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GeocortexEssentials 4.4Product Guide


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2015 Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Geocortex and Latitude Geographics are registered trademarks of Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. in the United States and Canada, and aretrademarks in other jurisdictions around the world. Esri and ArcGIS trademarks are provided under license from Esri Inc. Other companies and products

mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

(4.4) September 10, 2015


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Table of Contents

Accomplish Even More with Esris ArcGISPlatform 4

About Latitude Geographics 5

Why Use Geocortex Essentials? 6

Off-the-Shelf, Framework-Based Design 7

Core Components 8

Viewers Provide an Outstanding User Experience 11

Streamline Processes with Workow 14

Design Multiple Sites and Applications Easily with Manager 15

Powerful APIs and Open Architecture 16

Software Designed for the ArcGISPlatform 18

Spatial Application Infrastructure (SAI) 19

Supported Technical Environment 24

CityworksExtension for Geocortex Essentials 27

Product Features Summary 28

Feature Matrix 29


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Accomplish Even More with Esris ArcGISPlatform

You already know that ArcGIS is a powerful foundation for web-based mapping and a great way to visualize,

understand, question and interpret data.

This Product Guide provides a brief overview of Geocortex Essentials: a packaged, off-the-shelf software application

that accelerates real-world success with ArcGIS mapping technology.

Geocortex Essentials transforms the process of designing, building and maintaining web-based mapping

applications. It offers a proven approach that is far superior to custom development in helping attain your GIS

objectives. Whether youre delivering simple or highly complex mapping applications, by leveraging our feature-

rich, entirely customizable and fully supported off-the-shelf software product, you can:

Deliver effective applications and systems more quickly to end-users

Reduce uncertainty and improve ROI by effectively cost-sharing required R&D with many otherorganizations

Signicantly reduce the time, money and complexity required to create high-impact, customized

mapping and GIS applications

Eliminate ongoing challenges associated with creating, maintaining and supporting custom code on a

variety of platform types (mobile apps, websites, desktops)

Receive new and updated capabilities as Geocortex technology grows and evolves over time

Feel like the future of technology is working for you and not againstyou

Latitude Geographics has invested tens of thousands of hours developing web-based mapping capabilities so that

you dont have to reinvent the wheel. Quite simply: Why incur the time, expense and risk to develop what you can

license from us and for a fraction of the cost? You can create feature-rich and productive web-based mapping

experiences for end-users with minimal to no coding effort, all the while maximizing your existing investment in the

ArcGIS platform.

Please review this Product Guide; when youre ready to ask questions, perhaps request an in-depth product

demonstration and have a conversation with us about how Geocortex Essentials might be of benet to

your organization.

Please contact us at:

Web:

Phone (Worldwide):

Toll Free (North America):

Email:

www.geocortex.com

1 (250) 381-8130

1-888-578-5545

[email protected]


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About Latitude Geographics

Since Latitude Geographics rst introduced Geocortex in 2000, well over a thousand organizations around the

world have taken advantage of our off-the-shelf approach to deploying web-based GIS applications. Today, with

Geocortex Essentials, we offer an unrivalled product that is the #1 solution of its kind in the marketplace.

Our critical mass of Geocortex licensees continuously allows us to build new capabilities on an ongoing and

sustainable basis. We have vision and a clear product roadmap; our 140,000+ hours of R&D activities are among

the most ambitious in the business. We also provide ancillary offerings (e.g. support, training, user conferences and

regional user groups) that round out our product model.

We believe that being one of Esris Platinum Business Partners (representing the top 1% of partners worldwide)

speaks volumes; our work is good for our customers and Esri. Were devoted to adding new, compelling sources of

value to the ArcGIS platform equation over time as core Esri technology evolves.

Esri steadily develops new capabilities and offerings that enhance the ArcGIS platform, and our technology is highlycomplementary to what Esri creates. We also sometimes introduce things that arent on Esris roadmap at a given

point in time, but at all times were engaged in nding ways for customers to do even more with Esris technology.

Simply put, our focus is on ensuring maximum customer alignment with core Esri technology and approaches.

We believe we have navigated this path very effectively and sustainably over the years, and we think our 97%

maintenance renewal rate speaks to this.

Indeed, our guiding star has always been to keep our customers as closely aligned as possible with the core Esri

platform to protect and enhance their ongoing investment in Esri technology. Our experience is that this approach

pays considerable long-term dividends: upgrades are easier, youre better positioned to capitalize on new Esri

capabilities in more meaningful ways, and there are considerable cost savings and efciencies to be gained.

There are a number of ways to go about deploying the ArcGIS platform, and not all are created equal. Our

focus is on eliminating relatively short-term development inefciencies and gaps, while engineering for the long

term according to our proven Spatial Application Infrastructure (SAI) principles to avoid complications down the

road. Geocortex helps organizations get things done today in the real world, while ensuring you remain ideally

positioned to leverage what the future holds.


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Why Use Geocortex Essentials?

Esris ArcGIS platform provides all you need for many types of deployments. However, organizations sometimes

nd themselves contemplating custom development to meet precise requirements for certain types of applications.

A congurable off-the-shelf (COTS) product like Geocortex Essentials enables you to reach your mapping and GISobjectives faster and with signicantly less cost and risk than custom development.

Geocortex provides value in a variety of ways:

End-usersbenet from an effective, intuitive web-mapping experience while taking advantage of

innovative features that allow them to get work done efciently.

GIS professionalscan create powerful, productive end-user experiences through straightforward,

well-documented conguration instead of engaging in custom software development.

Developers can leverage the Geocortex Essentials platform, core elements and developer tools to

efciently create sophisticated, customized applications in less time.

Managers can deliver quantiable success with their mapping programs and provide a compelling

return-on-investment, with a substantially reduced risk prole.

Consulting rmscan jumpstart their customer projects using the worlds premier mapping

development foundation for the ArcGIS platform. By refocusing efforts, superior results can be

delivered faster, with less risk, and with better returns.


