This document discusses considerations for designing maps and sharing content to mobile devices. It covers keeping map design simple, focusing on the user experience, and accounting for device and environmental factors. It also outlines workflows for authoring, customizing, and using mobile projects locally or web maps online. Intelligent web maps are presented as a new medium that can integrate services to simplify using GIS and enhance access and collaboration across devices through online sharing.

1. Sharing and Publishing to
Mobile Devices
David Cardella
@dcardella

2. Agenda
• Design considerations
• Authoring intelligent web maps

3. Designing Maps for Mobile Devices
• Keep it simple
• Project considerations:
- Goal of the project
- Short and long term management
of projects
• Design for your users
• Visualization, navigation, collection
and updating

4. Map Symbology, Fields and Feature Types
• Consider field user mindset
- Stressful environment
- Pretend no map legend
- Simple, clear, familiar to the user
• Exaggerate Contrast between map layers
• Use Scale dependency
- Drawing less is more
• Use annotation for text
- Labeling on the fly consumes battery
• Feature Types = Data Dictionary
- Keep the list short and focused
- Descriptive naming
- Simple Rendering

5. Device Considerations
• Screen size and resolution
- Form factor
• Memory and storage space
• Input method
• Battery life
• Connectivity
• Built-in and peripheral devices

6. Environmental Conditions
• Lighting
- Bright sunlight
- Low light conditions
Sunlight
washes out
• Temperature Colors
- Will your field staff be wearing
gloves?

7. Configure Field Projects

8. Mobile Applications Work Flow
Author/Publish Customize/Configure Use
Maps/Data Models Mobile Projects
Services
Maps/Data Models
Services Web Maps

9. Mobile Projects and Web Maps
• ArcGIS Mobile 10.0 COTS applications
- Use Mobile Projects on Windows Mobile, Windows
devices
- Designed for offline field applications
- Part of ArcGIS Mobile 10.0 Setup (Desktop/Server)
• ArcGIS for iOS, Windows Phone 7, Android
- Use Web Maps defined by ArcGIS Online
- Designed for connected field applications**
- Part of ArcGIS.com website

10. Mobile Applications Work Flow
Author/Publish Customize/Configure Use
Maps/Data Models Mobile Projects
Services
Maps/Data Models
Services Web Maps

11. Mobile Projects
• A mobile project includes:
- Map Content
- Tasks
- Capabilities
• Authoring Projects
- Mobile Project Center

12. Mobile Project Center
• Uses both local Cache content and/or
ArcGIS Server Mobile Services
• Configure tasks and map data using MPC
• Save projects:
- Locally
- On your server
- ArcGIS.com website

13. Mobile Applications Work Flow
Author/Publish Customize/Configure Use
Maps/Data Models Mobile Projects
Services
Maps/Data Models
Services Web Maps

14. Intelligent Web Maps Are the New Medium
Integrating Services (Data, Maps, Models…)
Accessibility
Support
• Pop-ups
Applications
• Editing
Web • Time
Maps
• Analysis
• Workflows
• Query
Services
Simplifying Using ArcGIS . . .
. . . Communicating Geographic Understanding to Everyone

15. Web Maps Can Be Shared Across Devices
Making Maps available to all
Windows
Phone Android
iOS
Web Sites
Desktop
Browsers
One Map Online
Services
. . . Enhancing Access and Collaboration

16. Web Maps Demo

17. Web Maps - Summary
• Uses online content only
• Configure map content:
- Using ArcGIS.com viewer
- Using ArcGIS Explorer Online
- Notepad
• Save maps:
- Into your Online Account
- Onto your ArcGIS Server
• Share maps:
- ArcGIS Online groups (everyone/select)

18. Thank You