routing service

A routing service is a that uses network analysis and streets data to calculate the most effective path and turn-by-turn directions on a street for a set of . Many factors are taken into consideration in calculations such as traffic conditions, specific time of day, and any barriers that might affect drive time and . The routing service provides a number of other operations, such as finding the maximum driving distance over time, the shortest path to a set of facilities, the "traveling salesman problem" (shortest possible route to visit each exactly once and return to the ), and a cost matrix to determine the minimum cost of traveling to . An is required to use the service.

There are two types of routing services:

  1. The ArcGIS Routing service: A hosted by Esri for developers who have an or .

  2. ArcGIS Enterprise routing service: A service you can host in your own infrastructure with . The service is available to developers who have an associated with the .

Learn more in the developer guide

Also known as

  • World routing service
  • Vehicle Routing service
  • Location Allocation service
  • Closest Facility service
  • Origin Destination Cost Matrix service

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