Data services, also referred to as hosted data services, are services you can create in ArcGIS to securely store, manage, and access your geographic data for your applications. Data services are different from ready-to-use services because you create and publish them dynamically with data management tools or scripting APIs.
When you use ArcGIS to host your data as services, each service is assigned a unique URL by the system, and each service supports a well-defined ArcGIS REST API endpoint. As a developer, you can access the service's REST API and build applications by using ArcGIS Maps SDKs, open source libraries, and scripting languages.
The main types of data services covered in this section are feature services, vector tile services, map tile services, and image services. These are all supported by ArcGIS Location Platform, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise.
NoteArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise support additional data services such as 3D scene services, 3D feature services. To learn about all of the data services ArcGIS supports, go to ArcGIS REST APIs > All services. To learn how to build applications with the services, go to the ArcGIS Maps SDKs documentation.
Why use data services?Data services allow you to store, manage, and access all of the geographic data you need for applications in one location - ArcGIS. You can publish your data as different types of services such as feature services, vector tile services, map tile services, and image services. The services have well-defined REST APIs that you can access with many different types of ArcGIS Maps SDKs, open source libraries, and applications. ArcGIS Maps SDKs and ArcGIS applications are designed to work optimally to provide high-performance geographic data access. All data storage and usage can be easily managed and monitored with different data management tools.
Below is a list of the key features that data services offer:
ArcGIS storageYou can import and host many different types of geographic data as data services. The main requirement is that the incoming data has geometry coordinates and/or attributes (fields). The main storage formats are features, vector tiles, and map tiles.
Some examples of data you can host include the following:
Learn more about the different data formats and services in Data service comparison.
How to get startedThe steps to create data services for your applications include the following:
For more information on how to get started, go to How to work with data services.
TipIf you want to learn more about which ArcGIS products, APIs, and account types can be used for data hosting, go to FAQ.
TutorialsTools
APIs
Add a feature layerAccess and display point, line, and polygon features from a feature service.
Access and display a vector tile layer in a map.
Access and display a map tile layer in a map.
Use symbols and renderers to style feature layers.
Execute a spatial query to get features from a feature layer.
Execute a SQL query to access polygon features from a feature layer.
Add, update, and delete features in a feature service.
Format a popup to show attributes in a feature layer.
Use data management tools or Client APIs to create, manage, and access data services. The table below outlines the level of support for each API.
Full support Partial support No support ArcGIS EnterpriseCreate, manage, analyze, and share data, maps, and applications in your organization.
PortalCreate, manage, and access content and data services for applications.
Map ViewerCreate, explore, and share web maps for 2D applications.
Scene ViewerCreate, style, and explore web scenes.
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