Adding data from ArcGIS Online

In addition to basemaps from ArcGIS Online, you can add other data from the web for use in ArcGlobe. Using the window that is launched from the command in step 1 below, a search function is provided to help you look for the data you are interested in. You can search, read about, and use various online data sources through ArcGIS Online.

ArcGlobe supports downloading and automatically opening the contents of layer packages, as well as map services, globe services, and image services when using this ArcGIS Online window.

If you plan to work with the ArcGIS Online web browser to find data (in other words, you have opened a separate web browser such as Internet Explorer), save the file you want to use for 3D display and open it in ArcGlobe yourself. Otherwise, the default ArcGIS for Desktop application that launches will be ArcMap when you click Open from the web browser. Layers such as globe service layers are not supported in ArcMap.

To add online data to ArcGlobe directly from the application, follow these steps:

Steps:

1. Click the drop-down arrow beside the Add Data button and click Add Data From ArcGIS Online .
The ArcGIS Online window appears.
2. Click Sign In.
As an ArcGIS user, you can use your Esri Global Account login to view your content or other group content whose access may be restricted to selected users.
3. Type your search term in the Search control.
Searches can include a type of service (globe service), an industry field (natural resources), a topic (forestry or population), the name of a particular group you want to join, and so on.
4. Optionally, click Details in this window to read the item description about the results listed.
5. Click Add in this window next to the data you want to add to ArcGlobe.
The data is immediately added to your globe.

A sample listing of the kind of data you can search and download available from ArcGIS Online.

Tip:

• Downloadable data on the site is in the form of layer packages and requires version 9.3.1 or later to open.
• Depending on the content, a layer package may take a few moments to download before it is added to the view.