Creating Web Applications
To meet your specific needs, tracking client applications for the Web can be created on a variety of platforms using Esri's Tracking Client APIs.
A Tracking Client API for Every Platform
Esri provides Tracking Client APIs on a wide range of platforms, allowing you to build real-time GIS applications in almost any environment. The Tracking Client APIs allow you to integrate real-time data from Tracking Server into custom Web mapping applications built using the ArcGIS Web APIs. The typical workflow for building a tracking Web mapping application is:
- Build a Web mapping application using one of the ArcGIS Web APIs
- Integrate real-time data from Tracking Server into the Web mapping application using the appropriate Tracking Client API (listed below).
The Tracking Client APIs are not included with Tracking Server. They are available for download on the Tracking Server Resource Center. The Resource Center also provides additional information on the Tracking Client APIs, including an overview document that describes how they are used.
The following Tracking Client APIs are available:
- JavaScript
- Flex
- Silverlight
- iOS/Mac
- Windows Phone
- Java
- .Net
- .Net Compact Framework
- Qt
Customizing Tracking Widgets
The Tracking Server Resources group on ArcGIS Online provides several tracking widgets that can be used as a starting point for developing your own tracking client web application.
For example, Esri provides Tracking Viewer for Flex, a free downloadable tracking client application built using the ArcGIS API for Flex. If you would like to customize or extend its capabilities, you can download Tracking Viewer for Flex along with its source code from ArcGIS Online to get started quickly.