You'll need to provide a name for your service and the connection information for the server on which it will be published. Complete a short wizard that helps you create a draft service.Click File > Share As > Service from the main menu.When you're ready to share your map, you don't have to leave ArcMap. If this is the case, you can focus your cartographic design on those particular scales. You might also consider that the map service could be cached, or predrawn at certain scales, for fast performance. When you design your map services, you need to consider that they might overlay other map services with different colors, patterns, and resolutions of data. Your design process begins in ArcMap, using the same cartographic tools you're already familiar with.
Before you can share your information on the web, you need to design a few maps that you can make available as services. Websites can use your map services through the URL, or web address, of your server. Design and share your map servicesĪn ArcGIS Server map service takes a map that you've created in ArcMap and makes it available to a web audience. Here's a summary of the above steps, with some links to more detailed help. Make a web application using a web app template or Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS.Make a web map in an ArcGIS organization.If you've only worked with ArcGIS Desktop in the past, you may wonder what process you have to follow to get your data into a compelling web map that actually tells a story. These maps share information, not just data. They may explain where people are buying homes, where sea surface temperature is changing, or where elephants travel in the summer. The most compelling web maps "tell stories" about trends and patterns over geographic space.