Esri Developer Network

Esri Developer Network (EDN) Is a development kit that includes a wide range of ArcGIS products and data for desktop development (ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Runtime), mobile and web applications. Subscription to Will suit those who develop applications using ArcGIS, but do not use ArcGIS in their activities, and do not want to acquire licenses for commercial use of ArcGIS. The EDN development kit allows:

• Create GIS services and web applications without the license of ArcGIS for Server;
• Develop your own desktop GIS application and embed GIS into another desktop application;
• Develop your own applications under Windows Mobile or embed GIS in other applications under Windows Mobile.

Software Also allows you to develop a client part of web applications, applications for iOS, Android and Windows Phone, as well as use free ArcGIS Online services. Basic EDN functionality:

• Publishing web services on a GIS server accessible from REST and SOAP applications:

- cartographic services (support for KML, WMS, WCS, WFS, WFS-T standards);
- geocoding services;
- geodatabase services (support for WFS, WFS-T standards);
- Geometry services;
- geoprocessing services;
- three-dimensional services;
- image services - cached and dynamic (support for WCS, WMS standards);
Search services.

• Development of desktop applications

Set Offers two products for developing desktop applications - ArcGIS Engine ArcGIS Runtime ArcGIS Engine Includes a set of tools that allow you to create a GIS application from scratch or add GIS functionality to an existing software product. Development can be done in .NET, Java and C ++. The developed application can use various GIS-services, such as ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Runtime Is a new product from ESRI that allows you to develop a desktop application in .NET WPF (C #, VB.NET) or Java, which works both with a network connection and autonomously.

• Web application development

Develop web applications for free using the API for JavaScript, Flex and Silverlight. Allows you to create Web services that the Web application will access if there is no ArcGIS for Server in the organization.

• Development of applications for Windows Mobile

For the development, debugging and demonstration of mobile applications under Windows Mobile are used ArcGIS Mobile SDK ArcGIS for Server , Included in the set

• Additional Features

In addition to the subscription Can include fixed licenses for desktop software products ArcGIS Desktop ArcInfo ArcEditor or ArcView Subscription is valid for 1 year. One subscription is valid for only one developer.