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ActiView for ArcGIS Server

ActiView for ARCGIS Server

ActiView for ArcGIS Server is a “soft product” developed by ESRI Ireland and available via our implementation services. Used in combination with an ArcGIS Server instance it enables you to quickly publish your business information onto a variety of basemaps.

Depending on your needs you can choose basemaps from ESRI Inc’s ArcGIS Online Services, Microsoft’s bing Maps (formerly Virtual Earth) or high quality large scale basemaps from OSi or OSNI.

ActiView for ArcGIS Server can be deployed on an Intranet or Internet however it is particularly suited to public facing Internet sites. It requires no plug-in and provides a front end web client that empowers your target audience to interact with your business information via a simple and intuitive interface that hides the complexity often associated with internet mapping.

You can;

  • Author your business data using ArcGIS Desktop in a WYSIWYG environment.
  • Publish that business data to an ArcGIS Server instance you may have or which ESRI Ireland can provide
  • Present your business information on a basemap of your choice
  • Use a geographic co-ordinate system of your choice
  • Use an address database of your choice
  • Easily view, browse and query your business information via the ActiView for ArcGIS Server web client
  • Embed the ActiView for ArcGIS Server web client in your own internet site
  • Link information on the map to other pages on your web site
  • Maintain performance regardless of data volumes by taking advantage of our server side rendering

ActiView for Google Maps is engineered using the ArcGIS JavaScript API it can be implemented as is or tailored to fit your specific requirements.

 

Server side rendering – maintain performance even when using large data volumes

  • Visualise masses of data points
  • Display highly complex line and polygon features
  • Use advanced symbology and labeling
  • Use either dynamic or cached data

Simple Functionality

  • ArcGIS Online, bing or OSi/OSNI map canvas
  • ArcGIS Online, GeoDirectory or Pointer address search
  • Zoom, Pan
  • Show business layer, Clear business Layer
  • Identify map feature and raise a pop-up
  • Location Report of all features found at a location
  • Web based submission of User information from map canvas
  • Hyperlink to associated information
  • List View of all Features on current Map Canvas
  • Filter List View by User criteria
  • ArcGIS Online, bing or OSi/OSNI map canvas

Intuitive Map Visualisation

  • Simple hyperlink style layer control
  • Intuitive minimalist map controls
  • Maximized map canvas
  • Pop-up list view
  • Active link between map canvas and list view

Intuitive Table Visualisation

  • Active link between map canvas and list view
  • Filter results by user supplied information
  • Results presented as hyperlinks
  • Support for hyperlinks to external pages
  • Active link between map canvas and list view

Website Integration

  • Pure JavaScript application, no plug-in required
  • Host application on your own Internet Server
  • Apply your own corporate branding via CSS
  • Embed in existing web page
  • Hyperlink to and from other web pages on your site

 

How do I prepare the information to be published to ActiView for ArcGIS Server?

ArcGIS uses a simple “Author, Publish & Use” workflow. Maps and Geo-processing Tasks are authored using ArcGIS Desktop in a WYSIWYG environment. You can create data by editing or import, symbolize that data using a comprehensive set of symbolisation options, label the data and determine at what scales it will be visible. Once you are happy with your map the project document or .MXD can then simply be published to an ArcGIS Server instance using the ArcGIS Desktop Publishing Toolbar. Once the map or task is published it  can be used by any ArcGIS Server client system.

 

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Can I use ActiView for ArcGIS Server if I don’t have my own ArcGIS Server instance?

Yes you can. ESRI Ireland provide a range of hosted options to enable our Customers host their ArcGIS Server map services on our hosted environments.

 

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What base mapping can I use with ActiView for ArcGIS Server?

ActiView for ArcGIS Server will operate against a wide variety of basemaps. In fact it can use any ArcGIS Server basemap. These include custom basemaps you may create yourself, commercially available basemaps such as bing Maps or ArcGIS Online service or web services from OSi or OSNI. As aprt of our implementation service we are happy to advise on the best choice of basemap for your particular needs.

 

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Can I use ActiView for ArcGIS Server on my Intranet.

Yes you can subject to appropriate licensing for the basemap. Information on licensing ArcGIS Online Standard and Premium basemap services including Microsoft bing are available here. Licensing for OSi and OSNI basemaps must be discussed directly with the provider.

 

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Is there a limit to the number of layers I can publish to ActiView for ArcGIS Server?

Technically there is no limit. However for practical purposes we recommend that you publish no more that 15-20 layers in a particular web application. Any more than this and navigation becomes a problem. Remember if you have more information you can simply create multiple ActiView for ArcGIS Server intances.

 

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Does my data have to be in a particular projection to use ActiView for ArcGIS Server?

No your data can be in any projection that matches the chosen basemap.

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I have a large amount of non spatial information associated with the features I want to map, how can I publish this information?

ActiView for ArcGIS Server is designed to be very simple, it allows you use symbolisation, labeling and the List View to present non spatial or attribute information. If you have a large amount of this information it is often a good idea to present it in alternative web pages and hyperlink to these from the map feature within ActiView for ArcGIS Server.

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