Find and open maps

The ArcGIS for Windows Phone application is designed for exploring and working with maps using the Map Hub. These maps are hosted in an online GIS, such as ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Online for organizations, or Portal for ArcGIS. Before you can find maps that are part of an online geographic information system (GIS), you must connect to it, and sign in if the content has limited access. You can also pin connections to Start for easier access, and remove them once you are done using them. See the following for details:

• Add a connection to an online GIS
• Sign in to an online GIS
• Switch your online GIS connection
• Pin a connection to Start
• Remove a connection to an online GIS

Once you are connected to your online GIS, you can find and explore maps in a number of ways. See the following for details:

• Access your maps to explore the maps that you created as part of your online GIS account.
• Find and explore a group to find maps associated with a particular group.
• Browse map galleries to find maps by categories such as featured, highest rated, most viewed, or recent. If connected to ArcGIS Online, the gallery also gives you access to collection sample maps that can be used to explore data collection and editing in the application.
• Search for maps and groups to find maps and groups by a keyword.
• Open a favorite map to return to a map you flagged as one of your favorites during previous use of the application.
• Open a recently viewed map to see one of the four maps you most recently opened.

Tip:

If you are signed in, content that has restricted access will be included in galleries and searches.

While the ArcGIS for Windows Phone application focuses on content from an online GIS, maps that are hosted on a mobile content server, which is a part of ArcGIS Server, can also be used in the application. However, maps hosted there are only available by browsing the folders of content. They do not have a search or a gallery experience. Due to the limited capabilities for browsing and finding maps on a mobile content server, they are documented separately from the online GIS systems.

See the following topics to find maps from a mobile content server:

• Connect to a mobile content server
• Manage mobile content server connections
• Open a map from a mobile content server