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Off-the-Shelf, Framework-Based Design

Geocortex Essentials is unique because it bridges the gap between pure out-of-the-box software and custom

application development. Rather than a one-size-ts-all solution, Geocortex Essentials provides packaged

development tools, key software components and universally-required features that organizations need whenimplementing web-based mapping applications. Also, Geocortex Essentials allows applications to be easily

congured through visual administration tools, which signicantly reduces the need to resort to programming.

Geocortex Essentials components are provided through an integrated Spatial Application Infrastructure (SAI). The

SAI framework features a variety of integrated pre-built components, an underlying data model, and infrastructure

and development tools. There are many advantages to adopting a framework-based software design, such as

increased productivity, a more reliable application and a shorter cycle time to implementation.

Figure 1: Geocortex SAI framework components


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Core Components

Geocortex Essentials offers the core components you need to jumpstart any ArcGIS platform implementation.

Production quality reports, non-spatial data, enhanced security and search features can be easily incorporated

into your applications. With Geocortex Essentials, you can print large-format, high-resolution maps with data andmark-up using print templates that you can easily author. Tailor custom reports to meet the evolving needs of your

stakeholders by using the report designer and search data from third-party systems not traditionally accessible to

spatial applications, enabling you to do more with your ArcGIS software.

Data Linking

With Geocortex Essentials you can link to external non-spatial databases, les or web services and embed this data

in reports, searches and forms. Data Linking also provides the ability to retrieve data from external data sources

and link it to attributes of spatial data, extending the reach and capability of your applications.

Charting

When we visualize attribute information on a map we gain a new understanding of our data. Charts also help usdiscover patterns and learn about the nature of the data. Administrators can congure data to display in bar charts,

pie charts or via a variety of line charts.

When summary charts are displayed in a Geocortex viewer alongside associated map features, applications can

deliver insight like never before. Charts are highly congurable and customizable: you can summarize and display

data in one or more charts that dynamically update as selections and results change.

Security

Geocortex Essentials includes advanced security features that provide you with the ability to grant or deny access

to specic components. Congurable authentication providers give access to users and roles stored in your Active

Directory, LDAP, ArcGIS Online, Google, or other stores you can take advantage of the security thats already used

by your organization.

Figure 2: Powerful charting capabilities


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Anonymous access enables users without logins to gain limited access to applications (if you choose). For example,

anonymous/guest users might have access to base layers and simple read-only workows without signing in,

whereas authenticated users may access protected layers and external databases, as well as edit workows.

Reporting and Printing

Manage normal or large format, high-resolution printing requests with Geocortex

Essentials. Template-based printing allows you

to create printable maps with customized and

out-of-the box layouts.

Template-based reporting enables you to

easily generate commonly used reports that

have been pre-congured by an administrator.

Each template denes a standard layout

for reporting a layers features, attributes,

linked and computed data. Save yourorganization valuable employee time, budget,

and resources.

Instant Search

Geocortex Essentials includes a highly-scalable, extremely fast, indexed search engine. Dene and index attributes

from multiple map services and feature services to provide an intuitive search capability across millions of

map features.

End-users will see search suggestions as they type, and results will be plotted on the map instantly. When listed,

search results are sorted by relevance the most relevant results are displayed on the top to help users nd what

theyre looking for.

Figure 3: Generate production quality reports

Figure 4: Indexed search engine


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You can also use Geocortex Essentials to customize advanced searches by creating your own search forms and

query tasks. Instant Search is an integral part of Geocortex Essentials for nding, displaying, and reporting data

collected through ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Online or external data sources. Greater search capabilities mean better

results when you need them.

FormsForms are a simple way to create interactive dialogs that prompt end-users for input through web or mobile

applications. A form designer allows you to add input items such as text boxes, auto-complete entries, date pickers

and drop-downs, then associate validation rules and control the forms layouts.

Workow Activity Library

The Activity Library consists of over 170 pre-built functions that help you avoid having to write thousands of

lines of code to do common tasks. For example, there are activities that perform buffering, geocoding, querying,

geoprocessing, routing, emailing and other activities that prompt the user for form inputs or to draw geometries

on the map. Using pre-made activities helps decrease the time it takes to get workows implemented for your

organization; you can also create custom activities and extend workows to execute whatever business functions

you like.


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Viewers Provide an Outstanding User Experience

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5provides simple, targeted mapping applications served on desktop browsers,

tablets and a broad array of handheld devices. For mobile users working in rural areas, Geocortex Viewer for

HTML5 can work ofine and still allow data edits, which can be synchronized with the back ofce when the devicereturns online. Access to base maps while working ofine is also possible by using Geocortex Mobile Application

Framework (available on iOS, Android and Windows) to run a Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 application.

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight delivers advanced mapping capabilities for organizations seeking to deploy

feature-rich, user-centric web applications.

Our viewers are fully integrated with other Geocortex Essentials components, are highly congurable and use visual

administration tools to make development, customization and upgrades easier. Our viewers offer the underlying

platform capabilities of Geocortex Essentials, while allowing the integration of custom/third-party widgets.

In the Ofce or in the Field, Online and Ofine

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 allows you to take data with you into the eld in areas without network coverage.

While working with map data ofine, you can perform geometry edits, collect inspection data and attach photos.

When you return online, the data edits can be synchronized with the geodatabase, so the updates are immediately

available to your collegues using Geocortex viewers on desktop workstations.

Figure 4: Map viewers across devices


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Mobile Application Framework

Are you deploying mobile map applications? We provide a framework so that you can create your own mobile,

ofine apps using Geocortex. The framework supports iOS, Android, Windows 7 and Windows 8 platforms.

Easily Congurable

No programming knowledge required. Using simple, web-basedmanagement tools, you can congure a variety of elements within the

viewer, including: map services, security, searches, non-spatial data sources,

reporting, printing, layer lists, workows, tools, the look and feel of the

application, and more.

Fully Customizable

Programmers can go beyond the conguration and get under the hood to

provide custom viewer modications. Enhance the viewers by adding your

own tools to the toolbar, create new widgets, or add third-party widgets.

Leveraging the developer SDKs of each viewer enables you to extend or

extensively change the out-of-the-box viewers, or integrate with third-partysystems.

