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Mastering ArcGIS Server Development with JavaScript

By : Raymond Kenneth Doman
Book Image

Mastering ArcGIS Server Development with JavaScript

By: Raymond Kenneth Doman

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering ArcGIS Server Development with JavaScript
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Map services


A map service gives applications access to map data published with ArcGIS Server. It contains information about the map layout, format, contents, and other items necessary to properly render the map with the various ArcGIS API's. The map service URL is formatted as follows:

http://<ArcGIS Server REST Services>/<mapName>/MapServer
or
http://<ArcGIS Server REST Services>/<folder>/<mapName>/MapServer

When you navigate to a map service using your browser, you're presented with a lot of information about the map service. The HTML provides links to view the data in different applications, including the ArcGIS JavaScript API and ArcMap. Google Earth is also available if the map service is published to serve data in that format. The HTML for the map service also provides a lot of metadata to help you understand what it's offering. These properties include the Description, Service Description, Copyright Text, and the Document Info.

Some of the map service properties...