Work Offline
Build native applications with ArcGIS Runtime that can download maps for use when your device goes offline. View maps, search for locations and addresses, find routes between many locations, edit your data, and much more. Match your business needs to one of the offline workflows to maximize your productivity.
ArcGIS offline capabilities
- Maps
- Workflows
- Edit & sync
- Search for places
- Routes and directions
- Analysis
Take maps offline
Use maps when you have no network or cellular connection. You can cache imagery and basemaps for use offline or install/sideload your data on the device. Multiple formats are supported, such as shapefiles, geoJSON, geodatabase, and many others.
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Workflows that match your business
Use the preplanned workflow to plan map areas in advance then download optimized data to your mobile users.
Use the on-demand workflow to define the exact area of a map to take offline.
Use the services workflow to build apps that can download specific maps and layers, on request, to your device.
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Edit and sync
Edit features on the device when you have no network or cellular connection. Editing includes querying and changing the location, shape, attributes, related tables, and attachments of features. When connectivity resumes, edits are uploaded and synchronized with the server, keeping your entire workforce in sync.
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Search while offline
Use local data to search for locations (geocoding and reverse geocoding) while offline. Optimize data for a specific area that can be downloaded onto your users devices (preplanned workflow), or users can download data as they pan/zoom (on-demand or ad-hoc workflow). Use StreetMap Premium data for addresses and routes or use your own custom data.
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Get routes and directions
Get routes and directions while offline. Route solutions are generally faster because the data is on the device, eliminating network lag and bandwidth consumption. Download preplanned workflow, ad-hoc data, use your own data, or use StreetMap Premium.
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Analysis
Use ArcGIS Runtime to perform geometry operations. Add Local Server while offline to perform sophisticated geoprocessing tasks. A large suite of tools are available for performing GIS tasks, ranging from basic buffer and polygon overlays to complex regression analysis and image classification. Examples such as:
- Calculating optimum paths through a transportation network
- Predicting the path of wildfire
- Analyzing and finding patterns in crime locations
- Predicting which areas are prone to landslides
- Predicting flooding effects of a storm
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StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS Runtime provides enriched street data, powering an optimized and high-quality cartographic map, accurate searching and geocoding, and optimized route analysis. Maps are consistent across all regions of the world, and can be taken offline for disconnected use. If you need quality data fast, StreetMap Premium is the way to go!
Resources and Documentation
Licensing for offline capabilities
| Capability | Minimum license level [1] |
|---|---|
| View maps, scenes, layers, and packages while offline. | Lite |
| Edit features in mobile geodatabases and synchronize edits to feature geometry, attributes, and attachments from a mobile geodatabase to a feature service. | Basic |
| Load, view, edit shape files, geo-packages, local raster layers, ENC layers. | Standard |
| ArcGIS Runtime Local Server. | Standard |
| Analysis and geoprocessing. | Advanced |
| StreetMap Premium: offline geocoding, routing, high-quality cartography. | Works with all license levels with annual purchase of extension license. Free for development. |
[1] Learn more about ArcGIS Runtime licensing.
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