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Web Services

Web services are self-contained application components that provide specific functionality to other applications via the Internet.

Applications can access Web services through Web protocols such as HTTP and XML, without concern for how each service is implemented. Application developers can combine Web services or use them with other tools to perform a larger function or provide a complete solution.

GIS Web Services

GIS Web services are Internet applications that use data and related functionality to perform basic geoprocessing tasks such as

Address matching
Spatial searches
Routing
Mapping
Geocoding

GIS Web services enable application developers to integrate GIS functionality into their Web applications without having to build the functionality or host the mapping data locally.

Web Map Services (WMS) can be viewed using ArcExplorer Web or the Interoperability Add-on for ArcGIS. View available WMS.

Web Feature Services (WFS) can be viewed using the Interoperability Add-on for ArcGIS. View available WFS.

Featured GIS Web Services

MapStudio for Homeland Security—Emergency and crisis management centers can create common operating pictures and access detailed data for specific events.

MapStudio for Media—Media outlets now have an affordable and easy way to create maps of any location in the world.

Additional Web Services

Contact Us: The Geography Network content and publishers are constantly expanding. Please let us know what GIS Web services you would like to see us provide.