An Excalibur project is a dynamic way to organize and reference resources that are required to complete an image or video-based task in a single location. The way in which projects are organized helps to modernize a collection of resources from a local repository of information to those that can extend across an organization's enterprise, using shared services and resources as part of the web GIS.
Excalibur projects are created, viewed, and used in ArcGIS Excalibur. Excalibur projects contain information to give users an understanding of what the project is about, such as a name, description, date created, project creator, and project instructions. The sections below describe a few of these items.
Resources
The basis of all Excalibur projects is an image, set of images, a video, or a URL to a service that you need to complete an image or video-based task. Project instructions help guide you through your task by describing what needs to be accomplished. Additionally, projects can include geospatial reference layers to provide context for the task, as well as a set of tools to streamline workflows. An Excalibur project can contain the following resources:
- Image or images from an image service
- A video service
- Project instructions
- Web map with geospatial reference layers
- Editable collection layers
- Geoenrichment definitions
Note:
If a project contains an editable collection layer, you can create content directly in hosted feature services to be readily available across the organization for use in additional applications.
Project capabilities
You can edit Excalibur projects to add and remove capabilities at any time. The type of capabilities you add to your project determines which tools are available in the Tools Panel to help streamline the imagery or video-based task. For example, adding observation layers to a project provides a workflow for collecting observations from imagery or video, including resources for making observations, editing, and creating derived information products from these activities. These layers provide observation tools in the Tools Panel when you open an Excalibur project.
Sharing
Excalibur projects can be personal projects that are available and private to only you as the project creator. You can share a project publicly, with your organization, or with specific groups you are a member of or own to allow multiple members to work on it. You can decide whether you want to share a project when you create it or edit these details after creation.