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Here is all kinds of mix, address pieces, poi pieces from different time and source, police, hospital, mix
The problem is hard to find something, it is not organized by directory.
It is better to have address folder, where has all address,
poi folder where have all poi,
police folder where have all police, etc....
2025 folder where have all last year data,
2026 folder where have all this year data.
https://transparentgov.net/data/sample/geojson/dir.php
Step 2.
Here is sample of arcgis server, where all layer are organized by folder,
for example public work folder have zoning layer, general plan layer.
it is well organized structure.
Can geojson layer have something similar as arcgis server?
Being well organized structure to let user easy find something quickly?
https://transparentgov.net/json2tree/esri/vendor/mappingsupport/all.html
Step 3.
this is new geojson server (black)
https://transparentgov.net/data/sample/geojson/dir.php?dir=./poi/law-enforcement/combined
this is arcgis server, (white)
https://maps.vilascountywi.gov/vilasgis/rest/services/DynamicMaps/Address_Explorer_Map/MapServer
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navigation bar
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layer id
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folder
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layers
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what is the difference then?
Arcgis server only allow you max have 1 level folder, plus MapServer is some kind of folder, that is it.
So for arcgis server, you max can have 2 level deep folder structure, top-level-folder and MapServer(sub-folder).
Step 9.
geojson server allow you to have folder structure as deep as you want. No limit.
black sample has 3 level deep folder, you can have 4, 5 level as you want, no limit.
Why is that. Because arcgis server folder structure is not build on physical hard drive, is not physical folder on operation system on hard drive.
Instead, arcgis use virtual folder to let it looks like a folder, but it isn't a real folder.
However, geojson server is build on real folder, on real hard drive,
this is folder structure on real hard drive, it is same as on web site.
Step 10.
arcgis server can not have more than 2 level deep folder structure is rooted from 30 years ago when they first design it.
For some reason they decide to use virtual folder instead of physical folder for arcgis server.
That impose max 2 level deep limit since then.
Arcgis online, enterprise, portal everything on web is build on arcgis server.
Today it is not possible to re-design arcgis server, otherwise, everything build on top of it have to be do over again.
Step 11.
another difference is geojson server is so simple, only deal with geojson format. Nothing else.
While arcgis server does not deal with geojson, see here for why why esri do not like GeoJSON
Arcgis server deal with ESRI's format only, shape file, feature dataset, etc....
That means ESRI don't like money flow to other company,
ESRI does not give you a chance to mix use other company's product with ESRI.
Other company like google, apple, microsoft, mapbox, here, use geojson format, which isn't compatible with ESRI's product.
Geojson server obviously compatible with google, apple, microsoft, mapbox, here,
Actually it is first time prove of concept,
geojson server act as counterpart of arcgis server
Police poi and address is collected from google, apple, microsoft, mapbox, here,
Intuitively I need geojson server as counterpart of arcgis server to manage these POI, Address
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