Latest Contributions by MikeMinami

While both applications are very similar, they are still evolving and more functionality will be added over time. ArcGIS Explorer Online is meant to be more of a data exploration and viewing tool. For example, there is a new feature called Dashboard that allows you to compare the attributes of different features on the map and graph them. Explorer Online also introduced Presentations, and it's still the app you use to author them, but people asked to be able to display these from the ArcGIS.com map viewer too, so we added support for them. Explorer Online also requires the Microsoft Silverlight plugin in order to run. This can be a stumbling block for some people. Explorer Online is map focused. It doesn't allow you to manage other kinds of items you upload to ArcGIS Online. ArcGIS.com has a lot more tools for managing your content. You can upload different types of data, such as packages, and desktop files like MXDs and LYRs. In reality, these are just two of the client applications that can connect to ArcGIS Online. We also have an iPhone application, Android application, ArcGIS Desktop, and have a few different APIs that allow you to develop your own applications that use content in ArcGIS Online. Hope this helps, Mike ... View more

We don't display the data in our contents tab. You can click on a feature on the map to see it's attribute values. There are two issues that will be fixed with an upcoming update to ArcGIS.com. The first is that the color of the polygons should be blue, as defined in the KML. Also, the popup display is quite slow, so be patient. ArcGIS.com symbolizes the KML exactly the way it is authored. When you author your kml, if you change the color of individual polygons, that should show up. Thanks, Mike ... View more

I can see the edit tools with your map. Try clearing your browser cache. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Yes, the security is the problem. ArcGIS.com map viewer doesn't currently support accessing secured services. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Can you share the URL to the KML so we can see exactly what you mean? Thanks, Mike ... View more

The next update to ArcGIS.com and Explorer Online will most likely happen within a week. This issue is addressed for both. Thanks, Mike ... View more

What application are you using to view this? It looks like it may be a caching problem. If you are using a web browser, try clearing your web browser cache. If you are in ArcMap, try clearing the tile cache on layer properties. Mike ... View more

This error will be fixed in the next update to the website.  If you need to access the map template, here's an updated version with the fix to the legend. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c456062635b2417192c0e2b4be9d1705 Thanks, Mike ... View more

There is an error in the Chrome Two Panel Template. We'll need to fix that. I assume Explorer Online has a similar issue. I'll let them know. Thanks, Mike ... View more

No, unfortunately it can't. If you're a developer, you could write your own application using the JavaScript API... http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/ Thanks, Mike ... View more

Turns out we have a bug. The server cache is not getting cleared. Thanks! Mike ... View more

No, none of these settings are configurable.  Since web maps open across different client applications and don't really have client specific settings stored in the web map, we could probably expose some settings on the arcgis.com application (maybe as part of your profile) so that whenever you open a map, it opens with the TOC and overview map showing. However, this setting would be associated with your profile for arcgis.com. If someone else were to open the map, the map would open according to their settings. Would this satisfy your needs? Thanks, Mike ... View more

Well, from the arcgis.com map viewer we don't show map notes in the legend. We viewed map notes as annotation, not necessarily real features. Like you might draw an arrow to point at something and you really wouldn't want to show that arrow in the legend. If you choose one of the other layer types when creating features, these will show up in the legend. However, as Rupert points out below, Explorer Online has a layer property that allows you to turn on the legend for the map notes layer. This option is not exposed in the arcgis.com map viewer (an inconsistency we should address). Mike ... View more

#1 - this is a bug. Adding KML files to the map from My Content doesn't work. This will be addressed in our next update. thanks, Mike ... View more

This issue will be fixed in our next update, which will happen in the near future. Thanks, Mike ... View more