topic Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile Questions

Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

AlexProtyagov — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:44:14 GMT

Does anyone know how to make a mobile cache file in the Arc Desktop ? The idea is to make cache in the Arc Desktop and then save cache files to a device.
There are some posts online on how to do that in 9.xx version but can not yet find anything about newer version of the desktop.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

DarleneBanta — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:32:20 GMT

If you run the Mobile installer, Mobile GP tools are installed. You can add the Mobile Tools toolbox in Catalog and run the Create Mobile Map GP tool.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

AlexProtyagov — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:13:00 GMT

Thank you, found it and was able to make the cache file.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

BillRose — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:40:22 GMT

Thank you, found it and was able to make the cache file.

Alex,

Were you able to deploy this cache to your device? I can use this tool to create the MobileCache folder and contents, but then run into problems when trying to open the .wmpk file. The problem is similar to that described here: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=38116, though my desktop is XP. The work-around described at this link works for my desktop ArcGIS Mobile app, but does not permit deployment to a Windows Mobile device as far as I can determine.

-Bill

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

BillRose — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:54:42 GMT

I eventually got this to work by copying the tile cache to the memory card on the mobile device, unpacking the .wmpk file, and then modifying the TileCacheMapLayer element of the .amp file to look like this:

<TileCacheMapLayer name="Layers" cacheDirectory="\SD-MMC card\My Documents\ArcGIS Mobile\Basemap1" visible="True" />

Hope this helps someone. I don't understand why Mobile Project Center doesn't manage this, or why this is not better documented.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

AlexProtyagov — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:04:51 GMT

All I did in ArcDeskop is the cache, it produces 3 files. In my particular situation it will be used only to show background. So, I just put that onto SD card and in my mobile application opened connection to it and added all layers from cache to my map.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

BillRose — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:16:36 GMT

All I did in ArcDeskop is the cache, it produces 3 files. In my particular situation it will be used only to show background. So, I just put that onto SD card and in my mobile application opened connection to it and added all layers from cache to my map.

Alex,
How did you create the connection to your SD card? Mobile Project Center seems to require a mapped drive. And I don't see an option for creating a mapped drive to my device.

I see it is possible to do something like the following.

C:\Documents and Settings\<my login>\My Documents\WM_<my login> My Documents\ArcGIS Mobile\Layers

Is this what you did?

Bill

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

MaximilianGlas — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:23:28 GMT

Here you find a video showing the procedure: http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/video/arcgis-mobile/details?entryID=85FA839A-1422-2418-882A-E1148D3DE858

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

BillRose — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:24:47 GMT

Here you find a video showing the procedure: http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/video/arcgis-mobile/details?entryID=85FA839A-1422-2418-882A-E1148D3DE858

Yeah, I've seen this, and the other Mobile-related videos too. It shows how the application is supposed to work. But it doesn't address the specific problem discussed here.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

BerendVeldkamp — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:45:21 GMT

A bit late perhaps, but if someone runs into this issue, here's how to solve the problem on Windows Mobile.

After copying the wmpk to your mobile device, try to open it by clicking on it. ArcGIS Mobile wil open and ask where you want to save it (let's say, on the storage card). Then it will complain that it cannot find the mapcache. It will however create a project folder in "\Storage Card\My Documents\ArcGIS Mobile", which in turn contains a MapCache folder. Copy the mapcache (bin, db, journal) there and try to open the project again.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

BillRose — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:51:52 GMT

Sure, this will work, but what if you have a common map cache that you want to share with multiple projects? It wouldn't make sense to create multiple copies in each project folder. The only way around it that has worked for us is to modify the .amp file to reference the local storage path.

A bit late perhaps, but if someone runs into this issue, here's how to solve the problem on Windows Mobile.

After copying the wmpk to your mobile device, try to open it by clicking on it. ArcGIS Mobile wil open and ask where you want to save it (let's say, on the storage card). Then it will complain that it cannot find the mapcache. It will however create a project folder in "\Storage Card\My Documents\ArcGIS Mobile", which in turn contains a MapCache folder. Copy the mapcache (bin, db, journal) there and try to open the project again.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

BerendVeldkamp — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:14:46 GMT

No one here mentioned shared mapcaches, right? That would have to be solved by editing the wmpk (or the amp) manually.

Sure, this will work, but what if you have a common map cache that you want to share with multiple projects? It wouldn't make sense to create multiple copies in each project folder. The only way around it that has worked for us is to modify the .amp file to reference the local storage path.

Re: Arc Desktop v.10 -- Mobile Cache

FabianHeredia — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:19:13 GMT

these three files are generated when Berend Veldkamp says the cache only contains geometric layers, when the cache contains data such as Landsat raster additional files are created layer0, layer1, layern depending on the amount of raster layers containing the cache. these are handled if the normal cache open by code is not working