Overview
ArcGIS is a geographic information system maintained by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Because of the large amount of custom Javascript involved with displaying the ArcGIS platform, it can be challenging to capture all necessary pieces required to replay in Wayback. Due to the variability of individual ArcGIS pages, we strongly recommend running a test crawl and reviewing the results before proceeding. Unfortunately we are not able to devote engineering resources to individual issues with ArcGIS at this time.
Known issues
There are currently no known issues for archiving ArcGIS. For a full list of known issues for archiving various platforms please visit our Status of monitored platforms page.
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Scoping ArcGIS seeds
We recommend adding the following expand scope rule for crawling ArcGIS using Archive-It:
- Expand the scope of your seed to include arcgis.com. ArcGIS often hosts data on multiple servers/hosts, thus making it hard to find and implement a simple fix.
Running your crawl
- Crawl using Brozzler.
- Because expanding the scope can increase the amount of data captured, we also recommend running a test crawl before committing data directly to your account.
- After the crawl data has been saved, use Wayback QA on the archived pages if you notice any missing functionality.
You may be able to get a more complete capture of ArcGIS content using manual web crawling software like Conifer. If you choose to use this please keep in mind that, due to issues replaying the previously mentioned custom Javascript, we cannot guarantee Wayback replay of uploaded WARCs that include ArcGIS.
What to expect from archived ArcGIS content
ArcGIS content contains known capture and replay constraints. Because dynamic elements that require a user’s input, like maps that zoom in and out, will generally not work in Wayback, most maps will appear as a static image with no interactive functionality.
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