topic Routing services in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

Routing services

ToddGiberson — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:59:10 GMT

I haven't used FLEX for a while, in fact we're still using FLEX 3 with the old API. Are the routing services free through ESRI or are they a subscription service? I can use routing in ArcMAP, but I was wondering if the free service was available (publishable) through a web app developed in FLEX.

One of our divisions is considering an interface showing the route to the nearest office location and if it is possible to utilize the service, we would need to upgrade our ArcGIS API and our FLEX development environment

Re: Routing services

raffia — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:42:43 GMT

If you use your own data and have the extension on the server, it is free. If you use ESRI data and their routing service, I know you have to be a member of something, and likely it is a paid service, though not 100% sure about that.

Regards;

Re: Routing services

AnthonyGiles — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:56:31 GMT

Todd,

I think esri have a sample service you can use but it is only based around San Fransico, if you want to go further afield you need to pay via a subscription, see:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline/services/geoservices

http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit13/papers/devsummit-082.pdf

Regards

Anthony

Re: Routing services

BjornSvensson — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:48:29 GMT

Are the routing services free through ESRI or are they a subscription service? I can use routing in ArcMAP, but I was wondering if the free service was available (publishable) through a web app developed in FLEX.

While there are some old sample services, the main service now require ArcGIS Online subcscriptions:
http://www.arcgis.com/about/pricing.html
You can test it out at http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/live/index.html?config=apps/config-directions.xml

...we would need to upgrade our ArcGIS API and our FLEX development environment

Not necessarily (though it's probably a good idea). The RouteTask has been around since version 1.2 and
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/com/esri/ags/tasks/RouteTask.html

Re: Routing services

ToddGiberson — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:03:43 GMT

Thanks, everyone, for your responses. We'll do some further investigation.