Network Trace Add-in for ArcGIS Silverlight Viewer
network trace add-in
Today, without any coding, I created this web mapping app that performs network tracing. (Edit: to activate the trace toolbar, click the far right button on the main toolbar).
OK, I lie. I did spend a bit of time coding over the past couple of weeks, but the resulting tools: an Add-in for the ArcGIS Silverlight Viewer, and a Network Trace Server Object Extension can be re-used easily in three steps – without writing any code.
1) create an mxd that references one or more geometric networks, set the projection on the dataframe to web mercator. The network I used was downloaded as a file geodatabase from the National Hydrography Dataset.
2) publish the mxd as a map service, configuring it to use the Network Trace SOE.
3) using the Builder, create a viewer app that includes the mapservice and the Network Trace tool, configured to point to the mapservice.
If you’ve used Arcmap’s Utility Network Analyst toolbar, you may find this add-in tool familiar.
For more information on the Builder, see Esri’s Silverlight/WPF blog post.
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I am getting an error when trying to run the tool in your application. Do you have the source code available for the Network Trace SOE?
I’ve installed the fix, please try again. I haven’t decided whether to release SOE source. Family gets annoyed when I work for free. Suggestions?