Every ArcGIS job has a Honua home. Your tools keep working while you move.
Honua covers the server, the portal and hub, the app builders, administration and AI assistance. During the move, ArcGIS clients and the systems that read your services point at Honua's GeoServices REST and OGC endpoints, so nothing breaks on the way.
Product mapping
What you run today, the Honua component that does the job, and what you see in this demo.
| ArcGIS product | maps to | Honua | In this demo |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS ServerMap, feature, image and geoprocessing services | Honua Server Publishes every layer once from PostGIS as GeoServices REST (FeatureServer, MapServer), OGC API Features, Tiles and Processes, WMS, WMTS, WFS, WCS and STAC. Edits through OGC API Features and FeatureServer write to the same records. Runs in your data center, your cloud tenant or disconnected. |
Console › services · coming soon | |
| ArcGIS Online, Portal and ArcGIS HubContent, groups, sharing, open data sites | Honua Catalog and public site Folders, services and layers with sharing and anonymous access; the county's open data hub with search by text and map, dataset pages, downloads, DCAT 3 / DCAT-AP, DCAT-US for data.gov, OGC API Records and CKAN harvest. |
Open data hub · coming soon | |
| Experience Builder, Dashboards and Web AppBuilderWeb apps, operations dashboards, embeds | Honua Studio Maps, apps and dashboards with draft, version and release; embeds and anonymous public viewing. Web AppBuilder apps are rebuilt in Studio rather than carried forward. |
Property app · 311 dashboard | |
| ArcGIS Server Manager and Portal administrationServices, security, logs, data stores | Honua Console Folders, services and layers with health; connections and imports with coordinate-system detection; styles; roles; jobs; activity and audit; the approvals inbox. |
Console · coming soon | |
| ArcGIS AI assistantsAssistants in apps and the admin experience | Honua MCP agents Agents query real layers through MCP tools, cite the layer and feature for every claim, and work across departments. Any change is a proposal that one named person approves in Console. Other agent platforms can call the same MCP tools. |
Agent workspace · coming soon | |
| ArcGIS Field MapsData collection, inspections, offline | Your existing field apps against Honua services Field crews keep collecting with field apps that edit feature services or OGC API Features, including QField, with offline sync and conflict handling on Honua Server. Honua's own mobile SDK and Collect field app are in development and will follow this release. |
Public works › field updates |
Migration path
Honua stands up beside ArcGIS. Each step is reversible until the last one, and nothing has to move on a single weekend.
Stand up Honua beside ArcGIS
Install Honua Server in the county data center or your cloud tenant, connected to PostGIS.
- Single sign-on with county accounts
- Roles mirror existing groups
Publish the same data
Import from file geodatabases, shapefiles or existing feature services. Coordinate systems are detected and kept.
- Same layer names and fields
- Styles carried across
Point existing clients at Honua
Change the service URL in each desktop project, web map, permitting lookup and EOC board. Test each one in the pilot.
- GeoServices REST and OGC side by side
- Field apps sync against Honua
Rebuild apps in Studio
Recreate public apps, dashboards and the open data hub in Studio and Catalog, then release them on the same addresses.
- Draft, version, release
- Agents turned on with approvals
Retire what nobody opens
Console activity shows which old services and apps still get traffic. Retire them when the count reaches zero.
- Fewer licences to renew
- One platform to patch and audit
What keeps working on day one
Each item is tested against your own services in the pilot before the client moves. The list is what we check, not a certification.
- ArcGIS Pro projects add Honua layers by URLFeature and map service layers, queries, identify, symbology from the service
/rest/services/…/FeatureServer - Web maps built with the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptSaved maps keep working after the layer URL changes
/rest/services/…/MapServer - Permitting and land-management parcel lookupsPoint-in-polygon zoning and overlay queries by TMK
/FeatureServer/0/query - EOC board map layersZones, shelters and closures as feature or WMS layers
/wms · /FeatureServer - Field Maps and QField edits, offline syncEdits, attachments and conflict handling on the server
/applyEdits · /ogc/…/items - QGIS and partner agenciesOGC API Features and Tiles, WFS and WMS
/ogc/collections
Side by side during the move
Both stacks read the same database until you retire the old one.
Today
With Honua
- Is Honua certified by Esri?
- No. Honua implements the published GeoServices REST specification and OGC standards. Compatibility is tested client by client in your pilot.
- What does it cost to switch?
- The data stays in PostGIS and does not need re-entry. The work is a URL change per client and rebuilding web apps in Studio. Licences you no longer use are dropped at renewal.
- Is Honua open source?
- Honua is source-available under the Fair Core licence, built on open standards and self-hostable.