Desktop GIS Viewer Race New breed of lightweight easy-to-use viewers for GIS capabilities – somewhere between Desktop GIS and Internet Map Servers Build a functionality rich interface for browsing/consuming GIS data sources
Players Google –Google Earth 4.0 – ESRI –ArcGIS Explorer – not available yet Microsoft –Virtual Earth??? – nothing yet
Advantages Google Exists Efficient KML 3D Viewer Data open source ESRI Open source OGC WMS, ArcWeb Services, Local Data, KML 3D Viewer GIS Analysis
Disadvantages Google Not integrated w/ ESRI products/data Interface not open source Data editing/use limited ESRI Vaporware Efficiency??? Native data format not open source
KML Keyhole Markup Language Programming interface to manipulating GE maps XML based format for storing geography Open Source for the map configuration and data Is not open source for the application interface
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Integration Example
KML Polygon Widget World Widget World Headquarters #FEATURES 1 relativeToGround , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , –
ArcGIS Tools Export to KML Home Companion KMLer