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I am exploring possibilities to generate vector geospatial PDF from data which is accessible from ArcGIS Server services. I have ArcGIS Server MapService with complex styles. They are very simplified in FeatureService - so that is not an option.

I have already tried to use Export Map operation of MapService and was lucky to get nicely styled vector PDF from it. Of course, I have coordinates of a BoundBox (this info actually is used for querying).

So, now I need to include additional data (some labels, borders and other pre-print graphic) and generate result PDF. It seems like a task for FME Desktop. But I have not found how I can import input PDF from http query. In fact it seems that I can't even open PDF from disk in FME; it is capable only to write it.

What possible solutions do you see for this task?

The key thing is to keep complex styling from ArcGIS Server. I can also access the mxd which was used for creation of the service.

I need solution which is possible to run from scripts, as it will be scheduled task. Maybe there is a solution to combine several PDF files into one in Python? Some advanced Python lib for editing PDFs?

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I didn't find a solution for this problem.

At last I had to simplify my task for this time. Instead of generating GeoPDF I have decided to generate well designed PDF file for print purpose with labels, borders and other pre-print graphics.

It was successfully performed using Geoprocessing service for ArcGIS Server and arcpy.mapping module for scripting additional complex logic.

Nice example to start from can be found here: ExportToPDF Geoprocessing Service Example

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FME will read an MXD dataset. Will that help?

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  • I have already tried this way and performed export to PDF, but it seems that during process of reading MXD in FME some complex styles are simplified - this is not very good :(
    – Alex Markov
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 8:11

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