Mapping and GIS for the Internet Ruilan Shi

Mapping and GIS for the Internet Ruilan Shi Department of Geography Mc. Gill University Presented on June 1, 2001 on Carto 2001

Contents l Arc. IMS Features l Arc. IMS Architecture l Tech Specs l Quick demo using Arc. IMS Manager

Arc. IMS Features Why Arc. IMS ? l Integrate local and Internet data l Easily create, design, and manage Web sites l Maximize your data investment l Provide Access to GIS data and services l Powerfully intelligent clients l Highly scalable server architecture l Advanced portability options

Arc. IMS Architecture

Arc. IMS Manager l Author Map. Servise files l Design web pages l Publish Map. Servises and administer Arc. IMS Spatial servers

Application Server & Connector l Arc. IMS Components

Spatial Server l Image Rending: generates and send maps to Web browsers as JPEG, PNG, or GIF images l Feature Streaming: sends shapefiles and Arc. SDE data sets in a compressed binary format to a Java Applet in the client Web browser. l Query: returns associated data for spatial and tabular queries. Geocoding: locates addresses on maps. l Data Extraction: returns data in l shapefile format

How Arc. IMS Communicates ?

Tech Specs l Supported Platforms • • l Windows NT 4. 0 Intel with SP 4, 5, 6 A Solaris 2. 6 Solaris 7 Solaris 8 Supported web browsers • Internet Explorer 4. 0 • Internet Explorer 5. 0 • Netscape 4. 5, 4. 61 and 4. 7

Tech Specs (cont. ) l Supported Platforms Web Server and Java Servlet Engines Web Server Servlets Win. NT Server Microsoft IIS Jrun, Servlet Exec Win. NT Server Workstation Solaris Netscape Enterprise Server and i. Planet Native Servlet Apache JServ Win. NT Server Workstation Solaris

Quick demo using Arc. IMS Manager

l http: //www. esri. com/software/arcims/index. html Acknowledgments l l http: //www. esri. com/library/whitepapers/arcims_ lit. html l l overview of Arc. IMS architecture Security Features & functions Arc. IMS vs. Arc. View IMS, Map. Object IMS Thank You ! shir@geog. mcgill. ca