ESRI's Continued Commitment to Standards and Interoperability

ArcUser April-June 2003 Special Section

One of the hallmarks of GIS technology is its inherently collaborative nature. GIS illustrates relationships, connections, and patterns in data. The unique integration capabilities of GIS bring together data from many sources for visual display and analysis, creating a more complete picture of a situation than would otherwise be possible. This enables organizations to make better decisions based on all relevant factors. For this reason, GIS technology has become an integral part of the information infrastructure in many organizations and must "fit" into standard computing environments and interoperate with organizations' data and applications.

Read the individual articles that comprise this series.

• ESRI's Continued Commitment to Standards and Interoperability
  An overview of this critical aspect of GIS. [PDF-859 KB]
• Real Benefits From Interoperability: A Case Study
  An energy company integrates four systems and reaps rewards. [PDF-1.74 MB]
• Web Services: A Standards-Based Framework for Integration
  A powerful architecture for distributed computing. [PDF-267 KB]
• ArcWeb Services: Advantages for Developers and Users
  Commercially hosted spatial data and GIS functionality. [PDF-139 KB]
• The Next Wave of Interoperability Via Web Services
  Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) connectors for ArcIMS. [PDF-366 KB]
• GML Profiling: Why It's Important for Interoperability
  Encoding supports broad implementation. [PDF-126 KB]
• ArcExplorer Extension Supports WMS and WFS
  New extension writes feature layers as Geography Markup Language (GML). [PDF-126 KB]
• Coming to Terms With Interoperability and Standards
  A brief glossary. [PDF-57.9 KB]

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