Adding ArcGIS Server tiled map services

You can publish maps as tiled map services to the ArcGIS Server within your organization for use in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile applications (see Online basemaps for more information about tiled service). These tiled services can be used as basemaps within your mobile project along with other online basemaps (ArcGIS Online map services), offline basemaps (for example, StreetMap for Windows Mobile), and operational map layers.

When you're authoring a mobile project and want to add a tiled map service, consider the following circumstances:

• Can your field crew establish and maintain an Internet connection?
• Do the field devices have virtual private network (VPN) software? If not, you must establish a web server external to your organization's firewall that can be accessed from the field.

Note:

If you cannot ensure field connectivity, caching the tiled map service into a tiled dataset that field crews can use offline is a recommended option. See Creating tiled datasets for more information.

Adding a tiled map service to a project

Steps:

1. Create or open a project in Mobile Project Center. For details, see Creating a mobile project.
2. Click the Add button then click Basemap from ArcGIS Server.

   The Add Map Layers window appears.

3. Enter the server uniform resource locator (URL) in the text box at the top and click Connect.

   If you connect successfully without signing in, you'll see a list of unsecured tiled map services.

4. To view the list of secured tiled map services, click the Log In button .
5. Enter the credentials to access the server, check Remember Me if you want to save your credentials for future use, then click Sign in.
   Note:

   When your field crew opens a project with a secured tiled map service, they'll be prompted for credentials.

   Tip:

   To clear the credentials, click File > Settings on the main window of the Mobile Project Center, click the ArcGIS Server tab, remove the web or token credentials, and click OK.

6. Navigate to the map service you want to add to your project. For services located inside a folder, click the Expand button next to the folder to see a list of services in that folder.
7. Double-click the name of the tiled map service to add it to your project.
8. Repeat steps 6–7 until you've added all the tiled map services you need.