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Is ArcGIS Online my best option? A developer newbie trying to figure things out.

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08-13-2012 05:34 AM
by Anonymous User
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‎08-13-2012 05:34 AM
To everyone,

Let me begin by clarifying that I am a ???novice??? when it comes to the application development aspects of GIS.  Let me also include that ???novice??? may be way-to-strong a word to describe my development experience.  I have extensive experience using ESRI products for other purposes but the last time I wrote a line of code, I was using AML, and not very well at that.  All that being said, here???s what I???m trying to find out???

I am the only ???GIS Guy??? at my company and I???ve been asked to build a geodatabase to spatially track and archive all of the projects with which we have been involved, potentially thousands of records.  I said, ???No problem.???  However, the idea is to eventually distribute this data, via the web, to our staff so that they can access it anywhere on any device.  This is where my experience well runs dry.

Here???s my situation:
1)  I???m running ArcGIS Desktop 10??? I have not updated to 10.1 yet (I like to wait for a service pack) and I do not have ArcGIS for Server.
2)  This map must be accessible by a select group only, not shared openly to the public.
3)  The data must be searchable.

I realize that I will likely need to expand our software capabilities and invest in ArcGIS for Server because I would eventually like to embed some interactive mapping and possibly some 3D animation into our website.  Right now, however, I???m just looking for a starting point.

Can I use ArcGIS Online to accomplish the above tasks?
Can I use geodatabase featureclasses in ArcGIS Online or do they need to be exported to shapefiles?
Must I be running Desktop 10.1 to use ArcGIS Online?

Thanks for your attention,
Hank
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LindleyHarmon
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‎11-13-2012 06:45 AM
Hi, I know this was posted a long time ago, but I am in the exact same position as you. Only GIS person with little experience in coding and they need a map in a webpage. Did you find a solution? I do have Arc GIS for server and I can publish a map as a service but I can't seem to figure out how to get it from the server manager to my webpage to be embedded. I dont know much code and I have tried some templates but I'm not sure if I am doing it right. Please let me know if you found a solution! Thanks!
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MikeMinami
by Esri Notable Contributor
Esri Notable Contributor
‎11-13-2012 12:16 PM
Lindley,

You can easily add the services from ArcGIS Server to a web map in ArcGIS Online. From the map in ArcGIS Online, use the Add>Add layers from web option and specify the REST URL to your service. Then, use the Share button and use the Embed in web page option to generate HTML code that you can copy into a web page.

Thanks,

Mike
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MikeMinami
by Esri Notable Contributor
Esri Notable Contributor
‎11-13-2012 12:23 PM
Hank,

There are two ways you can go.

You can get ArcGIS Server and host your own services. Or you can get a subscription to ArcGIS Online and create services that are hosted in ArcGIS Online.

If you have ArcGIS Desktop 10.1, you can publish your maps directly from desktop to ArcGIS Online. Without 10.1, you can publish shapefiles or CSVs as hosted services from ArcGIS.com. WHen publishing from desktop, the data is packaged up and copied to ArcGIS Online, where the service gets created.

Currently, ArcGIS Online can host two types of services: tiled map services or feature services. This will evolve over time and there will be support for other service types in the hosted environment, such as GP services, image services, network services...

Go here for more information about subscriptions: http://www.arcgis.com/about/

Hope this helps,

Mike
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