-an-item/m-p/540093#M9245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the difference between Publishing a Service to an ArcGIS Online account through ArcMap vs just uploading a zipped shapefile to your ArcGIS Online acct through the 'Add Item' feature.</P><P></P><P>I always wondered what the difference was but never knew</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:26:12 GMT SLouq 2019-02-21T16:26:12Z Publishing a Service vs Adding an Item https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/publishing-a-service-vs-adding-an-item/m-p/540093#M9245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the difference between Publishing a Service to an ArcGIS Online account through ArcMap vs just uploading a zipped shapefile to your ArcGIS Online acct through the 'Add Item' feature.</P><P></P><P>I always wondered what the difference was but never knew</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:26:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/publishing-a-service-vs-adding-an-item/m-p/540093#M9245 SLouq 2019-02-21T16:26:12Z Re: Publishing a Service vs Adding an Item https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/publishing-a-service-vs-adding-an-item/m-p/540094#M9246 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Scott,</P><P></P><P>When you upload a zipped shapefile to your ArcGIS Online account, you are sharing the files so other can download and open the files in desktop applications. If your particular ArcGIS Online user account has permissions to publish a hosted feature layer, you will be asked if you would like to also publish the zipped shapefile as a hosted feature layer. The zipped shapefile will allow users to download the data contained within it , while the hosted feature will "web enable" feature layers from the shapefile.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/manage-data/add-items.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_AE3B53E5DB5B4C37B24145BE08119238" title="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/manage-data/add-items.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_AE3B53E5DB5B4C37B24145BE08119238">Add items—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS</A>&nbsp;</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/manage-data/publish-features.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_49CE0570C3BA4AD8BF2DB28929FF7280" title="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/manage-data/publish-features.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_49CE0570C3BA4AD8BF2DB28929FF7280">Publish hosted feature layers—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Best,</P><P>Megan</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:29:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-questions/publishing-a-service-vs-adding-an-item/m-p/540094#M9246 megan_r 2019-02-21T19:29:56Z