Esri Maps for SharePoint

Esri Maps for SharePoint is one of the Esri Location Analytics products that provide data visualization and geographic intelligence for business analytics systems. The application leverages Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and 2013 to produce a geospatial view of an organization’s data using interactive and configurable mapping components.

Mapping with Esri Maps for SharePoint
Esri Maps for SharePoint is an application that requires either an ArcGIS Online Organization Plan or Portal for ArcGIS. There are three main components included in Esri Maps for SharePoint:


 * Esri Maps Web Parts
 * Esri Maps Locate Workflow
 * Esri Maps Location field

Esri Maps Web Part


The Esri Maps Web Part comprises two different web parts that allow a rich display of SharePoint lists, ArcGIS hosted feature services, and ArcGIS web maps on an interactive map. Both map web parts are able to add content from SharePoint and the ArcGIS platform, and support spatially enabling or geocoding data.

ArcGIS Map Web Part
The ArcGIS Map Web Part is the Silverlight-based web part. It is available in SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 on-premises. The following are some notable functions of the ArcGIS Map Web Part :


 * Apply ArcGIS Online, Bing Maps, or ArcGIS Server map services as basemaps
 * Share maps and layers on ArcGIS
 * Open web maps from ArcGIS Online
 * Present point features with heat maps and clustering
 * Add data on top of a basemap from SharePoint lists, ArcGIS Server, and GeoRSS feeds
 * View and export the tabular data to a CSV or TXT file

Esri Maps Web Part
The Esri Map Web Part is the JavaScript-based web part. It is presented in SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 on-premises. With the Esri Map Web Part, you can :


 * Add web maps and services from ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS
 * Share maps and layers on ArcGIS
 * Configure the map's appearance, layers, and other settings interactively
 * Configure and specify the pop-up window fields to display when the cursor hovers above map features
 * Perform route-based data analysis

Esri Maps Locate Workflow
Esri Maps Locate Workflow spatially enables SharePoint lists that enclose addresses, coordinates, or place-name data.

Esri Maps Location Fields
Esri Maps Location Field helps to add a column to SharePoint lists which displays the location of each list item on an interactive map.

What is New
The following are the updates and enhancements for Esri Maps for SharePoint version 3.0.1, which was released in October 2013 :


 * Localization support for 21 languages
 * Support for custom location types in the Esri Maps Locate Workflow
 * Geostatistical hot spot analysis

The following are the updates and enhancements between ArcGIS for SharePoint 2.1.1 and Esri Maps for SharePoint 3.0 in July 2013 :


 * The change in product name to Esri Maps for SharePoint, previously known as ArcGIS for SharePoint
 * Support for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 on-premises
 * Initial release of Esri Maps Web Part, a JavaScript-based web part
 * Support for Portal for ArcGIS 10.2
 * A new component, the Esri Maps Connect Workflow, allows external data connections via SharePoint Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
 * A Web Part-to-Web Part connection (Esri Maps Web Part to a List Web Part)

System Requirements
Esri Maps for SharePoint requires an account that is part of an ArcGIS Online organization and is supported on the Foundation, Server Standard, and Server Enterprise editions of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and 2013 on-premises :