spatial analysis services

Spatial analysis services are that perform geometry and statistical analyses on or data. This includes services such as the , , and . Some of the types of analysis operations available include summarizing data (data aggregation), finding locations (find existing or create new location data), demographics (add social and demographic data), analyzing patterns (find trends in data), proximity analyses (create buffers and find routes), and managing data (merging, overlay, zip data). Each type of analysis is known as a task and is executed as job request to handle long transactions. Most tasks result in the creation of a new hosted data layer or file. Spatial analysis service tasks are also available as in the .

Spatial analysis services hosted by Esri are available to developers who have an or .

Spatial analysis services hosted in your own infrastructure with are only available to developers who have an associated with the .

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