Capabilities and extensions

Availability of capabilities and extensions depends on the ArcGIS GIS Server license edition you purchased. For example, some capabilities are provided by default with your edition. Others may be available for purchase as an extension. Information about which license edition is required to use the functionality is noted below. Extensions are not available with ArcGIS GIS Server Basic.

Serve schematics datasets

Schematics services allow you to share your collection of schematic information with people inside and outside your organization. Schematics help you do the following:

• Automatically generate diagrams and manage physical and logical networks, such as social networks.
• Represent any kind of network, including electric power, traffic light, delivery route, and computer networks.

Schematics are provided in ArcGIS Server as a server object extension (SOE). This allows you to publish the schematic content you create in ArcMap and expose that content on the web in client applications.

For more information, see Schematics in ArcMap and Schematics services.

Share 3D services and embed 3D analysis tools

Your GIS Server Advanced edition includes 3D data analysis and surface generation capabilities.

• Interact with 3D data to gain insights that aren't possible in 2D. Visualize raster, vector, and lidar data for 3D feature, terrain, subsurface, and volumetric views.
• Analyze GIS data in true 3D space with tools that perform complex surface, volumetric, and visibility analyses, including analyzing terrain, modeling subsurface and atmospheric features, and optimizing site selection.
• Create advanced tools and models from your ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension for Desktop and use your GIS Server to share those services to desktop, mobile, and web applications.

For more information, see What is the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension?

Serve geostatistical models

Your GIS Server Advanced edition can share statistically valid prediction services for GIS modeling and visualization.

• Use statistical models to create random training or testing data subsets that can help you identify data anomalies, explore your spatial data, and generate more precise results.
• Examine real-world issues including atmospheric data analysis, petroleum and mining exploration, environmental analysis, precision agriculture, and fish and wildlife studies.
• Create advanced tools and models from your ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst extension for Desktop and use your GIS Server to share those services to desktop, mobile, and web applications.

For more information, see A quick tour of the Geostatistical Analyst extension.

Share/embed Spatial Analyst tools and services

Your GIS Server Advanced edition comes with advanced raster data analysis and surface generation capabilities from Spatial Analyst

• Spatial Analyst provides more than 150 tools and functions that you can embed in your web applications for on-the-fly analysis, including suitability modeling, distance and direction calculations, and hydrologic modeling.
• You can create advanced tools and models your ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension for Desktop and use your GIS Server to share those services to desktop, mobile, and web applications.

For more information, see A quick tour of the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension.

ArcGIS for INSPIRE extension

ArcGIS for INSPIRE provides a powerful and modern web GIS solution to ensure INSPIRE compliance supporting data, services, and metadata.

• ArcGIS for INSPIRE helps you meet and prepare for changes to the INSPIRE directive for sharing spatial data with the European Union in a multinational, multiagency spatial data infrastructure (SDI).
• ArcGIS for INSPIRE extends ArcGIS to help you meet current requirements for delivering INSPIRE Discovery, View, and Download Services without complex data migrations.
• Includes the open source Esri Geoportal Server (available on GitHub) and add-ons to catalog and index INSPIRE metadata and to serve INSPIRE Discovery services.
• Includes an ArcGIS Desktop extension to create and maintain INSPIRE geospatial data and metadata.

For more information, see ArcGIS for INSPIRE.

ArcGIS Network Analyst extension

ArcGIS Network Analyst provides advanced network data analysis capabilities via web services.

• Deploy powerful network analysis tools, such as multipoint optimized routing, time-sensitive, turn-by-turn driving directions, service area allocation, and fastest fixed route to the closest facility.
• Provide sophisticated network modeling capabilities to more people, including analysts, professional staff, and decision makers, regardless of their GIS knowledge or skills.
• Create advanced tools and models from your desktop and use your GIS Server to share those services to desktop, mobile, and web applications.

For more information, see Types of network analysis layers and Network analysis services.

ArcGIS Utility Network Management extension

The ArcGIS Utility Network Management extension provides a comprehensive framework of functionality for modeling electric, gas, water, and other utilities.

• The Utility Network service provides validation of network features against a user-defined rule base, trace analysis, and tools for working with subnetworks.
• The Network Diagram service allows the creation, search, and manipulation of network diagrams for the utility network.
• The Version Management service can be enabled during publishing to provide version-management capabilities such as version creation and reconcile and post operations.

For more information, see Utility network services and What is the utility network?