[OKGIS] ARCREADER

[David W. Wheelock]

Hi Brett,
 
Oh yes.  ArcReader can directly read everything that ArcGIS can read,
geodatabase, personal geodatabase, IMS services, shape files, event
themes, tablular data, etc.  There may be something it can't read, but I
haven't found it yet.  
 
You don't have to publish any of the data to the PMF file unless you're
intending it for external or public users who won't have access to it on
your internal network.  Even then, if you were to use exclusively
internet based data sources, for example, IMS services, you could still
publish an ArcReader application for external users or the public
without including any data in the PMF.  I've created quite a few
ArcReader applications for internal users here at ODAFF and I've never
needed to publish any data with it in the PMF, or wanted to.  They all
read live data directly from the data source, whatever it is.
 
ArcReader is really awesome.  It employs all of the cartographic
functionality of ArcMap (Except for Maplex), so all of your
symbolization, labeling and layout features appear exactly as in ArcMap.
And all you have to do is be able to create a map in ArcMap and click
the Publish button on ArcGIS Publisher to do this.  You'd have to spend
ages programming in ArcIMS to achieve something this slick.  I can
create a new ArcReader application in just a few minutes.
 
There are a couple of drawbacks.  ArcReader is just as slow as ArcMap,
so if your map is slow in ArcMap, then it will be slow in ArcReader;
whereas, properly tuned ArcIMS is really snappy.  Also, ArcReader must
be installed on each user computer and all data source locations,
including mapped drives and ODBC connections must be set up on each PC
as well.
 
For ODAFF, given the number of high quality cartographic applications
I've been able to give to my users, and the volume of customized maps
that they can print for themselves, the $2500 pricetag for ArcGIS
Publisher is well worth the expense.
 
I've gone beyond your original question, but it looked like you were
asking an exploratory pre-purchase question and I just wanted to let you
know my experience.
 
Let me know if you have any other questions.
 
David



David Wheelock     Application Specialist     david at oda.state.ok.us 

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
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Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4298
Phone: (405) 522-5477 FAX: (405) 522-3590
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From: okgis-bounces at gis.gis.ou.edu [mailto:okgis-bounces at gis.gis.ou.edu]
On Behalf Of Brett Williston
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 3:36 PM
To: Oklahoma GIS Community
Subject: [OKGIS] ARCREADER


Can geodatabases be read by ArcReader without publishing them to .pmf
format?
 
Thanks in advance!
 
Respectfully,
Brett Williston
Systems Administrator
Rogers County Courthouse
219 S. Missouri 
Claremore, OK 74017
(918) 342-1362
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