GeoServices REST Specification

The GeoServices REST Specification provides a way for web clients to communicate with Geographic Information System (GIS) servers through Representational State Transfer (REST) technology.

The specification is:

• A proven and easy to understand method for a broad range of clients and applications to request map, feature, attribute, and image information from a GIS server.
• A JSON-based, REST specification that will make the GIS server instantly usable by thousands of developers working in popular client-side development environments with the ArcGIS web mapping APIs for JavaScript™, Flex™, Silverlight®, iOS®, and Android™.

Documentation for this service is owned and maintained by Esri, more information and specifications can be found in the ArcGIS REST APIs technical documentation.

The full GeoServices REST Specification is described in the ArcGIS REST APIs documentation. Developers can choose how much or how little to implement. For example, if geocoding or geoprocessing operations are not exposed by the GIS server, developers may not need to implement the Geocode Service or GP Service piece of the specification.

For questions about the GeoServices REST Specification, contact geo.tigerweb@census.gov.

Directory Structure for Map Services

• TIGERweb API directory: tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb
• All TIGERweb Decennial map services will remain in the Census2020 directory.
• For more information visit: tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/TIGERweb_restmapservice.html