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I've found this example... http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisserver/apis/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples_start.htm#jssamples/layers_custom_tiled.html

Which uses an exploded cache. It notes at the beginning of the article...

"You would most likely use ArcGISTileMapServiceLayer when accessing a service from 9.3 and beyond"

Digging into the ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer object it seems like it only connects to services via the rest url. I need to accomplish what is achieved in the Portland example (the link above) but with cache bundles instead of the exploded cache.

Potentially Useful Background: I need to make an entirely self contained web map app with the javascript api that would use bundles that are stored with the app (as opposed to out on a server with arcgis installed) to render the map.

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How do you plan to access the tiles? Still over http? –  Derek Swingley Oct 14 '11 at 18:08
Any way possible? If I could just access them through the relative file structure that'd be nice. –  Carter Oct 14 '11 at 18:37
It's gotta be entirely locally contained ultimately, but I'm just trying to take baby steps at this point. –  Carter Oct 14 '11 at 18:43
I updated my answer to include a link to a jsfiddle showing a custom non-ArcGIS tiled map service. Regarding being entirely locally contained, what kind of device will this run on? If it's a laptop, you're good...if you're talking phone or tablet, I think local storage if your best bet(but then you're pretty limited on the amount of data your app can use). –  Derek Swingley Oct 15 '11 at 21:59
@Carter, I don't think its possible todo what you are seeking; AGS is what provides the way to get to the bundled images; unless you have a exploded cache you don't be able to get to the content of the bundle. The assumption of all the sources you see is that you are using AGS to host/serve the cache. You can access exploded cache directly and offline but you are seeking for bundles and that isn't possible. –  D.E.Wright Oct 16 '11 at 1:03

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I think there are two things that should help you accomplish this:

Side note: you linked to the 1.6 docs. While valid for 1.6, the current version of the API is 2.5 and we recommend you use that as 1.6 is no longer being updated.

Edit: Here's a working example of a custom layer using tiles non-ArcGIS Server endpoints: http://jsfiddle.net/swingley/V5DcN/4/

Besides the base map, the tiles are coming from rootmetrics.com.

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Thanks, not sure how I wound up on the 1.6 documentation. –  Carter Oct 14 '11 at 18:41
I appreciate the answer, but I'm not sure it is what I'm looking for. The first article is actually the one I had been working off, but it's most pertinent example (the custom tiled layer type one) basically ties into the exploded tiles. Whereas I have bundles. The second article still seems to need to connect via the ArcGIS rest stuff. Perhaps my question needs to be reworded. –  Carter Oct 14 '11 at 19:20
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Based on what I can find and what D.E. Wright mention in the comments above, I've concluded that it's not possible to access the bundle files via the JS API.

I wound up just creating an exploded cache to use in this instance and it's worked fine.

Note: Although I've marked my own answer to this question as THE answer (because I believe it is the answer the my original question), I want to draw attention to Derek Swingley's answer as well.

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