Accessing ArcGIS Server with the Google Maps JavaScript API

ArcGIS Server is the mapping and spatial server developed by ESRI. It is a proprietary software, but the capabilities and integration with desktop software make ArcGIS Server better than other spatial server products. ArcGIS Server is a complete spatial server solution for enterprise corporations or institutions. ArcGIS Server is used for creating and managing GIS web services, applications, and data. ArcGIS Server is typically deployed on-premises within the organization's Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) or off-premises in a cloud computing environment.

ESRI releases APIs for the ArcGIS Server to use in multiple platforms, but ESRI does not support the Google Maps JavaScript API v3. There was an extension for the Google Maps JavaScript API v2, but it does not work with the new API. There is an open source library to extend the Google Maps JavaScript API v3 to work with ArcGIS Server.

In this recipe, we will use the open source...