Built-in Tools

Geocortex Essentials provides dozens of must-have features, including various

measurement tools, dynamic map tips, feature clustering, heat mapping,

feature hyperlinks and more.

Editing

Built-in features enable end-users to create new features, edit the geometry of existing features, modify attribute

data and much more. The editing tools are intuitive and include highly dynamic snapping capabilities. Users canedit data belonging to versioned geodatabase layers exposed in the application.

Reporting and Printing

Template-based printing allows you to run high-resolution, large-format (plotter size) print jobs. Custom templates

created using a WYSIWYG report designer can include a main map, legend, overview map, north arrow, corporate

logos or images, titles, copyright messages, mark-up and graphics, scale and projection information. You can run

reports for single or multiple features and export the results to .PDF or .CSV les.

Edit

Geometry

Edit

Attributes

Align To

Edge

Add Vertices

at Intersections

Edit Features

Select DeselectClear

Selection

Select Features

Delete Cut Reshape Union

Selected Feature Actions

Figure 5: Editing features


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Accessibility Support (WCAG 2.0 AA Compliant)

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 provides out-of-the-box accessibility support for end-users with disabilities. It

complies with the industry standard guidelines put forth by W3C, and perhaps more importantly it provides users

of all abilities with the best possible user experience. Innovative, unprecedented development and focus group

testing have contributing to making Geocortex an industry leader in accessibility within web mapping applications.

Integration

Bi-directional integration allows you to launch from other applications or have other applications launch a

viewer. The URL Integration feature supports a variety of options, such as zoom to a specic extent, or zoom to

and highlight a particular feature. Common types of integrated applications include document management,

permitting, assessment and other non-spatial business applications.


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Streamline Processes with Workow

Many business processes involving GIS operations can be modeled, streamlined and automated via workows.

Using Geocortex Essentials Workow technology, administrators can model and automate everyday GIS-related

business processes that end-users can follow through guided, step-by-step interactions with an application.Workow allows you to extract greater value from your geospatial data and make it truly work for you. It offers:

Better business process controlthrough

standardizing working methods and the

availability of audit trails.

Improved efciencyby automating

processes and eliminating manual steps.

Greater exibilityand ease of redesign

thats aligned with changing business needs.

Ease of useby guiding users through

a step-by-step wizard process for

accomplishing common tasks instead of

searching through a variety of unrelated

tools, commands and procedure manuals.

Organizations are using Workow to build simple, targeted, purposeful applications that focus on specic user

needs, and replacing traditional, all-inclusive viewer applications that overwhelm users with tools and features.

Geocortex Workow Designer is a desktop developer application that you can use to create a visualrepresentation of your workow. Using drag and drop, you can sequence a series of activities that represent a

business process.

Workow Enginemanages the client-server and human interactions in Workow. It is exposed to external systems

through the REST API as part of the SAI framework-based design.

Administrators can create workows using Workow Designer, and test the workows either during the design

process or upon completion using the built-in Workow Simulator.The Simulator provides a debugging

interface where administrators can supply values to forms, perform user interactions and step through the

workow one activity at a time while inspecting inputs and outputs.

Create custom activities and extend pre-built workows for most common tasks by taking advantage of the

Workow Activity Library, which contains interactive map functions as well as processes for common activities

like emailing, printing, buffering and geocoding.

Figure 6: Sample workfow


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Design Multiple Sites and Applications Easily with Manager

Geocortex Essentials Managerprovides you with tools to create and manage multiple sites. Everything that can

be congured in Geocortex Essentials (notwithstanding custom developer extensions) can be done through the

web-based Manager interface.

More specically, Manager allows you to create, edit and delete sites, consolidating control in one easily accessible

location. Rather than start from scratch, Manager makes it much easier to create and manage custom websites.

XML-based Congurationallows you to dene application settings outside of the source code. You wont have

to recompile your application every time there is a change to your data or tools. Conguration is stored in XML

les, which can be shared between installations and easily migrated between development, test and production

environments. The XML conguration is technology agnostic and exposed through REST-based web services to

serve both web-based and mobile clients.

Viewer Template Engine (VTE) introduces a way of managing viewers and acts as a technology-neutral platformon which to create them. You can build viewers as reusable templates that plug into VTE, giving you the exibility

to create viewers in whatever technology you want.

Workow Designer allows you to use Geocortex Essentials

to design and deliver reusable, cross-system workows that

combine spatial and non-spatial processing within mobile or

web-based clients.

Report Designerallows you to customize your reports by

creating and printing Report Templates. Creating templates

of commonly run reports will help your organization save a

signicant amount of time.

Web Managercollects all of the management aspects of

creating applications in one central location. Use it to create

websites that are based on an XML conguration model and

leverage the Viewer Template Engine from an easy-to-use,

wizard-style application. Compared to starting from scratch,

Web Manager makes it easier to create custom websites.

Manager also centralizes the capability to create, edit, and

delete multiple sites.

Figure 7: Site Manager overview


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Powerful APIs and Open Architecture

GIS- and web-based mapping applications are rarely self-contained and must communicate with other software

components within and outside your organization. Geocortex contains resources, operations and server-side

components that are intended to be customized by developers and are exible enough to meet a variety of needs.The SAI-driven framework in Geocortex Essentials enables you to integrate applications seamlessly and efciently.

All of the features that are delivered with Geocortex Essentials are supported by a rich set of documented

application programming interfaces (APIs) that developers use to build specic applications. The APIs provide

developers with bundles of prewritten code, saving development time and leveraging the framework architecture

to provide access to core components.

CLIENT

SERVER

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5

Framework API ArcGIS API for JavaScript TypeScript API

Geocortex Core

.NET API

ArcGIS for Server

REST API

Portal for ArcGIS

Portal REST APIGeocortex Essentials

REST API

.NET API

Geocortex Essentialsfile I/O

httphttp

http http http

ONLINE

ArcGIS Online

Portal REST API

http

http

XMLConfig

http

http

http

Figure 8: API interactions overview


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For example, you can use the JavaScript API to consume application conguration and access large-format

printing, or you can use the Silverlight API to connect to non-spatial databases with the Data Linking feature. APIs

can be used as standalone components to bring into custom applications you are building, or you can leverage

APIs within out-of-the-box viewer applications. When developing on top of Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight, for

example, you can access the Geocortex Essentials Silverlight API, the REST API and the .NET API to extend any part

of the platform to accommodate your business needs.

