topic Re: Show lines with arrow endpoints in ArcGIS Online Questions

Show lines with arrow endpoints

GregYetman — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:08:01 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to show lines with arrows at the end in a feature service? I need to show flow direction for sewer lines to users without ArcMap.

I think that only simple line symbols (not cartographic line symbols) are supported in web maps, as anything I publish with an arrow is changed when I open it in a web map.

Workarounds and other suggestions welcome!

Greg

Re: Show lines with arrow endpoints

BondHarper — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:35:22 GMT

Publish as a map service and then add that to your web map/web app in AGOL. The map service will preserve whatever symbology you've set in ArcGIS Desktop.

Good luck!

Re: Show lines with arrow endpoints

GregYetman — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:37:19 GMT

Publish as a map service and then add that to your web map/web app in AGOL. The map service will preserve whatever symbology you've set in ArcGIS Desktop.

Good luck!

Thanks, that would work but I should of mentioned that ArcGIS for Server is not in budget for this project, so that is not an option.

Re: Show lines with arrow endpoints

GregYetman — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:46:37 GMT

Thanks, publishing as tiles does solves the problem.

I guess that I will have to publish it twice, as a map service and features, as users will need to interact with it.

Re: Show lines with arrow endpoints

TimWitt — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:56:57 GMT

You just need to watch out about how many credits it consumes, it might get expensive depending on the amount of updates to the layer.

Re: Show lines with arrow endpoints

JarrettSpurgeon — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:29:45 GMT

Publish as a map service and then add that to your web map/web app in AGOL. The map service will preserve whatever symbology you've set in ArcGIS Desktop.

Good luck!

this is not entirely true when a point feature is published as a service the integrity of the symbology is preserved. However, for somereason line features will not preserver the symbology i hope ESRI is working on that as it is a key feature i would like to utilize as well.