A tempting preview of the long awaited new product from ESRI, ArcGis Explorer is available as a podcast. You’ll learn how to pronounce “ESRI” correctly, but more importantly the interview with a member of the development team offers an insight into the nature and scope of the new virtual globe. This page contains a showcase of ArcGIS Explorer’s potential.
The new product is not designed to compete directly with Google Earth and isn’t really a consumer product, but a platform to publish GIS data. It is powered by ArcGIS Server and should be regarded as a series of globes with worldwide data on a range of topics. The globes will be called ArcGIS Online Services and encompass a range of themes, for example worldwide streets, terrain and physiography and more. The new virtual globe will be free, though you’d the full Arc GIS product to create new content. It remains to be seen whether ArcGIS Explorer will be a useful classroom tool, though ESRI do actively promote the use of their products in schools.
According to the podcast, ArcGIS Explorer is on the point of being rolled out. Link to download site
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