Latest Contributions by MikeMinami

We did consider enabling popups on all layers by default. However, it would have been too much of a performance hit on the server. Also, our goal is for map authors to be thoughtful about what information they want to display to an end user.  For a GIS analyst, they may be fine with a long list of attributes. However, a casual user would appreciate a more "authored" view of information. As I mentioned before, we do plan on pushing the authoring of pop-ups into the item that references a map service, so when the item does get added to a map, it will already have a pop-up definition. Ultimately, we want to allow people to define it at the service level too. So when the service gets added to arcgis.com, it will already have a pop-up defined. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Vanessa, Did you explicitly register your global ID with ArcGIS Online? You need to do this first.  The reason you have to register is because when you do, you get a workspace with up to 2 GB of free storage where you can add GIS items. We don't allocate this space until you register. To register, do this: From the ArcGIS.com website, click the Sign In link on the upper right. Click the Register your Esri Global Account link underneath Not a Member? Enter your Esri Global account user name and password and click Register. Read the terms of use and click the I Accept button to agree to the terms. Once you accept the terms of use, you are automatically signed in to ArcGIS.com. Now, you should be able to sign in from ArcGIS Desktop. Thanks, Mike ... View more

I just spoke with someone who helps build these basemaps and they said unfortunately it won't be in our next update but it will be there by the end of the year. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Can you share your web map publicly and give us the URL to it? Did you create an editable layer in the map or are you editing a service you have running on your GIS server? What web browser version are you using? Thanks, Mike ... View more

Here's a link to the web page about Bing Maps Pricing. http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline/bing-maps-pricing.html I think your best bet is to call the number on this page or contact your regional office. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Yes, turning on/off sublayers is coming in the 2.0 release of the app, available in April. At that time, the new pop-ups in the web map will also be supported. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Yes, the goal is to expose the pop-up properties at the map service item level and eventually at the service itself. So then, it will only be a single click to get information. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Anyone who views a public web map can make changes to it. They can add layers, add new features and so on. However, they will not be able to save the web map and overwrite the original version. They can, however, do a "Save as" and save it as their own map. Presently, there is nothing you can do within the ArcGIS.com map viewer to change the editable nature of the map. We have considered allowing an author to make a map read only, but this is not currently scheduled on our release plan. You might consider embedding the map in another web page, like this: http://mikesarcgismaps.blogspot.com/ Or, you can use an application template and deploy the application on your web server (if you have one). Both the embed and create template options are available under the Share menu on the Map Viewer. Thanks, Mike ... View more

When you add an attachment to a feature, it gets displayed in the pop-up window as a link that allows you to download a file (in your case, an image).  Attachments can be other file types to, so arcgis.com map viewer can't draw them in the pop-up.  To see the download links inside the pop-up window, you need to turn on attachments when you configure popups, see attached image. Pop-ups also support pop-up media (images and charts) that do get displayed in the pop-up. For images, they need to be web accessible images that you reference via a URL. Hope this helps, Mike ... View more

Yes, it is possible to open web maps inside of ArcGIS Desktop. Unfortunately, a recent update to ArcGIS.com has broken the ability to open these maps in ArcGIS Desktop. We are currently working on a patch to desktop to fix the problem. It will be available shortly (within a week or so). When it does become available, we'll post a link to it. Thanks, Mike ... View more

It's a good idea. There is currently no way to make ArcMap automatically update a layer based on an updated LPK in ArcGIS online. ArcMap doesn't know that the layer was derived from a layer package. Once the layer package is downloaded and unpacked, ArcMap access the data directly, not the package. I'll submit this as an enhancement request. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Yes, the Identify button has been removed. However, it has been replace with  better capabilities for displaying information about map features, called pop-ups. Check out this map and just click on some of the features you see in it. http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=88b187a860934d8491bdff591d0b1e1a As a map author, you have a lot more control over the contents that appears in these pop-ups. However, for performance reasons, you have to enable pop-ups on the specific layers you want to display information for. By default, when you enable pop-ups on a layer, you'll get a simple list of attributes, just like Identify provided. See the attached image for how to enable pop-ups. Plus, these pop-ups work in embedded map. Check out this example of an embedded map. ... View more

Maps created in Explorer Online will by default open in Explorer Online. However, there is an option on Open in arcgis.com that will allow you to open the map in the arcgis.com viewer. See attached image. Once open in arcgis.com viewer, on the toolbar you should see the Share option. From here you can copy embed code into your html page. Here's a sample map I just made and embedded in a blog. This required no programming on my part, just copy/paste into the blog. Click on the pushpin for a pop-up window. Click here for embedded map. As you can see, we just updated arcgis.com and notes are now available. However, the iPhone app does not currently support Map Notes. That is coming with the next update to the iPhone application. ArcGIS.com map viewer is built using our ArcGIS API for JavaScript. You can build your own application that reads in the map you create in arcgis.com too. Development with the APIs is free. Deployment is also free under certain conditions. Here's a link to more information about when you would need to get a license. http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/web-mapping/index.html Here's a link to the API reference. http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/ Map Notes is the term we present to end users, but in the API, they are Feature Layers. Feature Layers contain graphics. Graphics have geometry and attributes. So you will have to navigate the API to access the geometry of these graphics. One thing you might also try is to download a template from arcgis.com map viewer (another option on the Share dialog). From this you can see some code to build your own web application using the JavaScript API. The API reference also has lots of samples, but I don't think there are any yet that show accessing geometry. Thanks, Mike ... View more

You can embed a map in a web page. Open your map inside arcgis.com to get the embed code. Here's how: With the map open in arcgis.com... 1. Click the Share button. 2. Check the box to share the map with everyone. 3. Click the Embed in Personal Site button and copy the code. 4. Paste the code in your web page. As of today, the notes won't work in the embedded map. We're just about to make an update to arcgis.com that will allow it to work. So it will work shortly. You'll need to open your map again in Explorer Online and save it again. Explorer Online is also changing, so you'll notice some differences there too. There's no way in the user experience that I know of to get the coordinates of the shapes you entered. I'd imagine you can do it by writing some code, however. Unfortunately, I don't know how. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Can you clarify exactly what you are doing? Are you making a map in arcgis.com and attempting to share it via its URL, but are having trouble copying the URL? We are about to release the next update to arcgis.com that will allow you to add notes to the map. the iPhone app won't display them yet, until the next update. Thanks, Mike ... View more