Creating a Data Package for Offline Maps

This topic applies to Accela Silverlight GIS which supports Mobile Office.

When you configure an integration environment for Mobile Office offline mapping, you must create a data package on the Accela Silverlight GIS server.

When Mobile Office users are online, they can check for updated data and downloads by clicking the Update Map Data for Offline Use button. When users click this button, Mobile Office finds the user’s corresponding Accela Silverlight GIS user group, checks the available layers for the user group, and then downloads all available layers.

Before the download begins, Mobile Office verifies if the map layer data corresponds to current offline map data on the Accela Silverlight GIS server. If there are updates to map layer data, Mobile Office downloads the data asynchronously.

All map layer data that is available on the Accela Silverlight GIS server is downloaded to the map layers in the Mobile Office offline map. After the download is complete, Mobile Office displays a confirmation message.

After you create a data package, you can easily incorporate GIS layer updates. To update a map layer, select the map layer and then click the Generate Offline Map Data link.

Before you can create a data package for an Mobile Office offline map, you must define an integration environment, set up a connection to a map service, and define user groups and their permissions. For instructions, see Integrating Your Environment, Setting up a Map Service Connection, and Defining User Groups and Permissions.

To create a data package for offline map use

  1. Navigate to the Offline Map Data Management page.

    The Accela Silverlight GIS Administration site displays the Offline Map Data Management page.

  2. In the Select column, mark the check boxes next to the map layers you want to include in the data package for offline mapping.

    You can also mark the Select check box in the column header to select all the map layers.

  3. Mark the check boxes next to the geocoding and routing service data that you want to include in the Accela Silverlight GIS server data package. If the integration environment does not include any geocoding and routing service, then these sections do not display.

  4. Click the Generate Offline Map Data link.

    The Accela Silverlight GIS Administration site downloads the selected GIS map layers and map data from ArcGIS Server and creates a data package on the Accela Silverlight GIS server. If Accela Silverlight GIS generates the data package successfully, the Date Last Updated field displays an updated date and time.

  5. Click the Finish button.

    The Accela Silverlight GIS Administration site displays the Integration Environment Settings page.