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ArcGIS Explorer 500 System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems
Hardware Requirements
Additional Software Requirements
Developer Solutions (SDK) Requirements
ArcGIS Explorer Home Requirements
Related ESRI Materials


Supported Operating Systems

Supported Operating System Minimum
Version
Maximum
Version
Limitations
Windows 2000 (32-bit) Professional SP3 SP4 Not Applicable
Windows 2003 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter SP1 SP2 Not Applicable
Windows Vista (32-bit) Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium SP1 SP1 Not Applicable
Windows XP (32-bit) Professional Edition SP2 SP3 Windows XP SP2 Limitations


Hardware Requirements

  ArcGIS Explorer
CPU Speed 1.6 GHz recommended or higher
Processor Intel Core Duo, Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors
Memory/RAM 1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended or higher
Display Properties 24 bit color depth
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi)
Swap Space Determined by the operating system, 500 MB minimum.
Disk Space 64 MB

ArcGIS Explorer will create cache files when used, additional disk space may be required.
Bandwidth Connection Speed Minimum 380 Kbps, 1500 Kbps recommended or higher
Video/Graphics Adapter 24-bit capable graphics accelerator

An OpenGL 2.0 or higher compliant video card is required, with at least 32 MB of video memory, however 64 MB of video memory or higher is recommended.

The following graphic cards and driver combinations were tested on Windows Vista SP1:
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX - 7.15.11.6371 - 9/17/2007
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT - 7.15.11.6369 - 9/11/2007
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M - 7.15.11.5669 - 10/04/2007
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 - 7.15.11.6961 - 1/15/2008
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M - 7.15.11.7431 - 2/22/2008

Additional Software Requirements

  • .NET Framework 2.0 Requirement
  • Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.0 Service Pack 2
  • Internet Explorer Requirement:
    • Some features of ArcGIS Explorer require a minimum installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.0 or 7.0. If you do not have an installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.0/7.0, you must obtain and install it prior to installing ArcGIS Explorer.

Developer Solutions (SDK) Requirements

ESRI supports and recommends the following integrated development environments (IDE) for use with ArcGIS Explorer SDK:

SDK Supported IDE Requirements
ArcGIS Explorer SDK for the
Microsoft .NET Framework
Visual Studio 2005 Visual Basic Express
Visual Studio 2005 Visual C# Express
Visual Studio 2005 (C#, VB.NET) Standard, Professional (NOTE: For Vista, Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 with Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista is required.)
Visual Studio 2008 Visual Basic Express
Visual Studio 2008 Visual C# Express
Visual Studio 2008 (C#, VB.NET) Standard, Professional
ArcGIS Explorer is required to install ArcGIS Explorer SDK for the Microsoft .NET Framework.

ArcGIS Explorer must be installed with Administrative Privileges for All Users for correct SDK installation.

ArcGIS Explorer Home Requirements

  • Internet Information Services (IIS) - required for the ArcGIS Explorer Home Setup
  • If you are not using IIS and are an ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform user, obtain the newly updated ArcGIS Explorer Home Server files.  See the ArcGIS Explorer download page for more information.

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