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The NetGIS GIS Web Services distribute GIS data and information via XML Web services
to other applications. XML Web services have become the industry standard for allowing
technology to interoperate across programming languages, platforms and operating
systems.
The Net GIS Web Services is MapServer's the window to the world. Through GIS
Web Services all of the capabilities of the MapServer are securely exposed to authorized
clients for external application consumption.
GIS Web Services make a reality the vision of creating a platform independent distribution
channel for GIS data. Applications can share data from different data sources and
formats and have them combined in a single application, without it being apparent
that data has come from different sources or locations.
With this scenario GIS data can be referenced from different locations and presented
in an application as if the data were local. For example: One location may contain
aerial photography, another parcel information, and yet another land base information,
and all of these can be referenced real-time in any application that can access
the Net GIS Web Services that distribute the GIS data. The consumer does not even
have to be at any of the locations that contain the data, just have access to the
GIS Web Services via an intranet or the Internet.
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