Hi! New to ArcOnline and need a .zip added as a layer.

[ScottBurton]

Hello All,

I'm just getting used to ArcOnline, I've been using ArcInfo but my computer has recently crashed 😞 I am in a new internship position where I am in need of using ArcOnline until they set me up with an Arc License.  Right now I am trying to add a shapefile (.zip) to a map, and it's not showing up.  I'm getting a little frustrated I can't do such a basic action!~ It is the DFIRM - Providence County from here: http://www.edc.uri.edu/rigis/data/data.aspx?ISO=planningCadastre.  I've uploaded it to 'my content' and tried adding it from there (searching for it on add a layer - my content) and it doesn't ever come up.  So if anyone can give me a little advice as to how to proceed I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!!

Scott

[MikeMinami]

I looked at that shapefile and you won't be able to add it as a layer to the web map because it's too big. You can only add shapefiles with about 1000 features in it. I don't know exactly how many features are in the shapefile, but it is 15MB in size, which right there is a good indicator it's too big. Probably any file over a few MB in size would be too large.

I downloaded a few others and noticed a few things that could trip you up when trying to add then to the web map.

• I found one zipped shapefile that didn't contain a 'prj' file within it. This is a required file that defines the coordinate system of the shapefile.


• Zipped shapefiles can have no folder hierarchy inside them. The one you wanted to add had a hierarchy (i.e., the shapefile was contained in a folder inside the zipped archive). I had to extract all the files first then create a new zip file without the hierarchy.

So, the likely question you have is how do you display your data over the web map? Currently, you need to host the data using ArcGIS Server. In the near future, Esri will be introducing organizational subscriptions to ArcGIS Online, which will allow you to host your data in our cloud. This is currently in beta testing and scheduled for general release later this year. Here's more info...http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline/index.html

Thanks,

Mike

[ScottBurton]

Thanks for the reply Mike.  The organization that I am a part of is in the process of procuring ArcServer, so that is good news for me.  That is going to be a major part of what I am doing here, and I just barely starting to scratch the surface in terms of getting familiar with it.  Do you have any suggestions as to where I should go to get the basics? I'm planning on getting as much as possible from the Resource Center because I don't want to be overwhelmed with it when it gets here!

[MikeMinami]

The resource center is a great place to start. You might look at the ArcGIS Server help and learn about publishing services.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_dotnet_help/index.html

This topic about authoring a map for publishing is also useful

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Map_authoring_considerations_for_ArcGI...

Good Luck,

Mike