ArcIMS
Web applications
will be one of the primary methods for providing spatially enabled data to
our customers. ArcIMS is one of the strategic tools
that will be used to implement these web applications. ArcIMS
allows for custom application development for many needs. ArcIMS will allow users to view and analyze the County's
GIS data via the web.To learn more about ArcIMS, visit ESRI's
website.
Visual Basic
GIS has chosen to use
Microsoft's Visual Basic as its development tool because it provides one of
the fastest and easiest means of creating Windows-based applications. It
is called "Visual" Basic because of the manner in which a user may
create a Graphical User Interface. The user may simply drag-and-drop
pre-built objects into place on the screen, without having to write numerous
lines of code to describe their appearance and location. In this
manner, an item such as a pull-down list may be simply dragged onto the user
interface, while the programmer need only worry about putting values in that
list.
ArcExplorer
ArcExplorer is a lightweight desktop GIS data viewing
tool developed by ESRI. It can be used either as an Internet client, or as a
stand-alone application working with local data. Users can display and query
a wide variety of data sets, such as ArcInfo coverages, Shapefiles, and
images. It can also pan and zoom through multiple data layers, save and
retrieve views and print maps. This application is being distributed free of
charge and it is our plan to install it on desktops countywide.
