Mapping and GIS Mapping and GIS for the Internet for the Internet

Ruilan Shi

Department of Geography

McGill University

Presented on June 1, 2001 on Carto2001

ContentsContents

ArcIMS FeaturesArcIMS ArchitectureTech SpecsQuick demo using ArcIMS Manager

ArcIMS FeaturesArcIMS FeaturesWhy ArcIMS ?Why ArcIMS ?

Integrate local and Internet dataEasily create, design, and manage Web sitesMaximize your data investment Provide Access to GIS data and services

Powerfully intelligent clientsHighly scalable server architectureAdvanced portability options

ArcIMS ArchitectureArcIMS Architecture

ArcIMS ManagerArcIMS Manager

Author MapServise files

Design web pages

Publish MapServises and administer ArcIMS Spatial servers

Application Server & ConnectorApplication Server & Connector

ArcIMS Components

Spatial ServerSpatial Server Image Rending: generates and send

maps to Web browsers as JPEG, PNG, or GIF images

Feature Streaming: sends shapefiles and ArcSDE data sets in a compressed binary format to a Java Applet in the client Web browser.

Query: returns associated data for spatial and tabular queries.

Geocoding: locates addresses on maps.

Data Extraction: returns data in shapefile format

How ArcIMS Communicates ?How ArcIMS Communicates ?

Tech SpecsTech Specs

Supported Platforms • Windows NT 4.0 Intel with SP4, 5, 6A • 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.)Tech Specs (cont.)Supported Web Server and Java Servlet Engines

Platforms Web Server Servlets

WinNT Server Microsoft IISJrun, Servlet Exec

WinNT Server Workstation

SolarisNetscape Enterprise Server and iPlanet

Native Servlet

WinNT Server Workstation

SolarisApache JServ

Quick demo using ArcIMS ManagerQuick demo using ArcIMS Manager

AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments http://www.esri.com/software/arcims/index.html

overview of ArcIMS

http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/arcims_lit.html architecture

Security Features & functions ArcIMS vs. ArcView IMS, MapObject IMS

Thank You ! shir@geog.mcgill.ca