20 GIS PRODUCT NEWS Free Annual Maps and Globes Optimized for ArcGIS Server Jump-start Your Web Maps For years, Esri has been helping ArcGIS Desktop users get started with their GIS projects by providing them with Esri Data & Maps preconfigured map data updated annually and delivered on a set of DVDs. Composed of many types of map data at various scales, Esri Data & Maps is ideal for many types of GIS projects. To help ArcGIS Server users quickly jump-start their projects, Esri now offers free map data optimized specifically for ArcGIS Server. Esri Data & Maps for ArcGIS Server is now available to every ArcGIS Server user upon request and will be included in the box with the ArcGIS Server 9.4 release. Esri Data & Maps for ArcGIS Server provides preconfigured 2D map and 3D globe cache services and map data, such as satellite imagery, street maps, land cover, and shaded relief, down to about 1:1,000,000 scale. These basemaps and reference layers work with any ArcGIS Server client application, such as ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Explorer, or can be used to build custom applications using ArcGIS Server APIs, such as Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, Flex, .NET, or Java. Users can create 2D and 3D digital worlds by combining the map services with local data and services from ArcGIS Server and ArcIMS; Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc., Web Map Services; and KML services. A multiscale world street map down to highway-level detail, along with multiresolution imagery; the Natural Earth physical map; and a worldwide shaded relief map provide fast, high-quality basemaps. Transportation, boundaries and places, and elevation reference layers are also included to augment the basemaps with detailed reference information. In addition, the basemaps can be supplemented with users’ own data for a specific local area of interest. Delivered on DVD and hosted by users on their own secure GIS servers, Esri Data & Maps for ArcGIS Server ensures that map services are quickly available to all users on a network. The optimized set of data can be used as a global basemap framework for deploying GIS applications to users both inside and outside an organization. Esri Data & Maps for ArcGIS Server works with ArcGIS Server 9.2 Service Pack 2 or higher for both the .NET and Java platforms. More Information To learn more and to request a free copy of Esri Data & Maps for ArcGIS Server, visit www.esri. com/dataandmapsserver. ArcGIS Server projects are easily enhanced with prerendered satellite imagery for the world. Inset: Jump-start routing projects with a multiscale world street map optimized for ArcGIS Server. Now Includes Geocoding, Routing, and Expanded Map Options ArcGIS Data Appliance Provides Ready-to-Use Map and Task Services The latest release of ArcGIS Data Appliance, a preconfigured network storage device loaded with terabytes of ready-to-use data, offers geocoding and routing functionality along with expanded imagery and street data. ArcGIS Data Appliance delivers maps and tasks optimized for ArcGIS Server, allowing users to publish map services quickly and securely. ArcGIS Data Appliance users can now securely access geocoding and routing functionality for the United States, Canada, and Europe. The geocoding options enable users to find and display addresses on a map through single address, reverse, or batch geocoding. The routing options allow users to generate routes between two or more points and display the routes on maps along with the associated driving directions. Both the geocoding and routing services use the most recent commercial street data from Tele Atlas/TomTom to provide the highest geocoding match rates and generate the most efficient routes and driving directions. The precached and prerendered basemap data offerings for ArcGIS Data Appliance have been expanded with the following new options: World Imagery, World IKONOS Cities Imagery, and European Street Map. Users can now access detailed satellite imagery for the world, including 15-meter resolution for the entire world and a 1–2-meter resolution imagery mosaic for the contiguous United States. Also, 1-meter resolution imagery for more than 700 major metropolitan areas around the world is available. The street data now includes a multiscale street map for Europe with highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, administrative boundaries, cities, and landmarks overlaid on shaded relief imagery for added context. ArcGIS Data Appliance provides rich, detailed data—including imagery, street maps, topographic maps, shaded relief, elevation data, and reference layers—that fits easily into an existing IT infrastructure to enhance ArcGIS Server applications New geocoding and routing options, along with new data, such as European Street Map, allow ArcGIS Data Appliance users to quickly and securely access the critical services they need for their ArcGIS projects. and services. The ready-to-use content is optimized for high performance with ArcGIS Server, enabling users to publish large sets of varied data quickly and easily. With the addition of geocoding and routing options, ArcGIS Data Appliance now allows organizations to host many of the same maps and tasks available through ArcGIS Online (see the ArcGIS Online article at the bottom of page 22) on their own secure servers behind their firewalls. Users can also combine their own map data with that included in ArcGIS Data Appliance by purchasing additional storage capacity. Their data can be hosted in cache format and published as services, which can be combined in an ArcGIS application with services published using the data shipped with ArcGIS Data Appliance. A complete server bundle is available for organizations that do not have ArcGIS Server. ArcGIS Data Appliance (Server Bundle) includes applicable ArcGIS Server software, choice of data collections and task services, and hardware. More Information To learn more about ArcGIS Data Appliance, visit www.esri.com/dataappliance. GIS TRAINING EXPRESS™ • Esri-Authorized Classes • Custom Classes • GIS Academy 2009 Beyond the Basics • Earn GISCI Points We help • Training Facility in you put Seattle’s Historic GIS to work! Pioneer Square 206-263-5220 www.kingcounty.gov/gis/training IKONOS World Cities Imagery, Sydney, Australia (source: GeoEye).