How does GIS mapping work on the Internet? Welcome to ArcIMS®, an integrated approach for creating and maintaining geography-based Web sites. This updated course will give a comprehensive introduction to ArcIMS and its powerful capabilities for managing the way users access and interact with Internet mapping and GIS data. Participants will learn how ArcIMS applications work, create ArcIMS Web sites, explore ArcIMS basic architecture and perform an ArcIMS installation. This course is for those who are new to ArcIMS and want to learn how to use ArcIMS software to create and serve maps on the Internet.

ArcIMS overview: What is ArcIMS?; Introducing multitier architecture; Creating an ArcIMS viewer; Using ArcIMS applications

Authoring a service: Adding layers with Catalog; Supported data formats; Setting layer properties; Map configuration files; Working with ArcMap map documents

Creating ArcIMS services and viewers: Creating ArcIMS services; Using ArcIMS Designer; ArcIMS viewer output

Using ArcIMS Viewers: HTML Viewer; Java™ Viewers; ArcExplorer™—Java Edition; Client tools

Basics of ArcIMS customization: ArcXML syntax; Map configuration files; Refreshing ArcIMS services; Requests and responses; ArcXML Programmer's Reference Guide; HTML Viewer structure; Frame layout; Customizing the interface; Changing viewer

ArcIMS server administration: ArcIMS Spatial Servers; Virtual Servers; Instances; Site configuration

ArcIMS architecture and installation: ArcIMS components; Web servers; Servlet engines; ArcIMS installation process