[OKGIS] ARCREADER

Tue Apr 3 10:26:54 CDT 2007

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe that you can only
open maps published with Publisher.  However, the data it accesses can be
any type of data that ArcMap can read.  So, if I publish a map using
geodatabase feature classes, someone with ArcReader can access this
published map and the associated data.  However, ArcReader will not allow
you to add data from a geodatabase in the same way that ArcMap allows you to
add data.

Todd Fagin

Coordinate Solutions, Inc.

501 N.E. 15th St.

Oklahoma City, OK 73104

405.740.4324 (voice)

904.471.5548 (fax)

www.coordinatesolutions.com

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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: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:03 AM
To: Oklahoma GIS Community
Subject: Re: [OKGIS] ARCREADER

David,

That is some really great information! Thank you!

I have one question...

How do you open a geodatabase in ArcReader?

When I go to the "OPEN" button, it only searches for PMF files and does not
allow me to change this.

Thanks again!

Respectfully,
Brett Williston
Systems Administrator
Rogers County Courthouse
219 S. Missouri 
Claremore, OK 74017
(918) 342-1362

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From: David W. Wheelock <mailto:David.Wheelock at oda.state.ok.us>  

To: Oklahoma GIS <mailto:okgis at gis.gis.ou.edu>  Community 

Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:35 AM

Subject: RE: [OKGIS] ARCREADER

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
2800 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4298
Phone: (405) 522-5477 FAX: (405) 522-3590
http://www.oda.state.ok.us <http://www.oda.state.ok.us/>  

"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves, 
than by those which have occurred to others." 
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal> Pascal 

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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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