ArcGIS Server

Kamal Pandey kamal@iirs.gov.in

Acknowledgement: ESRI-India

Agenda

• Overview of the ArcGIS System

• What is ArcGIS Server • ArcGIS Server Editions • ArcGIS Server Manager • Publishing Services • GIS Functionality • Questions and Answers

ArcGIS: A Comprehensive GIS System

Desktop, Server, Web, and Mobile

Mapping, Cartography, Visualization, Editing, Data Management, Publishing, Analysis, More…

Common TechnologyArchitecture

ArcObjects

ArcGIS Servers

ArcGIS Engine

ArcGIS Desktop

ArcGIS Technology Architecture

ArcGIS Products

ArcGIS Server

ArcGIS Server Offers services to many clients

Standard Networks

ArcGIS Server

Out of the box Web GIS • ArcGIS Server connects people with geographic information.

• ArcGIS Server is used to distribute maps and GIS capabilities over the Web.

• With ArcGIS Server, you can take control of your spatial data and imagery resources through a centralized data management system.

• Improve decisions and productivity with Web mapping services.

• A development platform for building spatially enabled server applications

ArcGIS Server

• Complete out-of-the-box Web-based GIS – Create GIS services

• Maps, globes, locators, networks, tools – Deliver focused, easy to use applications

• Web applications • Mobile applications

– Centrally manage your GIS services and applications

• Rich development platform – Full Software Developer Kit – .NET and Java platforms

ArcGIS Server Editions

• You can choose from three editions of ArcGIS Server - Basic, Standard, and Advanced.

• Basic—This edition provides users with a comprehensive GIS server for spatial data management. It focuses on organizing and managing geographic datasets

• Standard—This edition provides all the features of the Basic edition plus visualization (mapping) and spatial analysis. It also allows you to publish GIS services; support browser-based editing capabilities.

• Advanced—This edition provides all the features of the Standard edition, along with advanced spatial analysis and modeling and a configurable mobile GIS application. The Advanced edition also includes four advanced analysis extensions (3D, Spatial, Network, and Geostatistical) at no additional cost.

ArcGIS Server Levels

• Each of these three functional editions is provided at two separate levels.

• ArcGIS Server Workgroup – Runs on Windows only. – Includes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, which is used as the DBMS for

ArcSDE. – Limited to run on a single computer.

• ArcGIS Server Enterprise – Can scale to databases of any size and number of users, running on

computers of any size and configuration. – Includes Enterprise ArcSDE technology, the traditional ArcSDE technology

that runs on Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, and Informix. – Can run on one or more computers

ArcGIS Server Capacity

ArcGIS Server Extensions

ArcGIS Server

ArcGIS.com

ArcGIS Desktop

The Web as a GIS platform

Author Publish Use

Web GIS

ArcGIS Server and the Web

ArcGIS Explorer

Desktop GIS

Mobile GIS

Internet/ Intranet

ArcGIS Desktop- Author

ArcGIS Server Authentication

ArcGIS Server Manager

• Entry way to ArcGIS Server

• Starting point for: – Publishing services – Creating applications – Managing your

GIS Server

• Access Help

• Complements ArcCatalog

Site Builder: Creating Web Applications

• Easy to use Web application builder

• Launched from ArcGIS Server Manager

• No programming required

• Name the application

• Choose map layers to be displayed

• Configure functionality of the application

• Set application properties

Steps for Creating Web Applications

Choosing Map Layers

• You can access one or more services – ArcGIS Server – ArcIMS services – ArcWeb Services – WMS services

• Get services from any available serve

• Services are blended together in the map

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Configuring Functionality: Tasks

• Deliver GIS functionality in your Web application through tasks

• Add tasks to build your customized application

• Examples of tasks – Find a place – Find the 3 closest ATMs – Edit parcel layers

• Tasks can be based on sophisticated models – Find Landslide Prone

Areas

Completed Web Application

• Focus on the map

• Clean layout – Collapsible panels – Option to hide TOC

or overview map

• Built-in map navigation – Scroll wheel zoom – Click to pan map

– Keyboard shortcuts

Web GIS Summary

• Author information using ArcGIS Desktop – Maps – Globes – Locators – Geoprocessing Models – Geodatabases

• Publish information to create services – 2D and 3D layer services – Geocoding, Network Analysis and Geoprocessing task services – Data services

Layer Services Display Data