Client Applications

ArcGIS Server is an open and interoperable server that supports a broad range of clients including

ArcGIS Explorer—ArcGIS Explorer is a lightweight client that is included with ArcGIS Server. It offers an easy way to deliver access to GIS content and capabilities. ArcGIS Explorer supports 2D and 3D mapping services as well as geoprocessing services for spatial analysis. With ArcGIS Explorer, users can consume and fuse standard Web services including those from ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS, WMS servers, and others. Learn more

ArcGIS for AutoCAD—ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a free application that installs on top of AutoCAD 2007 and provides access to ArcGIS Server map services. ArcGIS for AutoCAD provides access to every GIS vector, raster, and image format supported by ArcGIS Server through the map service view, without the need for special data connections, symbology mapping, conversion, or translation. Advanced cartography, sophisticated data management, and the benefit of world class GIS analysis are now all passed through this map service object. Learn more

Browser Based—ArcGIS Server delivers out-of-the-box browser-based applications. This includes a viewer and a browser-based editing application to support basic geodatabase editing tasks.

ArcGIS Mobile—The ArcGIS Server Software Development Kit (SDK) supports mobile application development for the .NET platform. It includes a set of tools for building and deploying mobile applications that are powered by ArcGIS Server. These developer components support mobile applications that work in various states of connectivity (connected, periodically connected, not connected). Learn more

ArcGIS Desktop—ArcReader, ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo can be used as desktop clients for ArcGIS Server.

In addition, ArcGIS Server supports a series of open APIs and standards that allow virtually any other client (e.g., CAD, GIS, image processing, and SQL-based applications) to interact with and use the mapping, spatial analysis, and data management services of ArcGIS Server. These services can also be called upon and integrated with other Web services using standard Web services protocols such as SOAP and XML.