{"id":172171,"date":"2010-09-03T17:15:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=172171"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:38:47","slug":"georss-feeds-in-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/data-management\/georss-feeds-in-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"GeoRSS Feeds in ArcGIS"},"author":3591,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,22941,37121],"tags":[39411,30011,155692],"industry":[],"product":[36991],"class_list":["post-172171","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-mapping","category-real-time","tag-electricity","tag-gas","tag-georss","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"As access to real-time data becomes quicker, easier\r\nand cheaper we\u2019re going to need ways to consume and view it.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>As access to real-time data becomes quicker, easier<br \/>\nand cheaper we\u2019re going to need ways to consume and view it. \u00a0One example<br \/>\nis GeoRSS, where a service is hosted (like the USGS) that gives you a<br \/>\nformatted .xml file with coordinates and attributes. \u00a0There are many<br \/>\nweb-based applications for reading in these feeds (<a title=\"SilverLight\/WPF API\" href=\"http:\/\/help.arcgis.com\/en\/webapi\/silverlight\/index.html\">SilverLight<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Flex API\" href=\"http:\/\/help.arcgis.com\/en\/webapi\/flex\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flex<\/a>, and<br \/>\n<a title=\"JavaScript API\" href=\"http:\/\/help.arcgis.com\/en\/webapi\/javascript\/arcgis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JavaScript\u00a0<\/a>API\u2019s for example) but I want to view this data in ArcMap natively,<br \/>\nquery it and use it in my analysis.<\/p>\n<p>To accomplish this task it\u2019ll require the use of the<br \/>\nData Interoperability Extension for ArcGIS and access to a GeoRSS service.<br \/>\nFor this purpose, I\u2019ll be using the USGS\u00a0real-time\u00a0worldwide<br \/>\nearthquake listing\u00a0<a title=\"USGS Earthquakes\" href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/catalogs\/eqs7day-M5.xml%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I need to do is add a new<br \/>\nInteroperability Connection in ArcCatalog by double clicking on Add<br \/>\nInteroperability Connection;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_18598.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then, click on the ellipses button next to the Format<br \/>\nand browse to GeoRSS\/RSS Feed;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_18599.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_18600.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Copy\/Paste the GeoRSS link into the dataset dialog;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/catalogs\/eqs7day-M5.xml<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_18601.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>*Note* You can also<br \/>\nchange some parameters of how the feed is parsed out by clicking on the<br \/>\nParameters button.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Once the connection is created you can simply drag and<br \/>\ndrop the Entry Point layer into the data frame of ArcMap to view the<br \/>\ninformation;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_18602.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once in ArcMap you can symbolize the data as you see<br \/>\nfit and begin to query and analyze the data;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_18603.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>*Note* To handle data updates the data frame must be refreshed in order for the layer to call the service for new information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Questions?\u00a0 Comments?\u00a0 Please post them below in the comments section of the blog.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":3591,"user_firstname":"Joe","user_lastname":"Holubar","nickname":"jholubar","user_nicename":"jholubar","display_name":"Joe Holubar","user_email":"jholubar@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:15:15","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f659635d9fe06c65da2b8f96c05f960325e39e48a003c2caf16c5582bd048222?s=96&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f659635d9fe06c65da2b8f96c05f960325e39e48a003c2caf16c5582bd048222?s=192&#038;d=blank&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' 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