1. Web Editing in ArcGIS for Server
Gary MacDougall
Ismael Chivite

2. Agenda The basics of Web Editing in ArcGIS Server
Web Editing scenarios
Typical Server Configurations
Q&A

3. Feature Services in ArcGIS
From simple sketching to sophisticated web editing
Web Browsers
Desktop
iPhone
Handhelds
And Tablets
Feature
Service

4. What is a Feature Service?3
Client renders
features
Added in ArcGIS 10
Designed for web editing
Push changes into the geodatabase over the internet
Also excellent for querying
Fetch geometries and attributes
Client renders features (Thematic mapping, maptips…)
Stateless, quick, RESTful service 1 2
Query
Geometry
Attributes
Add
Delete
Update 4
Feature
Service
Geodatabase
How Feature Services work?
(Simplified)

5. What are Feature Templates?
A shortcut to the things that people edit
Feature Template defines:
Symbol
Editable and read-only attributes
Default values
Preferred drawing mode
Authored in ArcMap, used by all clients
Structured data collection with an intuitive user experience

6. The Services Directory view
of your Feature Service
Your Map Service
It’s Feature Service
Templates

7. How to create a web editing application?
Prepare
your data
and templates
Create
Feature
Service
Use\Create
Application

8. Feature Service Basics Demo
Authoring the Map and Editing Templates
Publishing the service
Using it

9. Agenda The basics of Web Editing in ArcGIS Server
Web Editing scenarios
Typical Server Configurations
Q&A

10. Web Editing Scenarios Attachments Editor tracking
Ownership Based Data Access
Handling complex symbology/geometries
Disable geometry edits
Editing versions
Sophisticated Web Editing

11. Web Editing Scenarios Attachments Editor tracking
Ownership Based Data Access
Handling complex symbology/geometries
Disable geometry edits
Editing versions
Sophisticated Web Editing

12. Web Editing Scenarios Attachments Editor tracking
Ownership Based Data Access
Handling complex symbology/geometries
Disable geometry edits
Editing versions
Sophisticated Web Editing

13. Feature Service usage web editing patterns I3
Client renders
features
Render features in the client (Feature Layer)
Fetch all at once (Snaphsot mode)
Or as needed (On demand mode)
Subset of ArcGIS symbology
No more than a few hundred features in display*
Careful with large polys/polylines
Take advantage of maptips (popups) 1 2
Query
Delete
Add
Update
Geometry
Attributes
Feature
Service
Geodatabase
* Be smart about using scale dependencies, generalize, filter…
Render features client-side

14. Feature Service usage web editing patterns II
Rendering features server-side
Render features in the server (Map service)
Refresh map after every update
Features being edited displayed in client
Through FeatureLayer Selection mode
Full symbology
Many and complex features
Use MSDs whenever possible 1
Get Map
Get Feature
to be updated
& render 2 4
Get Map
Again
Commit
change 3
Map
Service
Feature
Service
Geodatabase
Render features server-side

15. Web Editing Scenarios Attachments Editor tracking
Ownership Based Data Access
Handling complex symbology/geometries
Disable geometry edits
Editing versions
Sophisticated Web Editing

16. Web Editing Scenarios Attachments Editor tracking
Ownership Based Data Access
Handling complex symbology/geometries
Disable geometry edits
Editing versions
Sophisticated Web Editing

17. Editing Widgets in ArcGIS Web Mapping APIs
Utility objects for speeding up custom editing apps
Template picker and edit toolbar
Template Picker
Attachment editor and Attribute Inspector

18. Sophisticated Web Editing

19. What is the Geometry Service?
Web Browser
An ArcGIS Server service for geometry manipulation
Enhanced in ArcGIS 10 & 10.1:
Offset, Trim/Extend, Reshape, Auto- Complete
Cut, Difference, Intersect, Union
REST interface only
Use in combination with Feature Service
To aid in editing workflows
Cut, Reshape…
Also validating business rules!
Geometry
Service
Feature
Service
Geodatabase

20. What are Server Object Extensions?
Web Browser
That’s how you extend ArcGIS Server
With new web services
To access fine grained ArcObjects
Implement business logic on your server
Accessible via REST and SOAP
Multiple applications for editing
Validating topology
Rebuilding network datasets
Implementing validation rules
Your
Service
Feature
Service
Geodatabase

21. The challenge is the user experience
Adding many tools is an easy and often unnecessary part
Build focused editing apps
The necessary tools, no more
The workflow drives the design, not the opposite!
Start by selecting the right client
Do not reinvent the wheel
Do not push the technology beyond its comfort level
Or your users!
Develop if needed

22. Internet Editing for ArcGIS Desktop tool
For sophisticated editing or ‘disconnected’ scenarios
A Map Service that you can edit from Desktop
Check-in/Check-out
Geodatabase Replication
Enterprise
Geodatabase
ArcGIS
Desktop

23. Summary ArcGIS Server 10 features built-in web editing capabilities
Enabling many exciting applications
Crowd sourcing, geocollaboration, web editing…
New Feature Service
Out of the box editing clients
ArcGIS.com Viewer
ArcGIS Viewer for Flex
ArcGIS Web Mapping APIs
Geometry Service and Server Object Extensions