The ArcIMS (Internet Map Server) we use at the AWI is a Web Map Server produced by ESRI. It is a web-GIS that is designed to serve maps across the Internet. Sometimes these maps are just static images allowing simple panning and zooming, whilst others are more complex pages. Examples of interactive maps served with ArcIMS include maps with layers that can be turned on and off, or with features containing attributes that can be queried. A visitor to a site driven by ArcIMS needs only a web browser: the GIS and database are maintained on the server side.

See the IMS services provided by the Marine Geochemistry Group: