A service, also known as an ArcGIS service, is software that supports an ArcGIS REST API and provides geospatial functionality or data. ArcGIS provides many types of services. The main groups are location services, data services and spatial analysis services.
Services can be hosted in different environments:
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ArcGIS (cloud): Esri's infrastructure for hosting services such as location services and portal services. These services can be accessed by developers who have an ArcGIS Location Platform account or ArcGIS Online account.
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ArcGIS Enterprise: Your own infrastructure for hosting ArcGIS Enterprise and its services. These services can be accessed by developers in your organization who have an ArcGIS Enterprise account.
Also known as
- ArcGIS services
- Web services
- Service APIs
Related terms
- location services
- data services
- spatial analysis services