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4.0: Is there a way to create a WebMap from JSON instead of ArcGIS Online ID?

JeffJacobson — Fri, 13 May 2016 20:33:31 GMT

Is there a way to create a WebMap using ArcGIS REST API formatted JSON? What I would like to do is construct a map using a webmap defined in a JSON file on the same server as the web application rather than getting the JSON from ArcGIS Online (by providing an AGOL item id corresponding to a webmap).

Obviously, when you construct a WebMap object by providing an AGOL webmap item id, there must be code in the API that is parsing the returned JSON, but I am not finding any documented way to construct a webmap without hosting the map on ArcGIS Online or on a Portal.

Re: 4.0: Is there a way to create a WebMap from JSON instead of ArcGIS Online ID?

PanagiotisPapadopoulos — Mon, 16 May 2016 09:33:58 GMT

first export the Json for your Web map requesting the json with the following url

https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/content/items/4a4d0a1b5c1b4311839fd2c49e27d2b0/data?f=pjson

create webmap parameter

var webmap = {};

add webmap parameter item tag to host the map title

webmap.item = {

"title":"Map Title",

"snippet": "web"

};

add webmap parameter itemData tag to host the JSON data (here place the json downloaded from arcgis online)

webmap.itemData = {

"operationalLayers": [

{

"url": "http://12.18.20.190:6080/arcgis/rest/services/toc/ms_a/MapServer",

"id": "lvn9638",

"visibility": false,

"opacity": 1,

"title": "layer name"

{

"url": "http://192.168.0.19:6080/arcgis/rest/services/toc/ms_a_x/MapServer",

"id": "nvvf9234",

"visibility": false,

"opacity": 1,

"title": "layer name"

...........................

"baseMap": {

"baseMapLayers": [

{"id":"World_Light_Gray_Base_1486","layerType":"ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer","opacity":1,"visibility":true,"url":"http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Canvas/World_Light_Gray_Base/MapServer"},

{"id":"World_Light_Gray_Reference_4241","layerType":"ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer","isReference":true,"opacity":1,"visibility":true,"url":"http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Canvas/World_Light_Gray_Reference/MapServer"}

"title": "Light Gray"

"version": "1.9.1",

"modifyMapAllowed": true

};

add the webmap parameter during the map creation from the createMap function

mapDeferred = esri.arcgis.utils.createMap(webmap, "map", {

mapOptions : {

slider : true,

nav : false,

wrapAround180 : true,

center: [23, 39],

zoom: 1,

lods: lods,

logo: false,

showAttribution: false

ignorePopups : false,

geometryServiceURL : app.geometryServ

});

Re: 4.0: Is there a way to create a WebMap from JSON instead of ArcGIS Online ID?

PanagiotisPapadopoulos — Mon, 16 May 2016 09:40:21 GMT

sorry this is for 3.16 API.

I just noticed you are asking for 4.0

Re: 4.0: Is there a way to create a WebMap from JSON instead of ArcGIS Online ID?

KellyHutchins — Thu, 19 May 2016 20:19:18 GMT

There is a (currently) undocumented fromJSON property on the Web Map that you can use to load a web map from json. Here's a code example showing how it works:

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