GIS ProductsArcGIS Data InteroperabilityThe ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension enables users to directly read and import more than 70 spatial data formats and export to more than 50. Users also have the flexibility to define custom data formats within an interactive, visual diagramming environment. ArcGIS Data Interoperability is built on Safe Software's industry-standard Feature Manipulation Engine® product. ArcIMS Data DeliveryThe ArcIMS Data Delivery extension enables ArcIMS to serve data in a variety of formats and projections that best meet the needs of the client application. This introduces an entirely new notion of openness, since data can be delivered to the client in that client's native format rather than in a compromised format that impacts performance, functionality, or both. Many popular CAD, GIS, and standards-based formats, such as GML, can be served directly into a client application-whether they are a different vendor's CAD, GIS package, or a thin-client browser. This capability is critical for defense and intelligence users who want to avoid vendor lockin and exclusionary standards. It permits different capability areas to maintain interoperability despite conflicting procurement life cycles-a critical factor in the journey to networkcentric operations. |
