Facilities Information and Technology Services

Public Notice- GIS Services Migration (2024)

Topic:
Enterprise GIS
Tags:
GIS,
ArcGIS Enterprise,
GIS Scripts

Overview

Any live access to GIS data is done through a REST API. In this document this will be called a "service". 

Migration

There is a needed change for all services. (January 2024) 

The old service format: "https://gismaps.osu.edu/arcgis/rest/services/{folder}/{service}/{MapServer OR FeatureServer}". Link

The new service format (change highlighted in bold): "https://gissvc.osu.edu/arcgis/rest/services/{folder}/{service}/{MapServer OR FeatureServer}". Link

All references to the old service format will cease to function and should be updated. 

If a service is not available in the new format, please contact FITS. 

Migration Example

  • Person: "I use the GIS REST Endpoint for the historic map service"
  • Person: "The application I have uses the service URL 'https://gismaps.osu.edu/arcgis/rest/services/AGOL/OSUHistoric/MapServer'."
  • Person: "I need to update this service to the new URL 'https://gissvc.osu.edu/arcgis/rest/services/AGOL/OSUHistoric/MapServer'."

Migration Tips

  1. Viewing the URLS in the web browser should provide context on the data in the service. The services should be identical. 

    A rest service end point screenshot that shows the example rest service's endpoint
  2. Use find and replace. Try a "CRTL+F" for "gismaps.osu.edu/arcgis/rest" and a replace with "gissvc.osu.edu/arcgis/rest" in custom environments
  3. In ArcGIS Online, edit the URL in your items instead of fully replacing them in your webmaps.