Using free routing tools on the task server

Using free routing tools on the task server
Last modified October 14, 2009

The ArcGIS Online task server provides routing services for Europe and North America. These free tools are available to use in your ArcGIS applications.

You can connect to ArcGIS Online routing tasks with ArcGIS 9.2 or higher, depending on your ArcGIS application.

The routing capabilities are based on Tele Atlas 2008 reference data for North America and Tele Atlas 2007 reference data for Europe.

NOTE: For external commercial use of ArcGIS Online tasks, you must purchase a subscription. If you're using the World Routing task for external commercial use or for more than 5,000 routes per year, including 10 route stops and 25 barriers per route, see Using the World Routing subscription. The World Routing subscription is available only for ArcGIS Server 9.3.1.

To use the free ArcGIS Online routing services with your application, see the appropriate section below and follow the instructions to get started:

ArcGIS Desktop
ArcGIS Server Web ADF
ArcGIS Server APIs

ArcGIS Desktop

To find a route using an ArcGIS Online routing service:

Follow the instructions for your application:
1. In ArcGIS Desktop 9.3, click the Tools menu, point to Online Service, then click Find Route .
2. In ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1, use the StreetMap toolbar, and click Find Route (using online route services) .
Select the routing service you want to use from the dropdown list in the dialog:
- North America Route Finder Tele Atlas: Use to perform point-to-point and optimized routing in the United States and Canada.
- European Route Finder Tele Atlas: Use to perform point-to-point and optimized routing in Europe.

ArcGIS Server Web ADF

To connect to ArcGIS Server Web ADFs, use the URL: http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services.

The following free routing services are available:

North American Routing (ESRI_Route_NA): Use to perform point-to-point and optimized routing in the United States and Canada.
European Routing (ESRI_Route_EU): Use to perform point-to-point and optimized routing in Europe.

For information on using the ArcGIS Online routing services with the ArcGIS Server Web ADF, see the documentation for the appropriate ArcGIS Server Web ADF:

ArcGIS Server .NET ADF: Network Analyst Routing Sample
ArcGIS Server Java ADF: Working with Networks and Simple Routing Task in the code gallery

ArcGIS Server APIs

ArcGIS API for Flex, JavaScript, Silverlight and REST users should use the following server connection for Web applications: http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest

ArcGIS Server SOAP API users should use the following server connection for Web applications: http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services

The following free routing services are available:

North American Routing (ESRI_Route_NA): Use to perform point-to-point and optimized routing in the United States and Canada.
European Routing (ESRI_Route_EU): Use to perform point-to-point and optimized routing in Europe.

For information on using the ArcGIS Online routing services with an ArcGIS API, see the documentation for the appropriate API: