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Topic: New Web Services - Support

We have been waiting for the introduction the new web services to use on our website and in the interim has been using EasyMaps. We note that the new API is now available and it will be a valuable resource. Unfortunately not all of us have the technical ability to use it without some guidance.
At some point, please can you provide some explanatory notes and examples, or a beginners tutorial for those who have some knowledge and can manage with some support.

Thank you

Outer Hebrides Biological Recording

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Re: New Web Services - Support

Hi Chris
We will produce user tutorials and coded examples of implementations of the new REST web services as soon as possible, and will post in this forum when further documentation is available.  The EasiMap service isn't working at the moment because it is run off the SOAP web services and there are problems with these caused by ongoing engineering work at CEH.  I see this is affecting your website and that you have put a message on to advise users about the problem, we're very sorry for the inconvenience.
Work is underway to transfer the EasiMap grid map service to work from the new REST API.  Development and testing is taking place now and we are aiming to migrate the EasiMap grid maps to the REST services by early January.  We also aim to provide some staff time next month to help developers wanting to use the REST web services.
Best wishes
Paula

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Re: New Web Services - Support

Thank you