1. ArcGIS Online Best Practices from the Trenches
Lindsey Danforth
GIS Implementation Analyst
The Sidwell Company
This presentation is more geared towards organizations who cannot afford ArcGIS for Server
2015 Ohio GIS Conference
September , 2015 | Hyatt Regency Columbus| Columbus, Ohio

2. Hello! My name is Lindsey Danforth I love making web maps
I once used all available credits in a day
Had to beg ESRI to give them back
Vowed to get my revenge and master ArcGIS Online

3. Credits ArcGIS Online Entitlements
One Named User per ArcGIS for Desktop license
100 Credits per ArcGIS for Desktop license
Credits renew with maintenance schedule (1yr)
Additional purchased credits are good for 2 years

4. Credit Usage Credits used for Storage are the best
Tile Generation and Geocoding
Storage
Feature Services Storage
2.4 credits per 10 MB stored per month
Tile and Data Storage
1.2 credits per 1 GB stored per month
Other
Map Tile Generation
1 credit per 1,000 tiles generated
Analytics
Geocoding
40 credits per 1,000 geocodes

5. Credit Calculations Hard to estimate
Testing
Replacing
Collecting
Analytics
…changes daily/hourly
So watch daily credit consumption and adjust accordingly

6. Publishing Techniques
To save your credits!

7. Hosted Service Types Map Notes Feature Collections
Very small number of features or labels
Feature Collections
<1,000 Features
Hosted Feature Services
As it grows performance will slow
Max records for display = 1,000
Can use for complex labels*
Tiled Services
Added through Tile Packages!
Sometimes it makes sense to pull down data frequently from AGO.

8. NEVER* Publish as Tiled Mapping!
*only use this option if you need a tiled service immediately and you don’t have ArcGIS Server

9. Make and share a Tile Package
Uses your desktop to create tiles
Only uses storage credits
Enable Runtime Tools
Set your Extent
Share as Tile Package
Image format tips
Publish Tile Package

10. Publishing Large Datasets - Limitations
Add Item – AGO Web Interface
Limited to 1GB
Desktop publishing
Fails to publish “Packaging succeeded but publishing failed”

11. Publishing Large FS Datasets
Stage as Service Definition
Upload Service Definition GP Tool

12. Exporting Large Data Create Replica from REST endpoint
Separate the layers that you want with a comma "0,1,2...“
Set geometry type
Be sure to set "Return Attachments" to True
Sync Model to "None“
Data format to "FileGDB"

14. Fun Basemaps
Add Stamen Maps
Learn here!

16. Collector Strategy Use ArcGIS Online to make maps for Collector!
Supports
Related tables
Disconnected editing
Attachments

17. Collector Special Features
Track employee movements in the field
how-to link
Add custom basemaps for offline use
How-to link