Good day everyone,

I am trying to find out a rough number of how many different people are
using the ArcView IMS. I have built an application using ArcView IMS that
allows us to view our database information on the raster nautical charts
(BSB format). That was the main reason for selecting the package. With the
extension built by NOAA (great work) I have been able to display the charts
over our intranet without having to put a desktop app on each machine. The
problem I am encountering is that ESRI has removed all (for what I have
seen) info about the product from their website. This was the only IMS I
could find that allowed my clients to view BSB charts (with their database
information overlain) for a very inexpensive cost.

I would like to know if the number of users for the product were that low
that ESRI had to drop the product. So if you are an ArcView IMS user please
let me know. I will tally the results (if you do not want you name on the
list, I can just add it to the total without displaying it)

Thank-you for you time and I wait to hear from you

Sincerely,


Trevor Fradsham
Systems Analyst - GIS
Canadian Coast Guard
St. John's NF