Hi, I am an application developer and am using ArcGIS Online for the first time and learning about the different location services such as basemaps, geocoding etc.
In my existing application, we use the Google Static Maps API to generate static thumbnail images of specific basemaps with certain custom overlays on top of them. Basically, it's a URL where you specify the image size, bounds, map "type" (basically a basemap) and some minimal data about the custom marker, polygon etc that you want drawn on it, and some kind of authentication. The URL itself returns an image that you can embed directly in a web page or other document. There is no need to parse the response.
I am looking for something similar in the ArcGIS world and having a hard time finding it. Some searches have turned up results looking for "downloading" or "exporting" a map, but I don't think that's what I want, or if it is, I am looking for guidance on how that would translate into the "static maps" requirement that I have.
Thanks
PS. It looks like the search turned up a few related posts, but I am not running ArcGIS server myself. I was looking for a service my application could consume from the cloud similar to what Google, Mapbox etc. provide.
