ArcIMS provides the foundation for distributing high-end geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping services via the Internet. ArcIMS software enables users to integrate local data sources with Internet data sources for display, query, and analysis in an easy-to-use Web browser.
ArcIMS revolutionizes the way users can access and interact with Internet mapping and GIS data.

Overview

ArcIMS is the solution for distributing mapping and GIS data and services on the Web. Whether you are operating strictly within your organization’s Intranet or sharing information with hundreds of thousands of people over the Internet, you can use ArcIMS to distribute geographic data to many concurrent users and allow them to do location-based analyses.

ArcIMS is a powerful, scalable, standards-based tool that lets you quickly design and manage Internet mapping services. Using the power of ArcIMS technology, governments, businesses, and organizations throughout the world are providing a wide range of location-based data and services over the Web including city and county land use information, store location maps, real-time traffic information, home buyer services, and much more.

ArcIMS features:

• Integration with ESRI's ArcGIS Desktop products including the ability to publish ArcMap and ArcPublisher documents on the Internet
• Ability to combine data from multiple sources
• Secure access to map services
• Wide range of GIS capabilities
• Highly scalable architecture
• Standards-based communication
• Support for a wide range of clients
• Useful metadata services for indexing and sharing geographic information

Add Routing Capabilities to your ArcIMS Web Site

You can elect to put routing capabilities on your Web site by adding the ArcIMS Route Server extension to your ArcIMS application. Users can quickly obtain point-to-point directions, locate optimal routes based on time and distance, and account for multiple stops along a route.

Use ArcIMS to Provide Location Services

ArcIMS provides a diverse set of mapping, location analysis, and routing capabilities for location service developers. All around the world, ArcIMS is allowing personnel in the field, away from their office desks, to use wireless devices to access their corporate database and link to information relevant to their current location. Service providers are using ArcIMS to deliver maps to cell phones with routing and proximity search functions, provide personalized traffic reports and alerts, develop applications for fleet management and dispatching, and much more.

Serve Spatial Data Managed in a DBMS

ArcIMS and ArcSDE (ESRI's spatial data access engine) work together as an integrated back office solution for fast Internet access to vector, raster, and survey data stored in a relational database. Supported commercial databases include IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle

ArcIMS Route Server

ArcGIS StreetMap USA provides nationwide address matching and streetmap display for the entire United States. StreetMap layers automatically manage, label, and draw features such as local landmarks, streets, parks, water bodies, and other features. StreetMap can find nearly any address in the USA by interactively matching a single address or by batch matching from a file of addresses.
ArcIMS Route Server offers fast and accurate routing capabilities within the ArcIMS framework. It lets users perform rapid cross-country routing, set routing preferences (highway preferences, shortest route, or fastest route), and use precision settings to fine-tune results. ArcIMS Route Server is a valuable addition to any ArcIMS-powered Web site.

Use ArcIMS Route Server with a variety of clients, from standard desktop or browser-based clients to custom browser, desktop, or wireless applications.

To get up and running quickly, ArcIMS developers can use the sample application included with the software, or they can choose to build their own custom solutions with Java, Active Server Pages (ASP), Java Server Pages (JSP), ColdFusion, or ArcXML -- a GIS extension to standard eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

ArcIMS Route Server is a complete solution and is available with a choice of GDT or Tele Atlas data, covering the 50 U.S. States. This data is specially optimized for high-speed geocoding and routing.
ArcIMS Route Server is compatible with Windows NT/98/2000.