ArcIMS 9 A Quick Look At ArcIMS Adam Johnson

ArcIMS 9 What is it? 1. It’s a way to publish Maps, Data and Metadata on the web. 2. A means to create interactive web mapping. 3. Can be used to give non-GIS users an easy way to view GIS data. 4. Completely customizable

ArcIMS 9 How It Works: 1. User access IMS site, makes a request (Zoom In, Zoom Out, Pan) 2. Web server passes request to ArcIMS application server. 3. ArcIMS server processes the request and then passes the result back to the web server 4. Web server then displays the data to the user User Web server passes request to ArcIMS ArcIMS Processes Results and sends Back to web server

ArcIMS 9 How to create a map: 1. Create a service using ArcIMS Administrator…

ArcIMS 9 How to create a map: 2. Use either ArcMap or ArcIMS‘s Author to design the map

ArcIMS 9 How to create a map: 3. Design website and decide which tools to give user using ArcIMS’s Designer

ArcIMS 9 Types of websites and connectors: 1.Java – Uses the Java programming language also uses the ArcIMS Java connector 2. HTML using VB6 and ActiveX 1.Most commonly used 2.With VB6 only one request can be processed at a time 3.Can be set up with Designer (cookie cutter) 3. HTML using VB.Net and ArcXML 1.New technology 2.Many requests can be processed at the same time (Multi-threading)

ArcIMS 9 What data can be used in ArcIMS? 1.Shape files 2.Personal Geo-Database 3.SDE Feature Classes 4.Raster 1.Images 2.Grids

ArcIMS 9 Examples: Easy difficulty – 1.Only necessary tools 2.Legend always on screen 3.Simple

ArcIMS 9 Examples: Medium difficulty – 1.Good Layout 2.Familiar menus 3.Recognizable Buttons Greenwood County, South Carolina

ArcIMS 9 Examples: Hard difficulty – 1.Good Layout 2.Too Much data 3.Hard to get data to show 4.Confusing unless you know what you are doing Washoe County Map Warehouse

ArcIMS 9 Any Questions?