ArcGIS Server Opportunities

ArcGIS Server• Like ArcIMS, and older IMS

technology, ArcGIS Server is a means for broadcasting geographic information to be consumed by various types of clients

• Map Applications vs Map Services

– http://maps.jocogov.org/floodplain/default.aspx

– http://gis.marc2.org/TIPmap/

Map Services

– Service that can be consumed from various map platforms like ArcMap, ArcExplorer, Google Maps, AutoCAD, Gaia, etc.

Advantages of map services

– Combine data from various sources– Data pre-defined / pre-rendered– Data currency

Limitations of map services

– Display / Rendering– Lack of selections, buffering, tables,

etc…– Performance constrained by bandwidth

– Server side• Data locking• Security / Authorization

Now What?• Refine and expand map service offerings

– via use, pilot, feedback, etc– Push use in ArcMap, ArcExplorer

• Use map services in other map platforms (via WMS)– Google Maps / Earth– Virtual Earth– Gaia

What else?• Geoprocessing services, geocoders, editing

• SQL Server 2008– New spatial data type should support

fundamental spatial operations

• Other WMS servers– mapdotnet

• http://public.mapdotnet.com/MDNSDemos/CityOfMiamiDemo/Default.aspx