Essential Information for Developers

GIS for Developers

ArcGIS Family of Products

ArcObjects technology encompasses a collection of platform independent software components which are the foundation of the ArcGIS product family.

• ArcGIS Development and Deployment Options
• ArcGIS Common Foundations
• ArcGIS Architecture Focus

Acquaint yourself with the many ways you can develop and deliver applications based on ArcObjects.

• GIS and Mapping Solutions for Developers—Technology for desktop, client, Web, and server application architectures.
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Desktop Technology
ArcGIS Desktop products can be easily customized in a drag and drop manner or extended using ArcObjects.

Developer Technology
ESRI Developer Network—Build custom desktop or server GIS applications or embed GIS functionality in existing applications.

Server Technology
ArcGIS Server—GIS enterprise application server that implements GIS business logic in an information technology (IT) standards-based server environment.

ArcSDE—GIS data server that facilitates managing enterprise wide spatial data in a commercial DBMS.

ArcIMS—The foundation for distributing high-end, high speed mapping services via the Internet.

Mobile Technology
ArcPad Application Builder—Tools used to customise ArcPad for industry-specific field data collection applications.

Web Services

ArcWeb Services—Self-contained, modular SOAP-based components that can be accessed over the Web. They typically perform a specific GIS function that can be integrated into a larger application.

More Technology

MapObjects—Embeddable mapping components that are available as separate products for Windows and Java.