topic Javascript API-functions and map services in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/javascript-api-functions-and-map-services/m-p/599691#M56070 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am wondering if it is possible to use the ArcGIS.com Map Viewer as a stand-in map service when you're working with the Javascript API to create WMAs? The reason that I am asking is that I want to create a (temporary) WMA which allows users to query and select features based on the features' area or other attributes. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, I will not have access to a proper version of ArcGIS Server for approximately 6-7 months (hence the "temporary"), so I can't host my own shape/feature files or create a proper map service. Would it be possible to create a map via ArcGIS.com's Map Viewer and use it as a map service to create a simple WMA (similar to </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/demos/find/find_nomap.html)?">http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/demos/find/find_nomap.html)?</A><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Or would it perhaps be better to use the templates provided and create a WMA, download it and then customize it to include query/find-capabilities? This was my first thought, but the setup with index.html and layout.js threw me off a little since I am quite new to javascript.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:47:15 GMT OlaSvensson1 2011-10-17T12:47:15Z Javascript API-functions and map services https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/javascript-api-functions-and-map-services/m-p/599691#M56070 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am wondering if it is possible to use the ArcGIS.com Map Viewer as a stand-in map service when you're working with the Javascript API to create WMAs? The reason that I am asking is that I want to create a (temporary) WMA which allows users to query and select features based on the features' area or other attributes. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, I will not have access to a proper version of ArcGIS Server for approximately 6-7 months (hence the "temporary"), so I can't host my own shape/feature files or create a proper map service. Would it be possible to create a map via ArcGIS.com's Map Viewer and use it as a map service to create a simple WMA (similar to </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/demos/find/find_nomap.html)?">http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/demos/find/find_nomap.html)?</A><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Or would it perhaps be better to use the templates provided and create a WMA, download it and then customize it to include query/find-capabilities? This was my first thought, but the setup with index.html and layout.js threw me off a little since I am quite new to javascript.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:47:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/javascript-api-functions-and-map-services/m-p/599691#M56070 OlaSvensson1 2011-10-17T12:47:15Z