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Using ArcWeb Explorer JavaScript to access ArcWeb Services

ArcWeb Explorer (AWX) JavaScript API is designed for developers who want to get a working Web-based mapping application up and running without spending a significant amount of time developing code. AWX JavaScript provides access to ArcWeb Services content and a powerful subset of ArcWeb Services functionality. AWX JavaScript is designed primarily to enable easy integration of mapping functionality and content into HTML Web applications. For a look at how this API compares to the others, see the ArcWeb API chart.

The ArcWeb Services implementation of AWX JavaScript allows you to perform the following functions:

Create maps
Turn layers on and off
Create thematic maps and customize thematic maps and their legends
Generate and print demographic reports in PDF, XML, or Excel format
Use GeoRSS feeds
Access custom map services
Access custom and pre-existing spatial query services
Set map scale and center
Re-center or pan map
Work with group layers
Create maps with polygons, lines, and points
Get latitude-longitude, map center, and map extent
Merge two map images into one/create mashups
Add markers and set marker properties
Add Flash markers containing text, video, audio, image, or Flash information
Find locations
Geocode addresses, partial addresses, IP addresses, and phone numbers
Get driving directions for multiple locations on a route
Get data within a certain proximity of a given extent
Set map service styles
Show and hide map widgets
Switch between vector, raster, and hybrid map types
Convert between geographic and pixel coordinates
Register site URLs for authentication
Customize error messages using jsFaultHandler.

AWX JavaScript API documentation includes a Quick-Start Guide on getting started with AWX JavaScript and basic samples, a Quick-Start Plus Guide with more complex samples, built-in map controls, JSdoc, data source information, markers, error messages, and parameter descriptions for AWMarker, Flash variables, group layers, and queryGroupLayer.

NOTE: AWX JavaScript API is not designed for integration into Flash applications built using Action Script or for integration into Adobe Flex applications.

Access and authentication

To use AWX JavaScript with ArcWeb Services, you need a Commercial or Public Services license to ArcWeb Services. Most ArcWeb requests consume credits from a user account. See Understanding credits and costs for more information.

ArcWeb Services uses authentication to validate access to its services and data. See the authentication section for details.

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