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ArcGIS Online Steps for Success
A Best Practices Approach
David Vaillancourt
dvaillancourt@esri.com
Web GIS transforms what we do
Improves how we work, integrate, and share
System of Record
System of Engagement
System of Insight
ArcGIS Desktop
ArcGIS Server
Distributed Services
Portal
Web Maps
Layers
Apps
Web Scenes
Leverages Existing Investments
Establish technology framework
Create a destination
Configure your
organization home
Your organization home
• Organization resources
- Gallery
- Featured content
- Public galleries
• Map resources
- Basemaps
- App templates
- Facilitate Search
Groups are building blocks
The first impression
Not necessarily for public access
• Appealing home page
• Featured gallery, with branding
• Featured links and resources
• Links to city website and Open Data
ArcGIS Solution templates for organizations
• Tailored to specific domains
• Follow best practices & trends
• Include:
- Platform (ArcGIS organization) configurations
- Configurable apps and map resources
- Community
Organize your
organization
• Access to resources
• Collaboration within the organization
• Collaboration between organizations
Groups help organize activities
Using Items
Add to your
favorites
Share in a
group you own
Favorites
For often used items, and your favorite maps and apps
DISCUSSION &
DEMONSTRATION
Add useful content
• ArcGIS services
• Shapefiles, spreadsheets, map templates, and more…
• Create new hosted layers as needed
Add existing content
Optimize for use!
Registering your ArcGIS services
(1) Add service
(2) Configure
(3) Save layer
Make your content discoverable
Organization gallery
Description and Tags
Groups
Thumbnails
Better thumbnails Location
hints
Graphic hints
Content hints
Hybrid
After you save and before you share...
Good Thumbnail
Concise Summary
Great Description
Good Tags
Usage Notes
Etc...
Ensure User Profiles
DISCUSSION &
DEMONSTRATION
Create useful
and compelling
information products
Maps
How we communicate geographically
Pop-ups
Consider the entire information product
Charts Images and Links
Formatted text
and Charts
Apps
Putting together the entire information experience
DISCUSSION &
DEMONSTRATION
Open Your Data
Open Data
• Built-in configurable application
• Uses content within your organization
• Group-based
• Multiple sites
• Serves data for
- Developers
- Contractors
- Businesses
- Citizens
Open Data
Example: My City Houston
Configuring Open Data
(1) Settings
(2) Enable Open Data
(4) Configure Sites
(3) Designate participating Groups
DISCUSSION &
DEMONSTRATION
Promote your
organization
Promote your organization
Documentation: http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/index.html
Blog: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/category/arcgis-online/
Online training: http://www.esri.com/training/main
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