Drag and Drop Data with the Click of a Button

2011-09-06

With the latest release of ArcGIS Online, you can now add shapefiles, text files (TXT and CSV), and GPX files directly to your web map. You can drag data from your computer onto your map or, with just the click of a button, adds it to your map in the ArcGIS.com map viewer or ArcGIS Explorer Online. Once you’ve added your data, you can configure pop-up windows and change the symbols.

Why not give it a try now using this sample data?

When you add your data to a web map, the ArcGIS.com map viewer and ArcGIS Explorer Online automatically add the location information from your file, draw features for each item, and store the information in the map.

You can try it yourself by downloading our sample .CSV from here National Parks & Wildlife and the Esri Topographic Basemap, Ireland which you can open on our viewer here. Once you have added the .CSV you can style and save your map.

In addition to the above-mentioned formats, you can also add Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), Web Map Service (WMS) layers to the ArcGIS.com map viewer and ArcGIS Explorer Online. Simply click the Add button and enter the URL to the service. The ArcGIS.com map viewer also supports the addition of KML layers.

You can share your data or saved maps in ArcGIS Online so others can find them and use them to create their own maps and mashups.

Get started today. Learn more about adding features to your map, or watch a short video.