Latest Contributions by TimWitt

Before you upload your data the first time add a field named, SYMBOL and for each point you have chose a name you would like it to show for this feature. For example for each feature that is a facility type "Facility" in the SYMBOL field. Now upload that layer. Once uploaded, go to "Change Symbols" for that layer. Under "Use:" choose "Unique Symbols" and as "To show:" choose your "SYMBOL" attribute field. Now you can assign a Symbol for each attribute and it will also have a meaningful name. Click "Done Changing Symbols" Let me know how that looks! ... View more

Sam, before you upload your data the first time add a field named, CONGESTIONS and add one sample point and write in the field CONGESTION. This means you will have a field named CONGESTIONS with a sample point which has CONGESTION written in it. Now upload that layer. Once uploaded, go to "Change Symbols" for that layer. Under "Use:" choose "Unique Symbols" and as "To show:" choose your "CONGESTION" attribute field. Click "Done Changing Symbols" Now when you start editing it should read CONGESTION instead of New Feature. Tim ... View more

Ken, Do you have a basic ArcGIS Online Account or an Organizational Account? If you have an organization account you can do the following with ArcGIS.com - You can host feature services. If you have ArcGIS Desktop, you can upload feature services that have more than 1000 features. Once uploaded you can make edits in ArcGIS Online and if you want to you can download it again as a shapefile. - You can upload tiled services. Before you upload it, via ArcGIS Desktop, you can label features. This also will draw the features quicker since it will be cached. - You can use the desktop operational dashboard http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/...ions-dashboard This is great in conjunction with hosted feature services, since this dashboard will update in real time whenever edits are made in ArcGIS Online. - Recently ESRI has released tools in ArcGIS Online that let you analyze features (i.e. buffer tool) and you can export the results. ESRI keeps adding things to that. - You can use maps in Microsoft Office products. http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/...aps-for-office - You can download APP's for your smart devices and do editing to feature services on the GO! http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/...apps/collector This in conjunction with the desktop dashboard's realtime updates is great. - You can setup your own ArcGIS Online webpage where you can host map galleries. I'm sure I missed a bunch more but that is why I personally like it. For more information look at the Tabs here http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline Again this is what you get with a paid subscription but also a free subscription offers some things that ArcGIS Explorer doesn't offer. For example when you finished making your map, you can click on share and "make a web application" out of your map. I think it really depends on what you would like to do with your map. Don't forget you can always make a map in either ArcGIS.com or ArcGIS Explorer Online and open the same map in the other program. Meaning you can make a map in ArcGIS Online and open it up in the Explorer Online. I hope this helps 🙂 Tim ... View more