GEOG 583
Geospatial System Analysis and Design

ArcGIS Hub

ArcGIS Hub 

Server options are great for housing geospatial data and making it available either in an enterprise system or for public availability. Several FOSS options are available, as outlined in Steiniger (2012), including GeoServer, MapServer, FeatureServer, QGIS Server.

ESRI also has a server/data hub option called ArcGIS Data Hub, which has been used in a variety of disciplines for storing data and making it publicly available. The ArcGIS Hub portal is also integrated with ExperienceBuilder and Survey123. ArcGIS Hub allows the public to have open access to data, facilitates sharing open data, and makes data accessible for download.

The Gulf of Mexico Alliance has produced a ArcGIS Hub for sharing water quality data of the Gulf of Mexico oceans.

Homepage for ArcGIS hub, consisting of circles named "bathymetry, community resilience, offshore energy, priority habits, living shoreline site suitability models, restoration, water quality, and regional sediment.
Figure 1: An example of the homepage of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance ArcGIS Data Hub for sharing water quality data.
Credit: Brandi Gaertner.  “Current GOMOD Theme Map Inventory”. Accessed November 27, 2024. Digital Screenshot. Found at https://gmod-portal-gomalliance.hub.arcgis.com.

Similarly, the Nationalmap.gov data portal uses the ArcGIS Hub online software powered by ESRI for providing free and publicly available national data.

USGS National Map viewer data hub homepage.
Figure 2: The National Map Viewer Data Hub, which provides data access to a variety of FOSS government data including Elevation, boundaries, hydrography, etc
Credit: Credit: Brandi Gaertner. “USGS topoBuilder”. Accessed November 27, 2024. Digital Screenshot. Found at USGS.

Your Turn:

Navigate to the Lesson 3: Technology: ArcGIS Data Hub Discussion post and complete the ESRI Academy Training for the ArcGIS Data Hub. Then, complete the discussion prompts and contribute to the discussion.

References:

Stephens, A., & VanGraafeiland, K. (2023, September). Integrating and Expanding the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Community with ArcGIS Hub. In OCEANS 2023-MTS/IEEE US Gulf Coast (pp. 1-4). IEEE.