Mapping and GIS for the Internet Ruilan Shi Department of Geography McGill University Presented on June 1, 2001 on Carto2001
Contents ArcIMS Features ArcIMS Architecture Tech Specs Quick demo using ArcIMS Manager
ArcIMS Features Why ArcIMS ? Integrate local and Internet data Easily create, design, and manage Web sites Maximize your data investment Provide Access to GIS data and services Powerfully intelligent clients Highly scalable server architecture Advanced portability options
ArcIMS Architecture
ArcIMS Manager Author MapServise files Design web pages Publish MapServises and administer ArcIMS Spatial servers
Application Server & Connector ArcIMS Components
Spatial 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 ?
Tech 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.) Supported Web Server and Java Servlet Engines PlatformsWeb ServerServlets WinNT Server Microsoft IIS Jrun, Servlet Exec WinNT Server Workstation Solaris Netscape Enterprise Server and iPlanet Native Servlet WinNT Server Workstation Solaris ApacheJServ
Quick demo using ArcIMS Manager
Acknowledgments overview of ArcIMS lit.html architecture Security Features & functions ArcIMS vs. ArcView IMS, MapObject IMS Thank You !