Key Features of ArcGIS Explorer

• Access 2D and 3D mapping services from ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS, and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) WMS
• Add local data such as geodatabases, shapefiles, KML/KMZ, GPX, and raster formats (JPEG 2000, GeoTIFF, MrSID). See a demo of adding GPX data to ArcGIS Explorer.
• Connect to free ESRI-hosted ArcGIS Online Services (satellite imagery for the entire world, worldwide streets, terrain, boundaries and labels, political maps, and physiography).
• Answer geographic questions and share the answers with others.
• Perform GIS analysis (such as visibility, direction finding, and proximity search).
• Add custom tasks to manage, edit, and analyze your data. Author tasks using ArcGIS Desktop and serve them to ArcGIS Explorer via ArcGIS Server.
• Connect to GeoRSS feeds. See a demo.
• E-mail your projects directly from the application. See a demo.
• Customize your map display (symbology, pop up windows, layer transparency, sun shading, clouds, graticules).
• Use the free downloadable SDK to extend default tasks or create new ones.
• Connect to the online Resource Center for a one-stop place to access online help, blogs, and samples, as well as free tasks, layers, and results.