An ArcGIS Integration is a live link between a Cartographer project and a layer in your ArcGIS Online organisation. You set it up once, start it syncing, and from then on Cartographer keeps the ArcGIS layer up to date for you.
What Do They Do?
An integration takes data from one layer of one of your project's maps in Cartographer and copies it into a hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online. After the first sync, it watches for changes in Cartographer and keeps the ArcGIS layer in step — adding, updating, and removing features as your data changes.
- It runs continuously. Once started, the integration syncs in the background. You don't need to export anything by hand.
- It's one-way. Data flows from Cartographer to ArcGIS Online. Editing features in ArcGIS won't change anything in Cartographer.
- It's filtered. You choose which survey statuses, teams, and (optionally) which features get exported — see Integration Settings.
Each integration handles one Cartographer layer → one ArcGIS layer. If you want to publish several layers, create several integrations — they all live together in the project's ArcGIS Integrations list.
Where Do They Live?
Integrations belong to a project. You manage them from the project's Settings pages. Click the gear icon next to a project:
Not seeing Project Settings?
If you are a Team Coordinator, clicking the gear icon will take you to your team’s settings page and not to the project’s settings. Only Project Coordinators can access project settings.
On the Project Settings page, select the Integrations tab:
Then click the Configure button next to ArcGIS Online:
You’ll see a list of the currently configured integrations. A project can have as many integrations as it needs.Each does the job of connecting one layer on Cartographer with one layer on ArcGIS Online:
Who Can Set One Up?
You need permission to view a project's settings, which means you must be one of the following:
- a Project Coordinator for that project, or
- a Workspace Administrator for the workspace the project belongs to.
If you don't have one of these roles, you won't see the Integrations tab in the project settings.
What You’ll Need
- An ArcGIS Online account in your organisation that's allowed to create and edit hosted feature layers.
- The Cartographer map and layer whose data you want to publish.
When you connect, Cartographer asks ArcGIS Online for permission to read your layers, create new layers, edit features, and adjust layer columns (schema). ArcGIS sign-ins expire from time to time, so you may occasionally need to reconnect to keep an integration running.