Offline packaging service

Description

The OfflinePackaging service creates and manages map areas. Map areas make it easier and faster for your users to work offline by packaging the map for a specific area ahead of time. Currently, map areas are only supported when using your own runtime app. For more information about the preplanned workflow, see Mapping APIs and location services. You can create map areas using ArcGIS API for Python or directly through REST calls.

Key features

You can do the following using the OfflinePackaging service:

• Create a map area from a web map.
• Define and create packages for each service in the web map within the map area extent.
• Refresh existing map area packages to update them with changes.

Access the service

To access the service, you need the following:

• An ArcGIS Developer account or ArcGIS Online account
• An access token (API key or OAuth 2.0)

Tip:

To learn more about API keys and OAuth 2.0, see Security and authentication in the Mapping APIs and location services guide.