Latest Contributions by MichaelBell3

‎07-23-2012

I've asked this question once or twice before and had differing answers. Basically, my company is considering purchasing a publishing licence so we can view our maps in ArcReader. We're using ArcMap 9 and have a copy of ArcReader 9 on file, which we'd be intending to use. I've written some very nice UIControls in ArcMap, which I'd love ArcReader to be able to use. These controls don't appear to do much - there's a measurement tool (for measuring the size of an area the user draws) and my Google Maps tool (that gets the lat/long of a place where the user clicks and puts it into a shell command that goes straight to it in Google Maps). If I published a map to ArcReader, is there any chance these controls would be able to be passed over as well? It's not a particularly important or essential need, but it'd be nice. Thanks in advance.

‎05-02-2012

Just a quick question. The company I work for is looking at using ArcGIS Online, and updating the various areas we work on. Now, what I'd do is have a program that the user at each individual office can update and press a button. This button will output a new CSV file, containing all the site information and the coordinates as well. So traditionally, the user would then go into their map and put the new CSV file on. But - is there a way (probably through some hi-tech internet shenanigans) to automatically update the map? Something the user at each individual office can do, rather than have to log into the ArcGIS Online website, find the map and add the layer? Or is something like this going to become available when the ArcGIS Online for Organisations subscription lands (which would still be great)?

‎04-30-2012

The company I work for has just started properly looking at deploying more GIS solutions around the country, and we're looking at more mobile solutions. At the moment I'm stuck on which one to recommend. There is ArcPad, the full-flavoured goodness. It does mean that the maps can be saved to the machine directly (I've got an old version on my personal PDA) so no need for internet access, as we operate in areas which would have very iffy connection (and I don't know how much internet access costs on these things). I am hesitant about the cost, and the sheer amount of stuff that may bewilder some of our employees. The ArcGIS app is free and runs on everything under the sun, which is pretty good. However, it only runs content from ArcGIS.com I believe, which in some instances won't display all the data we need (due to the cap on the amount of points/shapes) unless we split it up. Also, worried about internet costs/connection. There is also, on ESRI's main products site, "ArcGIS for Windows Mobile". Could someone tell me about that and whether it needs to be connected? Basically, my main point of contention is whether it needs to be connected to the internet (either ArcGIS.com or an ArcSDE server). I'm going to look into some internet pricing for an Android as that may well be the route we go down for smaller contracts.

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Latest Contributions by MichaelBell3

ArcReader and UIControls

A way to automatically update maps?

Which mobile solution to use? (kinda vague I know...)