Geocortex Essentials architecture also includes an optional Services Enhancement Proxy to handle communication

with ArcGIS for Server, providing support for coded value domains in your applications and standardized

presentation of date and time data.

With the help of our resellers, we sell to organizations worldwide. We understand that every environment has its

own way of conducting business, which is why internationalization is featured in all of our products. Geocortex

Essentials is designed to be localized, which means that resellers can adapt the software to the currency, language

or date format of their choice.

Any site that you create with Geocortex Essentials will be a technology-neutral conguration of your GIS

application. Geocortex Essentials supports ArcGIS for Server (cached services, imagery services, feature servicesand dynamic services), ArcGIS Online, OGC WMS, WFS, WMTS, Open Street Map, Bing Maps and other map

services. A single map can combine map services from all supported services.

Are you currently using ArcGIS for Server and/or ArcGIS Online REST APIs to serve up your GIS capabilities? Why

not use Geocortex REST APIs to help serve up your applicationcapabilities?

ArcGIS Online

Hosted Services

Hosted Data

Web Maps

ArcGIS for Server

Map Server

Feature Server

Geocode Server

Geocortex Essentials

Security Integration

Database Connections Reports

Charting Search

Configuration Workflows

GIS Capabilities Application Capabilities

Figure 9: Geocortex serves application features


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Software Designed for the ArcGISPlatform

Geocortex Essentials has been engineered exclusively to complement Esris ArcGIS platform. It ts alongside your

ArcGIS for Server and Portal for ArcGIS deployments, and it shares information seamlessly with your ArcGIS Online

organization subscription.

Geocortex Essentials consists of a suite of components that can run on web servers, application servers, desktop

workstations and within web browsers on desktops, tablets and handheld devices.

The System Architecture diagram above illustrates the interactions among Geocortex Essentials components,

between Geocortex Essentials and components of the ArcGIS platform, and between Geocortex Essentials and

third-party products. All primary communication happens over HTTP. This is especially important when describing

communication between Geocortex Essentials and the ArcGIS platform; by interfacing with ArcGIS only via the

REST specication, Geocortex Essentials ensures maximum compatibility across various versions of ArcGIS software.

New versions of ArcGIS are readily and easily supported, ensuring that your Geocortex Essentials implementation is

compatible with the latest releases of Esris software.

CLIENT

SERVER

ADMINISTRATION

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5


Geocortex Core

Portal for ArcGIS

ArcGIS for Server

Geocortex EssentialsManager

GeocortexReport

Designer

GeocortexWorkflowDesigner

GeocortexLanguage

Tool

SiteConfig

ViewerConfig

RPX XAML LPK

Arc SDE

read

ArcGIS Online

ONLINEFile

GDB

edit edit

read

edit

edit

edit

http

http http

http

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http httphttphttp

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Figure 12: Geocortex Essentials system architecture


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Spatial Application Infrastructure (SAI)

Geocortex Essentials is architected to offer organizations maximum exibility with its Spatial Application

Infrastructure (SAI).

SAI provides organizations with the ability to speed up development and reduce costs while increasing GIS/IT

efcacy. It also provides a solid foundation for deploying purposeful mapping applications.

Evolution of Web-Based Mapping/GIS Applications

Following the 2005 emergence of simple, smooth consumer web maps integrated with search (for driving

directions and other relatively lightweight purposes) that swiftly captured public mindshare, the bar for web-based

GIS and mapping applications has risen dramatically. End-users recognized the power of simple applications to

help them get things done, in contrast to complex traditional GIS applications.

To date, the vast majority of web applications are still custom-built or based on templates that output a specic

application. The process of building a single application using a given technology at a given point in time is

relatively straightforward and has not changed much from the time maps moved to the Internet. This approach,

however, is not necessarily efcient or effective with regards to the way end-users expect to interact with mapping

applications today.

Expectations of GIS Consumers

The popularity of consumer mapping platforms illustrates how desirable it is for end-users to have simple,

successful mapping experiences. This requires effective design tailored to the needs of the end-user, with careful

thought put into:

Efcient workows;

Pleasing aesthetics;

Best practices in design conventions;

Consistency in the user experience across related applications;

Minimal barriers to access; and

Maximum performance.

While simplicity should be emphasized to increase the likelihood of end-user success, limiting requirements

to the most basic users cannot be the sole goal: the needs of more advanced users should also be met. Moresophisticated activities and analyses offer deeper insights and understanding, which often inform decisions that

have a powerful positive impact on the world around us.

Spatial representations of geographic information are clearly growing in importance, and GIS consumers are more

varied than ever before. This is why a one-size-ts-all approach for creating applications no longer works. Based

on the premise that the majority of end-users are more likely to be successful with a simple application, more

and more organizations are attempting to build targeted, purpose-specic applications that accomplish specic

objectives using a simple, uncluttered interface.


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The Challenge of GIS Producers

While the concept of purpose-specic applications is compelling, creating a GIS environment that can effectively

support such applications is very difcult. The way that web-GIS applications have traditionally been developed is

not as efcient or effective in supporting this new paradigm.

As illustrated below, deploying a mapping application using traditional methods creates a lot of custom code.

Whether this code is developed in-house, by a third-party, or comes by way of a purchased off-the-shelf viewer,

there is a signicant layer of custom code. Creating multiple, purpose-specic applications exacerbates the

problem.

These one-off applications:

Become difcult to manage and change;

Result in poor re-use and redundancy;

Are costly to maintain (extend and enhance) over time;

Lack standardization; and

Impose risks (due to staff turnover and usually a lack of documentation).

For very practical reasons, implementing purpose-specic applications has been very difcult. The technology

platform or infrastructure in most organizations is not well suited to implementing this approach, and user

productivity suffers as a result. While the needs of consumers of geographic information have evolved to expect

intuitive, simple, purpose-specic applications, the platform for delivering these types of applications has not

stayed in step.

