As part of our tool series, this article will discuss a fundamental tool you may have never heard of, called the Minimum Bounding Geometry. I recently helped a client with a simple request. They wanted to have a polygon drawn around groups of points by an attribute value but didn’t want to construct the polygons […]
Author: Nick Lawalin
Nick Lawalin is a Solution Engineer for GEO Jobe. Follow him on twitter: @nicklawalin
Overcoming challenges when migrating from ArcGIS Online to ArcGIS Enterprise
As a follow up to my Reasons to Migrate from AGOL to ArcGIS Enterprise article. Today I am going to build off that and discuss some things I’ve come across migrating from ArcGIS Online to ArcGIS Enterprise. Depending on how tight of a ship you ran in ArcGIS Online and the amount of content accumulated […]
Cautions for Working With File Geodatabases in Shared Cloud Storage
When moving large data sources between servers and personal computers I frequently utilize cloud storage services, like Google Drive, to help facilitate the move. During a recent project, I ran into an interesting issue when attempting to move an unzipped file geodatabase that contained a large attachment table into Google Drive to transfer between a […]
Preparing for Change: Reasons to Migrate From ArcGIS Online to ArcGIS Enterprise
If you’re reading this article then you are likely considering if you should migrate from ArcGIS Online to Enterprise, and if it worth it for your organization. In my experience, there are a few things to consider to justify making the leap. Security Security is usually the number one factor driving this decision. It usually starts out […]
HTTP – Countdown to Breakdown
Esri recently announced that they will be strictly enforcing HTTPS on ArcGIS Online starting December 2020. If you are wondering, what does this mean and what to do next, don’t worry. Esri has put out full documentation describing what’s affected and how to remedy it. In addition, Esri Canada has also put out a great, […]
ArcGIS Data Store vs Enterprise Geodatabase
As part of my role at GEO Jobe, I routinely install and configure the ArcGIS Enterprise platform. This consists of ArcGIS Server, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Data Store(s), and the Web Adaptors. One of things I get asked the most during these deployments is, “What ‘is’ the data store and do I need my RDBMS […]
Understanding ArcGIS Enterprise and SSL
GEO Jobe has worked with many ArcGIS Enterprise deployments. Either installing or giving a helping hand. The latter usually involves a client that attempted to install ArcGIS Enterprise themselves. Which is great!
How to Optimize your Web Application’s Performance
Organizations, government, and business rely on their web apps, web maps and web services for their daily workflow. Making sure your web app is consistently up and performing well is critical to your business and important to your customers and perhaps for the public. GEO Jobe works with a number of agencies that rely on […]
Updating Secured Registered Services using Admin Tools
Admin Tools for ArcGIS Online is made up of many “small” tools that when chained together can do “big” things. Meaning that sometimes you may have to create a workflow using multiple tools to accomplish your specific needs. We’ve created a workflow for Updating Secured Registered Services using Admin Tools Pro. (Also, I would like […]
Admin Tools: Update Web Maps Service URLs to the rescue!
Recently a client of ours, who has been on ArcGIS Online for a few years now, migrated their data to a new datamodel. This, naturally, had a cascading domino effect on all the ArcGIS Online content they had created over the years. I relied heavily on our Admin Tools’ “Update Web Maps Service URLs” to […]