Adding a routing service

The European Routing (ESRI_Route_EU) and North American Routing (ESRI_Route_NA) services included on the Data Appliance Basemap Collection 5.0 for ArcGIS with routing option enable you to create street-level, optimized routes between two or more points to display along with associated driving directions.

Note:

See Requirements for information on supported environments.

To add a routing service, you need to deploy it using ArcGIS Server Manager. The following steps walk you through the deployment process. To use multiple languages in your routing directions, see the instructions for Setting up support for multiple languages in the routing directions.

Note:

If you want to copy the routing data to your GIS server instead of using it on the data appliance, complete step 1; otherwise, skip to step 2.

Steps:

1. If you want to host the routing data on another GIS server instead of on the data appliance, copy the desired folder from the source_documents\data directory on the data appliance to your GIS server, for example, to \\MyServer\routing\europe or \\MyServer\routing\northamerica. You can use Windows Copy and Paste tools or another copy utility.
2. Log in to ArcGIS for Server using an account with administrative privileges.
3. Start ArcGIS Server Manager, and log in using your ArcGIS for Server account.
4. In ArcGIS Server Manager, click the Services tab.
5. Click Add New Service. You can create a service in the root folder, or use the Manage Folders drop-down arrow to select another location for the new service.
6. On the Add New Service dialog box:
   1. In the Name field, enter the name of the routing service, for example, ESRI_Route_EU or ESRI_Route_NA from Basemap Collection 5.0.
      Note:

      The Basemap Collection routing services are available with an optional routing license.

   2. For the Type, select Map Service. A Description can also be provided, if desired.
   3. Make sure Restart this service automatically is checked, and click Next.

   

7. On the Parameters dialog box:
   1. In the Map Document field, browse to the locator where the map document for the routing service is located on the Data Appliance or on your GIS server, for example, source_documents\2d_map_documents\navteq_eu.mxd for European Routing orsource_documents\2d_map_documents\navteq_na.mxd for North American.
   2. Select an Output Directory and Server cache directory, and click Next.
8. On the Capabilities dialog box:
   1. Make sure Mapping (always enabled) is checked.
   2. Check Network Analysis.
   3. Check Enable web access, and click Next.

   

9. On the Pooling dialog box, set the timeout and pooling options, and click Next.
10. On the Processes dialog box, set the process isolation and recycle time, and click Next.
11. On the Summary dialog box, review the information for the service you have created, and click Finish to create the service and start using it.