topic arcpy.mapping on server in Mapping Questions

arcpy.mapping on server

DominicStubbins1 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:50:39 GMT

This is really a question about best practice.

All the help documentation talks about using the mapping module to automate desktop type activities. Is it feasible to use these functions in a script tool that is published as a server task. For example to generate a high quality pdf map from a web mapping application?

Is the mapping module deployed with a server only install (i.e. no ArcGIS desktop), and on non windows platforms?

Is a concurrent usage scenario on server something that is supported?

thx

Dom

arcpy.mapping on server

MichaelGrossman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:08:59 GMT

Dom,

Yes, the mapping module is deployed with server, and it is possible to produce PDF export files and perform other arcpy.mapping functions inside of a GP service. We'd love to hear your feedback if you can try this out for us.

Michael Grossman
ESRI

Re: Beta 10: arcpy.mapping on server

MeleKoneya — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:35:41 GMT

I am very interested in this possibility for producing quality maps from our Silverlight/WPF mapping sites. Has anyone implemented Arcpy.Mapping for this purpose? If so, are there code samples that you can share?

Thanks,

Mele