ArcIMS

Infobox Software


caption = Screenshot of an ArcIMS web service.
name = ArcIMS
developer = ESRI
latest_release_version = 9.3
latest_release_date = June, 2008
operating_system = MS Windows; AIX, HP-UX, GNU/Linux, Solaris
genre = Geographic information system
license = Proprietary
website = http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcims/

ArcIMS (standing for Arc Internet Map Server) is a Web Map Server produced by ESRI. It is a GIS that is designed to serve maps across the Internet. Sometimes these maps are just static images allowing simple panning and zooming, while others are more complex pages. Examples of interactive maps served with ArcIMS include maps with layers that can be turned on and off, or with features containing attributes that can be queried. A visitor to a site driven by ArcIMS needs nothing more than a web browser: the GIS and database are maintained on the server side.

The core of ArcIMS is a spatial server where most of the map related services are processed. On the server side, ArcIMS connector sits on top of web server and ArcIMS component and Application server works behind the scene. On the client side, the viewers can be thin client, custom clients or ESRI desktop application like ArcMap, ArcExplorer, or ArcPad.

ArcIMS uses ESRI's ArcXML to receive and respond to requests from the client.The data behind ArcIMS is usually stored in Shapefile format (an open specification) or an ArcSDE RDBMS database.

The Data Delivery Extension (DDE) is an extension to the ArcIMS product that delivers data to users in a data format and coordinate system of their own choosing, in order to have access to data in a format compatible with their local GIS applications.

External links

* [http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcims/index.html ESRI ArcIMS page]
* [http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcims-datadelivery/index.html ESRI ArcIMS DDE page]
* [http://gislounge.com/features/aa012402a.shtml Introduction to ArcXML]

Example ArcIMS Internet Map Sites

* [http://www.esri.com/software/internetmaps/index.html Live maps from around the world]
* [http://gisweb1.glo.state.tx.us/gisweb.cfm Texas General Land Office ArcIMS Viewers]

ArcIMS Server Addresses

*129.79.145 - IGS Atlas - Indiana Geological Survey
*129.79.145.7 - Hoosier National Forest
*66.195.233.210 - Delaware County, IN
*evansvillegis.com - Evansville, IN
*extranet.dnr.in.gov - DNR
*gdw.apfo.usda.gov
*geographynetwork.com - Geography Network Services hosted by ESRI
*geomac.usgs.gov
*gis.iu.edu:8502
*gis1.msc.fema.gov
*gisdata.nrri.umn.edu
*imaps.indygov.org - Indianapolis, IN
*in.gov/gis-dnr-web - DNR Mine Permits
*kygeonet.ky.gov - Kentucky
*mccog.grwinc.com - Madison County, IN
*nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov - USGS
*sdmws.nrcs.usda.gov - NRCS Web Soil Survey
*seamless.usgs.gov - USGS
*watershed.agriculture.purdue.edu - Purdue
*wms.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov - USDA
*www.huntington.in.us - Huntington County, IN
*gis.chicagopolice.org - Chicago, IL Police Statistics

ArcGIS Server Addresses

*gis1.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/arcgis/services
*gis2.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/arcgis/services