IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Web Service Examples
The following sections link to examples of clients and tools that use the IUCN Web Services. For full documentation on how to use the Web Services and the source code for all of these tools, go here .
ESRI Map Service
ESRI Map Service - ESRI basemap ESRI Map Service - Cloudmade basemap
Web Mapping Service (WMS)
OpenLayers using WMS
Web Feature Service (WFS)
Examples of using WFS
Google Earth (KMZ)
Example of using KMZ (synchronous) Example of using KMZ (asynchronous using a Geoprocessing Task)
Zipped shapefile download
Example of getting a zipped shapefile for a set of species
Example of getting a zipped shapefile for a family
All of these servies use secure Web Services with token-based authentication.
The token for these examples expires on 11/3/2012
In order to use the secured Web Services within your own web applications:
Request a username and password from IUCN
On receipt of your credentials, create a token for your website using the token service .
Copy and paste the token into your web application -
For information on working with secure ArcGIS Services using the Javascript API see here