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ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Boy, time goes fast and the Developer Summit is already upon us. This year's conference coincides with the release of ArcGIS 9.3 Beta. We are very excited to share with you all the work we put into this release. We have improved the documentation in our SDKs, made map caching easier, added tools to manage security, optimized the web mapping applications, and many other things.

Today, we just want to talk a bit about the new ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs. We built this new JavaScript API because many of you have asked for a simple way to share your GIS data and tools over the internet. Here is an example built on top of the ArcGIS JavaScript API.

We have kept this ArcGIS JavaScript API very simple; to make sure that everyone could take advantage of it without being a hardcore programmer. But at the same time, you'll quickly learn that this API will let you go beyond mapping and incorporate advanced GIS functionality into your applications. You’ll have access to a complete online SDK with many samples for getting started and using this API. The example above goes beyond your simple "Hello World" mapping application and includes interactive charting of feature attributes using the Google Chart API.

For those of you who are familiar with REST, at 9.3 you'll be able to REST-enable your GIS services. Once you enable REST on your GIS services, you’ll be able to access them with any scripting language such as Python, PHP, Ruby and why not, with JavaScript. In fact, the ArcGIS JavaScript API is a collection of JavaScript libraries that use ArcGIS REST resources. We built it for you so you can get the most common tasks, accessing map, geoprocessing, and geolocator services, done with minimum effort. For those who want to go the extra mile or use REST directly we are fully documenting the REST API as well.

We look forward to seeing you at the Developer Summit where you can learn more about ArcGIS Server 9.3. In the meantime, if you are curious, listen to these podcasts about sessions on ArcGIS Server REST services and ArcGIS JavaScript APIs.

Mark your calendars: March 17-20 in Palm Springs

-The ArcGIS Server Development Team

Published Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:20 PM by sterlingdq

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# ArcGIS Server Javascript API Example

PingBack from http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/02/06/arcgis-server-javascript-api-example/

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:20 PM by ArcGIS Server Javascript API Example

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

What does this mean, "ESRI will host the 3 javascript api's"?
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:15 PM by Steve

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

it very interesting,flexible and dynamic tool to develop gis applications
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:07 PM by peddi ashok

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Good job guys, this is going to help us out a lot!
Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:28 AM by Chris

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Good news to ESRI developers
Friday, February 08, 2008 2:50 AM by Lakshmanan

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Where is Ron Paul?
Sunday, February 10, 2008 12:21 AM by Ron

# Preview the New ArcGIS Javascript API

You don't have to wait for ESRI's Developer Summit to try out one of the new features coming in the release

Monday, February 11, 2008 3:39 PM by ESRI Developer Summit Blog

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

good stuff.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:19 PM by ArcGIS

# ArcGIS iGoogle Gadget

Easily convertible into an iGoogle gadget. Clink on link to add this gadget to your iGoogle page: http://www.google.com/ig/adde?synd=open&source=ggyp&moduleurl=hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/105357919450951346704/ags_elections.xml
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:05 PM by Reiman

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Howto do? Give me code samples. Don't ask what the community can do for you but ask what you can do for your community. It's the community, stupid. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. God help any man who sits behind this desk who doesn't know GIS like you do. ;-)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:54 PM by Johnny Greenwood

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Like the dojo! nice one j.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:17 AM by john woods

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

The Super Tuesday results map isn't currently working.
Friday, February 22, 2008 6:05 AM by Mike

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Mike- Tried it this morning after reading your comment and it works fine for me in Firefox and IE7. Is it working for you now? What browser were you using when it happened and what did you see?

Friday, February 22, 2008 9:08 AM by sterlingdq

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

I'm using IE7. I just checked it again & now it's working. Very slick!
Friday, February 22, 2008 9:22 AM by Mike

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Where can find a tool that will convert my tile cache from the ESRI "format" to the Microsoft/Google tile format?
Friday, March 21, 2008 10:41 AM by Tom

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

I am using Firefox 2.0. Currently none of the Hover features are working. I can pan,zoom, select Dem or Repub, click on state abbr. that all works fine. Its just the hover that doesnt work. any thoughts? thanks.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:15 PM by Tom

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

This is another copy of GMaps and VE that crash with firefox.
Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:21 AM by ege

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

Hi,server team guys, I set up the server9.3beta and deployed some map service, but I cannot use rest api even simply retrieve the services list(http://hosts/arcgis/rest/services).

I don't know why? Something else need to be configrued to enable the rest api?

Thanks.

Tom

Monday, May 26, 2008 12:33 AM by tsing_feng

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

"ESRI will host the 3 javascript api's" means there are 3 js apis available. One is ArcGIS JavaScript™ API(ESRI), the other two are ArcGIS JavaScript™ Extension for the Google Maps™ API and ArcGIS JavaScript™ Extension for Microsoft Virtual Earth™.

Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:10 AM by esri4281

# re: ArcGIS JavaScript and REST APIs: "Super Tuesday" results

I am undertaking research project - a demonstration service project by using geoprocessing. I have now got a data geoprocessing tool working. However, the project asks for allowing users to interactively select to-be-processed data in a large selection matrix of data. Once one has made a decision on the selection, the parameters will be passed onto a server-side script which will invoke the geoprocessing tool. We have already have a clear idea on the design of dynamic HTML for user interface. I am now using ArcGIS and ArcGIS Server 9.3 (just moved from 9.2 to 9.3). I seek advices on how to use Javascript API and associate a Javascript function to a button. Once the button is clicked, a Javascript geoprocessor is taking over the control to send parameters to a service to get job done. Has anyone got a good example on using Javascript geoprocessor. No map is involved. Just geoprocessor. I am looking forward to hear from you.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:19 AM by david

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