Figure 13: A purpose-driven approach to mapping


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Geocortex and SAI

Implementing a Spatial Application Infrastructure addresses many of these problems for organizations. SAI reduces

the tension between delivering the kind of applications GIS consumers require and the resources required to

deliver those capabilities.

Geocortex supports an SAI approach by enabling organizations to build standardized applications through a

common platform. This platform adheres to the following principles:

Is technology agnostic/neutral;

Offers centralized application management;

Minimizes custom code. Instead of putting business logic into each individual application, it allows for

the centralization of business logic so it can be shared and reused by many applications, includingfuture applications;

Accommodates the evolution of applications over time;

Is extensible;

Emphasizes workow or task-driven applications over features, functions, and tools; and

Provides application documentation.

ArcGIS Online

Hosted Services

Hosted Data

Web Maps

ArcGIS for Server

Map Server

Feature Server

Geocode Server

Custom Code

Map Services

Integration

Database Connections

Reports

Charting

Search

Custom Tools

Workflows

Template or Custom Viewer Application

Figure 14: Custom code associated with traditional development


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The SAI approach is superior to the traditional, custom way of designing, building and implementing mapping

applications. Applications with signicant custom code tied to specic viewer technologies and exist independently

of other applications in the system require direct developer intervention to update, modify and test over time.

Geocortex Essentials allows organizations to easily and quickly adopt and deploy purpose-specic applications.

Custom code is minimized or entirely eliminated. Because Geocortex follows a path of least divergence from the

ArcGIS platform, organizations can be assured that, over time, applications they have implemented will not only

remain very relevant and useful to a wide user base, but will evolve in parallel with Esri technology changes.

The other, key aspect of Geocortex and SAI that enables purposeful applications is the power of workow

technology.

Traditional all-in-one applications are overly complex because they attempt to expose even the most casual user to

all functionality (whether needed or not). These applications are generally overly complex, with a myriad of widgets,

toolbars and navigation tools, and result in a steep learning curve.

The workow-centric design of Geocortex Essentials allows administrators to model and automate everyday GIS-

related business processes that end-users can follow by doing simple, step-by-step interactions.

ArcGIS Online

Hosted Services

Hosted Data

Web Maps

ArcGIS for Server

Map Server

Feature Server

Geocode Server


Security Integration

Database Connections Reports

Charting Search

Configuration Workflows

Spatial Application Infrastructure

Figure 15: The Geocortex SAI approach reduces the need for custom code


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Workow provides an approach to model business processes to improve efciency and increase ease of use.

You can standardize and easily redesign steps in GIS-related processes to your specic needs by designing and

delivering reusable, cross-system workows that combine spatial and non-spatial processing.

Users can interact with a simple, clean I want to interface, which can lead them through various interactions in

order to complete a task. Rather than a cluttered screen with complex tools that a user must rst memorize and

learn how to use, they are instead guided through the process, step-by-step.

Geocortex Workow Designer allows for a visual representation of workows, showing the sequence of a series

of activities in a business process. A powerful Visual Simulator allows you to simulate your workow as youre

designing it, providing inputs and inspecting outputs. An Activity Library creates custom activities as well as

extending interactive map functions and pre-built workows for common tasks and processes, such as emailing,

printing, buffering and geocoding.

Keep Up with the Pace of Technology Change

A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) includes metadata, a schema, standards and a framework. SAI can be viewed as

a subset of SDI, with additional thinking around addressing the inevitability of technological change over time and

potential complications that stem from providing improved, more targeted application options to end-users.

No matter how well applications are designed, costs and risk will often increase if they are not engineered as part

of a cohesive, structured approach to connecting stakeholders with geographic information and the ability to work

with that information.

Geocortex Essentials offers not only a beautiful, modern user experience, but it also addresses how these

applications are designed, built and maintained through the support of an SAI approach. Over the short and long

term, SAI enables organizations to better maximize the value of their overall technology investment.


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Supported Technical Environment

Hardware Requirements

It is safe to say that if you have successfully installed one of the ArcGIS-supported operating systems on your

server, the hardware will be compatible with Geocortex software. That being said, it is important to recognize theminimum hardware requirements as well as preferred hardware specications.

Hardware Component Minimum Preferred

Random Access Memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB or higher

Storage Drive (HDD, SSD) 1 GB 5 GB or higher

CPU 2 GHz, x64 2 GHz or higher, x64

Table 1: Minimum hardware requirements for a Geocortex Essentials server

Hardware Requirements for Instant Search

Instant Search can be optionally used with Geocortex Essentials installations; its recommended that Instant Search

components are installed on a separate standalone server. Instant Search is not CPU bound improving the

server s CPU does not signicantly improve the performance of Instant Search; however, you can improve the

performance by increasing RAM and upgrading the storage drive (for example, from HDD to SSD).

Hardware Component Minimum Preferred Notes

Random Access Memory (RAM) 6 GB 8 GB or higher

Storage Drive (HDD, SSD)

40 GB HDD 100+ GB SSD

As a guideline, the InstantSearch index requires about2 GB of disk space per 1million features. This ratiovaries with feature size.

Table 2: Minimum hardware requirements for a Geocortex Essentials server running Instant Search

Software Requirements

Geocortex Essentials relies on third-party software. There are multiple components necessary in order to install and

run Geocortex Essentials.

Windows Operating System

Geocortex Essentials is a 64-bit application built using Microsoft .NET technologies. As such, it may only be

deployed on Microsoft Windows 64-bit operating systems. The following Windows operating systems are

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Windows Server 2012 R2*

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard / Enterprise)

Windows Server 2008 (Standard / Enterprise)

Windows 8.1

Windows 8

Windows 7

* Geocortex Essentials has been ofcially Gold Certied by Microsoft for the Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.

Geocortex Essentials requires Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or newer.

.NET Framework Requirements

Geocortex Essentials is built on Microsofts .NET Framework and requires .NET Framework 4.5 or newer.

