Latest Contributions by MikeMinami

Am I correct in assuming that when you say your map service layers have different levels of access, you mean within arcgis.com? Specifically, you added a map service layer to "my content" then kept it as private. Then you added this layer to your web map, which is public. The web map does not maintain the privacy setting of individual layers inside arcgis.com. The web map only stores the URL to the actual service, not the map service item inside arcgis.com. Thus, even though the item may be private, if the map service the item references is publicly available, it will show up in the web map. One other detail is that the web map currently can't display map services that have security enabled on the service itself, outside of arcgis.com Does this answer your question? Thanks, Mike ... View more

If you're having proxy issues, I'd suggest you contact Esri Technical Support. However, you don't need to sign in to add a Bing basemap. Choose  File > Add Data > Add Basemap and choose the basemap you want. Alternatively just go to the ArcMap Basemaps group in ArcGIS.com http://links.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/en/arcmap/layers  and click Open next to the one you want. Thanks, Mike ... View more

You can embed a Web map in a web page. From the ArcGIS.com map viewer (Map tab), there is an option to Share your map. One of the options available is to embed your map in another web page. You simply copy the HTML and paste it into your web page. You can't, however, embed an Explorer NMF file in a web page. Hope this helps, Mike ... View more

You might check the ESRI Data & Maps group on ArcGIS.com http://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?owner=esri&title=ESRI%20Data%20%26%20Maps There are layer packages in here that you can probably use. You need version 9.3 and above, I believe. I'm not sure these layer packages contains shapefiles, but if you need that, you can probably convert the data. Good Luck, Mike ... View more

Sorry, I don't have any date for you on when the functionality will be available. The technical side of making it work is not that difficult. It's the business side that's more complicated. How do we integrate with our back end business systems so you can buy it and so on... Thanks, Mike ... View more

Unfortunately, there isn't a way to add identify functionality to the embedded map. I agree that it would be a useful feature. Thanks, Mike ... View more

The iPhone app doesn't currently support turning on or off sublayers of a service. You can, however, turn the entire service on or off via the details of the map. Thanks, Mike ... View more

I suspect the REST endpoint of your server is not configured correctly. This recent blog post should help solve your problem. http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/arcgisserver/archive/2010/07/23/Why-don_2700_t-some-of-the-links-work-in-my-ArcGIS-Services-Directory_3F00_.aspx Let us know if this works. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Sounds like there is a problem with the particular service since you can't access it from ArcMap either. I'd try restarting that particular service through Manager or ArcCatalog. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Chris, LYR files can't be added to the ArcGIS Online Viewer. The only type of "layers" you can add to the Viewer at this time are map services that are hosted by ArcGIS Server. Thanks, Mike ... View more

Hi, You might get a better response to your question if you instead post it in the ArcGIS Desktop forum here: http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/5-ArcGIS-Desktop-General Thanks, Mike ... View more

There was an issue where packages were not being opened properly. This was addressed, I believe, in 9.3.1 service pack 2. However, I don't know how service packs relate to the Education Edition. Your best bet is to call technical support and have them help you out. Thanks, Mike ... View more

There is a technical reason and a non technical reason why you can't change the URL of a service. The technical reason is due to how we store services in our database. They are stored differently from Web mapping applications, which explains why you can change the URL an app. The non technical reason is that we decided that changing the URL of a service is a "deep" change that means it's actually a new item. We thought that service urls don't change that frequently. We thought that people might also expect that if they change the URL to the map service, then any web map that referenced it would automatically update. This is not the case. So we decided not to allow people to update URLs. Now, that's not to say we can't reconsider our decision...  You might see what other users think by posting your idea here: ArcGIS Online Ideas thanks, Mike ... View more

Chris, As a 9.3 user, you can upload and download files, like MXDs and LYRs. These files work as they do on your desktop. The person who uses them must have access to the data they reference. However, it can be a way to share these files with others who you know have access to the data. You can also add references to your services running on ArcGIS Server (if you have one). Yes, you do need 9.3.1 to create layer packages. Layer packages extend the above in that the data is included with the package so if someone downloads it, they'll get the data as well. Layer packages can only be uploaded and downloaded. There is no ability to "web enable" them at this time. Thus, layer packages don't take the place of ArcGIS Server. You still need ArcGIS Server to create map services that you want to view on the web. We are working on "web enabling" layer packages so they can be displayed as a layer on the web. When we release this feature, it will likely be a premium feature (for fee) of ArcGIS.com. Hope this helps, Mike ... View more

Hi Kirk, Yes, I am still around 🙂 To answer your question, you can't add your layer package over the map. It's not supported yet. It's something we're working on for a future release. Hope you are well. Mike ... View more