At work we are using ArcGIS 10.1 for fairly simple spatial data. We don't use the more advanced items such as topology that are available in Arc. We have a couple SQL Server databases for other kinds of data and have built some tools for taking that data and visualizing it in Arc. There is some data that we use a File Geodatabase for that I want to put into SQL Server, so that it can be more closely tied to the other data we have, and so that when we have 2 or 3 people working in different parts of the database, it doesn't lock the whole database from editing (like the File Geodatabase we are using now does).
However, at the moment we don't have an Arc Server license, so although I can connect to the data, I can't edit it through Arc. I have looked at other topics on here about SQL Server Spatial and Arc (this one for example), but I haven't found out how to successfully edit SQL Server data without a license.
My guess is the process would look something like this - create a local copy of the features I want to edit (maybe as shp files, or a file geodatabase) - edit as necessary - use external python libraries to delete the original features on the server - use shp2sql to upload the edited features
I feel like there must be tools that do this already, but maybe not for the price we want to pay. An Arc Server license has been talked about here, but I have no idea when it will actually be implemented, so I don't want to hold my breath. I know that there are other platforms that would be perfect for this, like QGIS, but that would be harder to convince people of than getting an Arc Server License.
If someone could point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated.
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