ArcGIS for Server

Geocortex Essentials can work exclusively with ArcGIS Online or with Portal for ArcGIS. When using Geocortex

Essentials with ArcGIS for Server, the following versions are currently supported (including ser vice packs and

revisions):

ArcGIS for Server 10.3.1

ArcGIS for Server 10.3








Portal for ArcGIS

Geocortex Essentials can use public and private content in ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS. Current versions of

ArcGIS Online are supported. When using Portal for ArcGIS, the following versions are supported (including service

packs and revisions):

Portal for ArcGIS 10.3.1 and 10.3: Required for secured content and sign-in to Manager using Portal for

ArcGIS accounts.

Portal for ArcGIS 10.2.x: Supports unsecured content only. Does not support signing into Manager

using Portal for ArcGIS accounts or securing sites using Portal for ArcGIS.


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Desktop Browser Support

Geocortex viewers are tested and can be used on:

Internet Explorer 8.0+ (11.0 is recommended)

Mozilla Firefox (current version recommended)

Google Chrome (current version recommended)

Mobile Browser Support

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 is tested and recommended for use on:

Safari on iOS 7

Chrome on Android

Online Help & Tutorials

Online help and tutorials for Geocortex Essentials developers, administrators and users are provided through the

Geocortex Support Center, which includes a discussion forum for you to post questions and suggestions.


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CityworksExtension for Geocortex Essentials

Cityworks customers expressed a need for lightweight, targeted applications that allow key tasks to be performed

quickly and easily, even with little or no knowledge of Cityworks software.

The Cityworks Extension for Geocortex Essentials satises this need with workow-based applications that unify

Geocortex, Esri and Cityworks functionality in a clear, guided interaction.

The workow-centric approach allows Cityworks Extension for Geocortex Essentials to operate with both Geocortex

Viewer for HTML5 and Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight.

The Cityworks Extension for Geocortex Essentials enables customers to create and manage Cityworks-integrated

targeted applications for citizens, eld crews and ofce operations.

Figure 16: Cityworks Extension for Geocortex Essentials


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Product Features Summary

The following provides a high-level summary of the product features of Geocortex Essentials, including Geocortex

Viewer for HTML5, Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight and Geocortex Workow technology.

In the interests of space, many features have not been listed or described in this Product Guide.

Please have a conversation with your Account Manager to discuss your requirements and whether theyd be

met through current offerings, features on our development road map, contracted core product development,

workow conguration or custom professional services.

Deploy Fast, Lightweight and Powerful Web and Mobile Viewers with HTML5

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 is versatile and extremely powerful. Applications can target desktop, tablet and

smartphone devices concurrently. When coupled with Geocortex Mobile Application Framework, Geocortex

HTML5 technology supports disconnected use for ofine editing scenarios. While many capabilities are highly

congurable, custom development is easily achieved using a TypeScript-based API with extensible HTML5 and

JavaScript frameworks.

Build Rich Intranet or Internet Web-GIS Viewers with Silverlight

Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight is established, feature-rich and extremely congurable. Customization is achieved

through the Microsoft Silverlight API, ArcGIS API for Silverlight and Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight SDK.

Plan for the Future

Both viewer options provide a deep array of features and capabilities: Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight boasts a

plethora of features and a highly sophisticated toolset, and Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 is the focus of all new

feature development.

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Geocortex Viewer for Silverlight (GVS) features

Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 (GVH) features

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TODAY FUTURE

Figure 17: Relative comparison of out-of-the-box tools & features


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Feature Matrix

The matrix on the following pages can help you further evaluate Geocortex HTML5 and Silverlight technologies.

Many organizations choose to deploy both HTML5 and Silverlight to solve a variety of business needs. Geocortex

enables sharing components between these technologies to eliminate overhead and redundancy.

Before you dive in.

When contemplating the matrix, please consider the following:

This is simply a comparison of viewer features; it doesnt consider architecture or deployment, and it doesnt take

into account the depth (richness, usability, congurability, etc.) to which a given feature has been implemented.

Also, its not exhaustive there are features not listed, and there are cer tainly capabilities and benets of the

broader Geocortex Essentials product that arent addressed at all. In other words, were exclusively focusing on

the viewer aspect of Geocortex Essentials here, and there are many other aspects to consider before choosing an

implementation technology and approach. With that said, have a look and please get in touch at any time if you

have questions.

Environment & Architecture

Framework ArchitectureCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5

Silverlight HTML5 End 2015

XML-based and XML-congurable

Conguration inheritance to eliminate duplicated settings across applications

GUI Application Builder

Manage multiple applications from single installation

Remote conguration and deployment

Technology-agnostic conguration model

Services oriented architecture (REST web services)

Support for mobile (smartphone & tablet-based) workows

Exclusive to this viewer


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Management ToolsCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Separate administrative web application

Easy to use, web-based conguration pages

Manage map resources / map services

Manage layer settings

Manage application settings (attributes / elds, layer reports, databaseconnections, etc.)

Manage feature layer symbology

Manage multiple technologies / viewers at once

Device SupportCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Support for desktop browsers on Windows and Mac OS X

Use the same application on a variety of popular devices

Support for iPhones and iPads

Support for Android smartphones and tablets

Integrate handheld device capabilities (such as cameras)

Browser SupportCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Internet Explorer 8-11 on Windows

Firefox on Windows

Chrome on Windows

Safari on Mac OS

Safari on iOS 7 & 8

Chrome on Android 4+

Microsoft Edge on Windows



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Online & OfineCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


View data in connected and disconnected environments

Store cached base maps and feature layers on handheld devices

Edit features ofine, and synchronize with back-ofce when online

Support for ofine/disconnected apps on iOS 7 and iOS 8 devices

Support for ofine/disconnected apps on Windows 7 and Windows 8 devices

Support for ofine/disconnected apps on Android 4+ devices

SecurityCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Secure applications based on users and roles

Fine-grained user-level authorization on map services, feature services, layers,layer themes, reports, charts, data links, feature hyperlinks, workows, and print

templates

Active Directory / LDAP / SQL Server integration or simple XML-based

authentication

Support for Active Directory Federation Services

Single Sign-On using Windows Authentication

Enable anonymous / guest access

Sign-in and sign-out links

Support for ArcGIS for Server secured map services

Support for ArcGIS Online secured content

Support for Portal for ArcGIS secured content



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Application IntegrationCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Launch from selected features to external applications

Embed map in third-party applications, highlight features from external systems

Invoke viewer commands from third-party applications

Listen to viewer events from third-party applications

Support for launching external maps (Google StreetView, Bing Maps, etc.)

