PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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STEP 5 – ANALYZE AND PUBLISH THE MAP PACKAGE
From the Map Package menu bar, click the “Analyze” option.
It will produce a report of any errors, warnings and messages.
If it detects “errors”, you will need to repair them before
publishing the package. The most common error results from
incomplete metadata, or from broken links in the Table of
Contents. Your goal is to get a report as the one below.
Once you yet a “clean” report, it is just a matter of clicking
on the “Share” icon to publish the Map Package. If you made
any changes to the MXD as a result of the Analyze step, you
will need to save the MXD before publishing it.
ArcGIS will present splash screens to let you know what
it is doing.
When the compression is complete, you will get another
message telling you of your success.
The Map Package can now be sent to other users. To open
your Map Package, all the user needs to do is have ArcGIS
installed on their computer and double-click on the .MPK
file. The action will start ArcMap and open the Map Package/
MXD.
Congratulations on your map package.
Alvan Karlin, Ph.D., CMS, GISP is with the Southwest
Florida Water Management District where as the Senior
GIS Scientist, he directs the District’s LiDAR data collection
missions.
