ArcGIS

Desktop GIS is the primary platform for GIS professionals to compile, author, and use geographic information and knowledge. Server GIS allows GIS software to be centralized in application servers-delivering GIS capabilities to large numbers of users over networks. Mobile GIS enables field-based personnel to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display geographic information. Hosted GIS offers a cost-effective way to include mapping and location services in Web-enabled applications. ArcGIS Online provides ready-to-use online map services, globe services, and other GIS services for use with ArcGIS. ESRI Canada provides a full spectrum of ready-to-use geospatial data products delivered either as a Web service or as packaged media.

Geodatabase Technology

Geodatabases manage and store diverse collections of geographic information.

Like all information systems, ArcGIS has a well-defined model for working with data-the geodatabase. A common framework shared by all ArcGIS products and applications, the geodatabase allows you to

• Handle rich data types.
• Apply sophisticated rules and relationships.
• Access large volumes of geographic data stored in files and databases.

More than a manager of geographic data, the geodatabase also implements sophisticated business logic that, for example, builds relationships between data types such as topologies and geometric networks, validates data, and controls access.