Support for bi-directional navigation with viewer and Bing or Google StreetView

Support for bi-directional navigation with viewer and Pictometry

Links to share URL and state with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+

Link to share URL and state via email

URL Parameters Current Version Upcoming HTML5Silverlight HTML5 End 2015

Pass parameters / instructions to the viewer on startup

Zoom to extent / identify / query / search

Developer APIsCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Documented, backward-compatible APIs

Microsoft .NET Server-side API

Extensible REST API

Extensibility framework

JavaScript Integration API (enable bi-directional communication between theviewer and third-party applications)

Clean separation of business logic and UI

MVVM (Model View ViewModel) design

Source code available for UI components (pages, CSS, images, etc.)

SDK documentation and samples

TypeScript-based Essentials API

Extensible HTML5 and JavaScript framework

ArcGIS API for JavaScript

Microsoft Silverlight API

ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight

Silverlight viewer SDK based on Microsoft PRISM architecture



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LoggingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


System event and application usage logging

Performance monitoring and system statistics

InternationalizationCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Viewer and management UIs internationalized for foreign language support

Toolkit / documentation resources for translators

Esri & Mapping

Map Service / Layer Types SupportCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


ArcGIS for Server dynamic, tiled, feature, raster and image services

Bing Maps layers

OGC WMS layers (visualization)

OGC WMS layers (identify support)

OGC WFS layers (nd, identify and query support - not visualization)

OGC WMTS layers

Graphics and feature layers

Image and raster layer identify support

GeoRSS layers (including point-, line- and polygon-based layers)

OpenStreetMap layers

General web tile layer

Custom layer types

Graceful handling of intermittently available services

KML layers

ArcGIS for Server time-aware layers

Manage a catalog of dynamic layers (with ArcGIS for Server 10.1+)



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ArcGIS Online & Portal for ArcGIS SupportCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Search for Web Maps and services hosted on ArcGIS Online

Search for Web Maps and services hosted on Portal for ArcGIS

Reference ArcGIS Online Web Maps within applications

Reference Portal for ArcGIS Web Maps within applications

Override ArcGIS Online Web Map settings to enhance capabilities

Access to secured ArcGIS Online and Portal content using OAuth2

Sign-in using ArcGIS Online or Portal identity

Map Service FunctionalityCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


View multiple, concurrent services (mash-ups)

Render client-side graphics

Control map service and layer visibility and transparency

Control scale dependency of basemaps

Toggle map contents in bulk by switching between layer themes

Dynamically switch basemaps

Group multiple services together into a single basemap

Support for feature heat maps

Support for feature clustering

Apply eld-based weighting to heatmaps

Support legends for heatmaps and clusters

Specify time extent on time-aware layers with time sliders

Dynamically symbolize layers based on attributes with class breaks and uniquevalue renderers

Dynamically modify layer labels - choose elds, fonts and styling

Automatically update layers on congured intervals



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Tools & Features

Map ControlCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Tile-based maps

Zoom animations

Continuous panning

World wrap-around support (continuous panning around dateline)

Keyboard navigation

Congurable on-map display of copyright information and attribution

Right-click context menu

NavigationCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Full & initial extent commands

Zoom to layer extent

Scale slider / zoom level

Zoom and pan tools

Previous / next extent buttons

Bookmarks / jump to extent

Save bookmarks on the end-user workstation

Save bookmarks on the server Mouse wheel zoom / double-click zoom

Keyboard arrows for panning

Automatically pan when tools are used close to the edge of the map

Interactive overview map

Zoom and pan with hand gestures

Zoom to current user location using GPS, WiFi or IP

Follow current user location using GPS, WiFi or IP

Track current user location using GPS, WiFi or IP

Scale input box



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Widgets & ControlsCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Base map toggle control

Scale bar

Bookmarks / jump to extent

Map tips / pop-ups (hover on top of features for data)

Status indicator

Mouse coordinates (XY location of mouse)

Aerial imagery basemap time slider

Scale slider

Time sliders for time-aware layers

Ratio scale information and input box

Right-click context menu

Interactive overview map

Layer List / TOCCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Toggle map service and layer visibility

Control map service transparency

Control layer transparency

Organize and re-order layers and services into a custom structure with folders

Show symbols for layers inline, or in a separate panel

Option to hide symbols for non-visible layers

Standalone legend viewer

Respect group layers and congure group layer behavior

Respect map service layer visibility

Display graphics layers

Layer name aliasing

Zoom to layer scale / layer extent

Toggle visibility of layer labels

Filter / search for layers

Symbolize uploaded graphics layers

Group multiple layers into a single composite layer to toggle visiblity of multiple

layers at once

Support radio button style layer visibility so only one layer can be visible at a

time within a group



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Application Interface / LayoutCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Dynamic, explorable UI hides and shows relevant components when needed

Congurable welcome / intro panel describes application purpose

Completely customizable wireframe-based layout

Congurable themes (colors and fonts)

Congurable banner, title page, toolbar, legend

Precongured toolbar options for full functionality

Quick Google-style search box in banner

Multiple toolsets (tool boxes)

I Want To Menu

Resizable data frame supporting multi-view controls

Tabular report frame

Congure data region and reporrt region width and heigh using percentage

values

Maximize report frame to cover map

Multiple views to support a variety of form factors (desktop view, tablet view, and

handheld view)

Accessibility (WCAG 2.0 AA Compliance) for users with disabilities

Complete keyboard interface navigation and keyboard tool usage support

Complete screen reader support

Application footer with congurable hyperlinks

Compact toolbar option for applications with a small number of tools

Multi-tool element for grouping tools that support multiple shapes

Context-sensitive toolbars that display when specic tools are activated

Launch page, listing multiple sites

Floating panels and dockable window behavior

Right-click context menus



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Identify / SelectionCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Identify tool

