topic Re: Mobile cache extractor in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile Questions

Mobile cache extractor

SteveRobison — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:41:27 GMT

Can someone tell me where I can download a cache extractor for 9.3
I've bee to all the blogs (I think) and read about the "tool" but I just cant seem to get my hands on it to put it to work.

Re: Mobile cache extractor

DeniseKing — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:57:05 GMT

Hi,

I believe you are referring to the Mobile Cache to Shapefile tool (9.3). This tool extracts selected features from a 9.3 mobile cache to a shapefile. You can find it in the ArcGIS Mobile Gallery on Resource Center site, http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f58062e439c34b13b3b63f38c5cbb8d7.

There are also tools for 9.2 and 10.0 releases.

Cheers,
Denise

Re: Mobile cache extractor

CiprianLazar — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:02:45 GMT

If you're trying to generate the mobile cache, you can find this tool in ArcToolbox under the Mobile Tools. Its name is Generate Mobile Service Cache.
If you do not have the Mobile Tools in ArcToolbox root, you can manually add it from the System Toolboxes (right click on ArcToolbox -> Add Toolbox -> Toolboxes -> System Toolboxes -> Mobile Tools).

Re: Mobile cache extractor

SteveRobison — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:07:32 GMT

Denise
I got the tool, exactly what I was looking for, thanks!
The new problem is, when I select the "export selected features to shape file" I get a new error.
"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component"
I can get it to work fine on other feature classes (point) but for some reason I get the error on polylines.
Suggestions please

Re: Mobile cache extractor

MikeHargreaves — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:28:44 GMT

Ciprian,
The only tools I see in the Mobile Tools is "Create Mobile Map" and "Synchronize Mobile Cache" - I'm also looking for the "Generate Mobile Service Cache" tool...

Re: Mobile cache extractor

CiprianLazar — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:28:24 GMT

Ciprian,
The only tools I see in the Mobile Tools is "Create Mobile Map" and "Synchronize Mobile Cache" - I'm also looking for the "Generate Mobile Service Cache" tool...

If those are the tools you're seeing, than you're using ArcMap/ArcToolbox 10. Using the "Create Mobile Map" you can generate a mobile cache for use with an ArcGIS Mobile 10 app. It takes a map document as argument (mxd).
If you want to generate a cache that you can use on an ArcGIS Mobile 9.3 app, than you have to use ArcMap 9.3. There you will have "Generate Mobile Service Cache" and "Generate Mobile Basemap" tools. The "Generate Mobile Service Cache" will take as argument a map service that has mobile capability and is published with an ArcGIS 9.3 server.

Re: Mobile cache extractor

DeniseKing — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:56:00 GMT

Ciprian, Mike,

The 'Generate Mobile Service Cache' and 'Create Mobile Basemap' tools are available in Mobile Tools toolbox in ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 and 9.3.1 releases only, they are not available in 10 release. The 'Create Mobile Map' and 'Synchronize Mobile Cache' became available in Mobile Tools toolbox with ArcGIS Desktop 10 release.

Thanks,
Denise

Re: Mobile cache extractor

BradJeffares — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:51:22 GMT

Ciprian, Mike,

The 'Generate Mobile Service Cache' and 'Create Mobile Basemap' tools are available in Mobile Tools toolbox in ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 and 9.3.1 releases only, they are not available in 10 release. The 'Create Mobile Map' and 'Synchronize Mobile Cache' became available in Mobile Tools toolbox with ArcGIS Desktop 10 release.

Thanks,
Denise

Why would they take away the Generate Mobile Service Cache? I dont want to create a mobile map from an MXD. I want to extract a cache from a mobile service for a mobile app. How can I do this now?

Re: Mobile cache extractor

AkhilParujanwala — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:17:44 GMT

Using ArcGIS 10 you can use the Mobile GP tool to create a MobileCache of the vector layers you want to bring into your mobile application.

Just use the Create Mobile Map. Browse to the location you will see an AMP file, then a folder that says MobileCache, you can simply copy and paste that MobileCache to your devices and read that into your Mobile App.

I have a designated folder for all mobile maps that clients may want to add to the mobile application.

Re: Mobile cache extractor

BradJeffares — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:10:40 GMT

Yes but that creates a mobile cache from an MXD not a mobile service.

Re: Mobile cache extractor

AkhilParujanwala — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:00:57 GMT

Ah yes, sorry I missed that part.

You can create a tile cache of your service and bring that in as a basemap into ArcGIS Mobile.

I used MXD and Mobile GP Tool for creating Vector based maps.

I then use services to create Raster base maps.

Here's a snippet from my personal documentation.

8. Using ArcCatalog, browse to the location of the .mxd and right click, Publish to ArcGIS Server, put an appropriate name and place the service under the Mobile_Services folder.
9. In ArcCatalog, open the Toolbox and click on Server Tools. Run the Create Map Server Cache, the host will be the name of the server, for example gisservername then press tab. The Map Server will be the name of the Service located under the Mobile_Services folder. The Data Frame will the name of the data frame of the .mxd, for example Layers.
Create Map Server Cache Settings:
�?� Host: gisservername
�?� Map Server: BG_Building/RPB_1st_Floor
�?� Data Frame: RPB
�?� Scales: STANDARD
�?� Number of Scales: 3
�?� Scale #s: 2000, 1000, 500 < the lower the better quality the image will be.
�?� Cache Tile Format: PNG24
�?� Tile Width & Height: 256
�?� Antialiasing: On
Under Server Tools there is Manage Map Server Cache Tiles which will create the tiles. The Host is the name of the server. The Map Server is the name of the service in the Mobile_Services folder. Leave all other as default. Select an Update Mode which will be Recreate All Tiles, then hit Ok.
10. The tiles are created on the server, in the arcgiscache folder the name of the service and the cache will be present, the name of the data frame dictates the name of the folder created.
11. In this case the name of the folder is likely to be Layers, open it and there should be a config file. Copy the folder and paste it onto the tablet PCs Basemap folder. Rename the folder to an appropriate name, for example Borden. Then copy that renamed folder to the Local Incident Maps folder and that map will be automatically read into RaDCAMS. The name of the layer in this case will be �??Borden Image�?�.
12. Rasters/Images that are added this way will have the word Image appended to the map layer in RaDCAMS making it easy to identify which layer to use.

Steps 11 and 12 do not pertain to you directly. I have a designated folder in which my application will read any basemaps that the user adds. I have a thread regarding how to read tilecache, actually buddha (provided the code) and I implemented it into my app.