About using ArcGIS services in ArcMap
ArcGIS Desktop users create geographic information that is captured and preserved as geodatabases, map documents, geoprocessing toolboxes, image files, and so on. Each of these can be published and shared as GIS Web services using ArcGIS Server.
ArcGIS services, refers to the GIS services published using ArcGIS Server that bring these information sets to life on the Web—for example, as map services, image services, and geoprocessing services.
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Service type |
Required GIS resource |
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Map service |
Map service definition (.msd) or map document (.mxd, .pmf) |
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Geocode service |
Address locator (.loc, .mxs, ArcSDE batch locator) |
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Geodata service |
Map service definition (.msd) or database connection file (.sde) or personal geodatabase or file geodatabase or map document referencing data from a versioned geodatabase |
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Geometry service |
Does not require a GIS resource |
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Geoprocessing service |
Map document with a tool layer or toolbox (.tbx) |
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Globe service |
Globe document (.3dd, .pmf) |
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Image service |
Raster dataset or layer file referencing a raster dataset or mosaic dataset or compiled image service definition (.ISCDef) |
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Search service |
Folders and geodatabases of GIS content that you want to search |