Identify by rectangle

Identify by polyline

Identify by polygon

Select from multiple layers simultaneously

Zoom to selection

Launch reports and actions from identify results

Buffer identify results

Congurable map tips / pop-ups

Map tips drill down through multiple layers/features

Identify by radius, point, rectangle, polyline, freehand polygon, circle and oval

Identify by radius

Identify by freehand polygon

Identify by circle

Identify by oval

Choose identiable layers

Buffer identify / select tools

Store selected sets

Maintain multiple selected sets

Union selected features / clear selected features

Toggle selection highlighting, and buffer selection

Launch reports and actions from selection



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Search / FindCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Index-based instant search results

Routinely scan map services and feature services for data to index

Sort search results by relevance to search term

Automatically and instantly display search results on the map

Display search hints while the user is typing

Congurable, sophisticated searches

Search through one or more layers

Dene simple or advanced queries with the dynamic query builder

Filter features in layers based on queries

Congurable search input forms

Geocode address / intersection

Support multi-line geocoders

Support secured geocode services

Reverse geocode (nd address at location)

Locate lat / long, and locate coordinate

Search non-spatial data

Query non-spatial data with Query Builder

Displaying Attribute DataCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Interactive feature list, details and tabular views

Dynamic list / table paging and sorting

Congurable map tips / pop-ups

Feature labels and descriptions for readability

Enhanced feature display including basic HTML markup

Display external images associated with features

Attribute aliasing and attribute visibility settings

Hyperlink attribute values

View results for multiple layers simultaneously

Congurable per-feature hyperlinks (to external content)

Launch feature report

Display data from ArcGIS for Server Relationship Classes

Display / download feature attachments

Display coded value domains

Verify hyperlinks before displaying to user



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Markup / DrawingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Markup by Point, Line / Polyline and Freehand Line

Markup by Rectangle, Polygon, Circle, Oval and Arrow

Markup by Freehand Polygon

Markup by Text / Angled Text

Move markup, and vertex of markup

Fill / line / point type, text color and transparency

Boundary color / width / type / transparency

Extract markup to Shapele

XY Coordinate Markup

Add Feature Label Markup

Undo and redo markup actions

Analysis ToolsCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Measurement tools

Measure line / measure area

Measure rectangle, circle, oval, freehand line and freehand polygon

Change measurement units

Display measured perimeter List shape measurements in a tabular grid

Display linear segment angle and bearing

Export shape measurements to CSV

Zoom-to-coordinate tools

Plot coordinates in map units / DD / DMS

Re-project coordinates

GeoprocessingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Execute ArcGIS geoprocessing task / model

Prompt user for inputs to geoprocessing task

Fine-control of geoprocessing outputs (layers, features, etc.)



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ReportingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


WYSIWYG Report Designer

Multiple output formats (PDF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, CSV)

Display external, non-spatial data

Display graphs, charts and calculated values

Display map images of features, and photos

Congure multiple reports per layer

WorkowsCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Business process modeling and automation tools

Drag-and-drop workow designer

Design-time simulation for testing workow functionality

Library of over 200 pre-built functions

Human interaction with input forms automatically generated

Dynamic forms show and hide inputs based on user selections

ChartingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Conguration of multiple charts on a layer-by-layer basis

Support for pie charts

Support for linear charts (scatter plot, line, bar, spline, etc.)

Display of chart for a collection of features

Display multiple charts at once

Display a chart for an individual feature

Congure which chart(s) to display

Congure chart styling (colors, legend, titles, fonts, etc.)

Zoom in on chart controls Bi-directional integration between chart components and the map



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EditingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Editing of features belonging to a spatial feature class

Create spatial features (points, polylines, polygons)

Create point-based features using geolocation/GPS

Move / modify / delete spatial features and vertices

Edit feature attributes one feature at a time

Add attachments to features

Use subtypes, domains and eld validation feature editing forms

Add, edit and delete related records associated with editable feature layers

Union and cut geometries

Union and cut geometries APIs

Snapping

Edit feature attributes within a data grid

Align polygon edges with the edges of other features

Create polygon vertices at intersections of two features

Choose editable object from overlapping features on the same layer

PrintingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


WYSIWYG Print Template Designer

Multiple print templates (e.g., 8.5x11, 11x17, A4)

Support for large format, high resolution (e.g., 36x44 at 1200dpi)

User congurable images and text components

User congurable resolution / scale

User congurable grid / graticule

Multiple output formats (PDF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP)

Print Template components including Overview Map, Legend, Markup, Selections,

Highlights, North Arrow, Scale Bar, Graticules, Scale, Projection, Date/Time andothers

Printing support for heatmaps

Printing support for clusters

Dynamic print area preview



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Save / Open ProjectCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Save current application information

Save feature selections

Save graphics / markup / drawings / map extent / map service visibility &

transparency

Save layer visibility

Share projects with URL

Save project les privately (dont share with others)

Open previously saved projects

Filter between private, public and all saved projects

Download saved project les

Choose group-level and user-level permissions for saved projects

Manage saved projects on the server

Download / Extract DataCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Extract feature geometry and data workow (clip, zip & ship)

Extract features to Shapele / File GeoDatabase (GDB) / CAD formats

Extract raster data to a variety of raster formats

Clip geometry to current extent, or user-dened geometry

Extract / copy map image

Extract feature attributes to excel les (XLSX and CSV)

Extract markup to Shapele

Upload / Import DataCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Attach les and images to features from mobile devices

Upload Shapele to dynamic graphics layer

Upload CSV le to dynamic graphics layer

Upload address le (Excel or CSV) and plot resulting points on map

Search and identify data in uploaded layers

Search, discover, dynamically add WMS layers, ArcGIS for Server map servicesand feature layers



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Data LinkingCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Connect layer features to external, non-spatial data sources

Support for all ADO.NET data sources (Oracle, SQL Server, XML les and others)

One-to-one and one-to-many relationships

Many-to-many and many-to-one relationships

Display data links in dynamic list report / table report

End-User Help SystemCurrent Version Upcoming HTML5


Help framework enabling pluggable help content

Context-sensitive help topics

Tutorials for beginners and non-GIS users



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