ESRI MapIt System Requirements and Install Guide

Welcome to ESRI MapIt. This page lists system requirements and explains how to install the product.

System requirements

• Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista SP 1 (Development only)
• Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 or IIS 6
• Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP 1
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Full or Express Edition)
• Microsoft Silverlight 2.0
• Any Silverlight-supported Web browser
• Microsoft SharePoint 2007 (Only required if you will be using the SharePoint Silverlight Map Web Part)

MapIt is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Configuring IIS on Windows Server 2008

Before installing MapIt on Windows Server 2008, follow the steps below to ensure the necessary IIS components are enabled:

1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager > Roles.
2. Click Add Role Services.
3. At the Select Role Services dialog, verify that the Web Server (IIS) components listed below are checked.
• Web Server
• Common HTTP Features
• Static Content
• Default Document
• Directory Browsing
• HTTP Errors
• Application Development
• .NET Extensibility
• Health and Diagnostics
• HTTP Logging
• Request Monitor
• Security
• Request Filtering
• Performance
• Static Component Compression
• Management Tools
• IIS Management Console
• IIS 6 Management Compatibility
• IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility

Warning: The Spatial Data Service will not be installed if you fail to enable .NET Extensibility and IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility.

Configuring IIS on Windows Server 2003

Before installing MapIt on Windows Server 2003, follow the steps below to ensure that the ASP.NET v2.0.50727 Web Service Extension is allowed:

1. Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. In the left tree structure, expand your server node and click the Web Service Extensions folder.
3. In the list of Web Service Extensions that appears, click ASP.NET v2.0.50727 and click the Allow button. If the Allow button is disabled, the extension is already allowed.

Installing MapIt

To install MapIt, follow these instructions:

1. Launch the setup from either ESRIMapItx86.exe (32-bit machines) or ESRIMapItx64.exe (64-bit machines). Read the Welcome screen and click Next.
2. Examine the license agreement. To proceed with the wizard, you must accept the terms of the agreement. Once you have done so, click Next.
3. Choose which features of the product you want and the location where they will be installed, then click Next. Available features are:
   • Map Web Part for SharePoint - This Silverlight-based Web Part can be embedded in Microsoft SharePoint sites to provide mapping functionality.
   • Spatial Data Assistant - This application helps you get your spatial data into Microsoft SQL Server or associate spatial information with data already in SQL Server.
   • Spatial Data Service - This is the service that provides access to your SQL Server spatial data through a REST endpoint. You should install this feature on your Web server machine.
   • Web Client API - This is the Silverlight / WPF API that you'll use to develop client applications for your service.
4. Type the name of the Virtual Directory where you want the Spatial Data Service to be configured and click Next. If this Virtual Directory doesn't already exist, it will be created for you.
5. Type the name of the SQL Server instance that will host your data. Use the format <server>\<instance> (For example: MYSERVER\SQLEXPRESS).

6. Choose the type of authentication that the Spatial Data Service should use to connect to the database (Windows or SQL Server) and enter a user name and password that can read the tables and views you want to expose through MapIt. For example, this might be an account in the db_datareader role.

   For this step, avoid using an account that can write to your tables and views. You only need to use an account with write access when you are logging into the Spatial Data Assistant.

   Once you've entered your credentials, click Next to begin the installation.

Authorizing MapIt

After you complete the installation, a dialog appears asking whether you want to use the evaluation version or the licensed version of MapIt.

• If you choose to use the evaluation version, you can proceed to use MapIt without providing a license file. The evaluation version allows you to use all the functions of MapIt for 60 days, but limits the amount of data you can work with at a time. Using the evaluation version, you can geocode 500 records from a table of addresses, query 500 records of a table, and load 500 records of a shapefile.
• If you choose to use the licensed version, enter the full path to the license file you received from the MapIt download site. You can optionally browse to the file. The licensed version places no limit on the amount of data you can work with at a time.

You can optionally license MapIt at a later time by launching the License Configuration utility from the Start menu.