2 Days (RM1,200)

Overview
ArcGIS Desktop is ESRI's full-featured GIS software for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data. This course provides the foundation for becoming a successful ArcGIS Desktop user. Students learn fundamental GIS concepts and become familiar with the range of functionality available in the software. In course exercises, they work with ArcGIS Desktop and see how it provides a complete GIS software solution.

Topics Covered

• ArcGIS overview: Capabilities and applications; Interacting with the interface; Basic display.
• Spatial data concepts: Representing spatial data and descriptive information.
• ArcGIS data model: Geodatabases; Shapefiles; Coverages; Feature types; Attributes.
• GIS software: Components; Functions; Applications.
• Spatial coordinate systems and map projections: Georeferencing data; what map projections are; How ArcMap works with map projections.
• Querying data: Selecting and identifying features; Creating reports and graphs.
• Map displays: Creating; Symbolizing; Scaling; Adding map elements.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should know how to use windowing software.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
ArcGIS software offers many tools for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data. In this course, students extend their ArcGIS skills in the areas of cartography, data automation and editing, and geoprocessing and spatial analysis. Students work with advanced cartographic tools as they learn how to efficiently create effective maps. A major focus of the course is the geodatabase. Students learn database design considerations and techniques for creating, maintaining, and managing GIS data stored in a geodatabase. The ArcGIS geoprocessing tools for spatial analysis are also covered and, in a course project, students apply many of their newly acquired skills.

Topics Covered

• Spatial analysis and data management: Buffers; Spatial overlays; Extracting features for analysis; Analytical methods and tools.
• Geocoding and display of locations from tabular data: Address geocoding; Display of points from x,y coordinates. Editing: Tools for creating and editing spatial data; Editing attribute data; Spatial adjustment. Data automation: Data sources; Digitizing; Data conversion. Project management: Database organization; File and directory naming conventions; Creating and using metadata. Geoprocessing: Introduction to the Command Line window and the ModelBuilder interface.
• Cartography: Advanced symbology and labeling.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
ArcGIS software provides many tools for solving complex spatial problems. This course examines modeling techniques used in spatial analysis and introduces processes and tools that can be used to perform a variety of GIS analysis tasks. The ArcGIS geoprocessing framework, which includes ArcToolboxTM, ModelBuilder, the command line, and scripts, is emphasized. Project-based exercises draw from a range of interesting real-world GIS applications. The course concludes with an exciting final project in which students are challenged to implement many of the tools taught throughout the course. This course is taught using an ArcInfo license of ArcGIS since many of the advanced analysis tools used require an ArcInfo license.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to analysis: What is spatial analysis?; Simple types of analysis; Common issues in analysis; Documenting workflow.
• Modeling techniques: Spatial modeling concepts and issues; Types of models for analysis.
• Geoprocessing in ArcGIS: Overview of the geoprocessing framework in ArcGIS; Toolboxes and tools; Executing tools; Creating toolboxes and updating documentation; Executing tools from the command line.
• Using the Analysis Toolbox: Overlay operations; Proximity analysis; Extracting features for analysis; Frequency and summary statistics of attributes.
• Building models in ModelBuilder: Why use models?; Creating a model; Executing models; Changing model properties; Validating a model; Distributing models; Advanced modeling techniques.
• Introduction to the Spatial Statistics Toolbox: Introduction to spatial statistics; Analyzing patterns and measuring geographic distributions.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I and Introduction to ArcGIS II or have equivalent knowledge.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
ArcGIS makes it easy to design maps for printing, embedding in other documents, and electronic publishing. This course teaches basic principles of cartographic design and how to apply them using ArcGIS cartographic and geoprocessing tools to create outstanding maps. Students examine factors that control and influence cartographic design, learn techniques to best display vector and raster data, and create maps that communicate information effectively.

Topics Covered

• The design process: Maps, design, and communication; Map critique; Basic cartographic principles.
• Feature symbology: Choosing appropriate symbols and colors; Setting layer symbology in ArcMap; Working with styles in ArcMap; Creating custom symbols.
• Thematic mapping: Displaying qualitative and quantitative data; Choosing a classification method; Normalizing data.
• Text and labels: Text placement guidelines; Labeling options in ArcMap; Maplex for ArcGIS; Setting label weights and priorities; Building expressions to format labels; Label placement options.
• Annotation: Creating annotation features in ArcGIS; Managing annotation groups; Editing annotation.
• Mapping raster data: ArcMap raster tools; Raster properties; Resampling raster data for display; Using the Effects toolbar; Rendering relief maps.
• Creating layouts and final output: Characteristics of effective maps; Layout design tools; Setting legend, scale bar, and other map element properties; Creating and using templates; Setting page and printer options; Printing using ArcPress; Export formats; Mapping for screen displays.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Completion of Introduction to ArcGIS I or equivalent experience is required. Programming knowledge is not necessary.

2 Days (RM1,200.00)

Overview

This course provides an introduction to storing and maintaining cadastral data in a geodatabase using COGO (Coordinate Geometry) tools in ArcGIS. Students learn basic concepts of the geodatabase data model and a process for editing parcels. In course exercises, they practice displaying, symbolizing, and editing parcel data as well as entering subdivisions into existing parcels. The course also teaches how to create and modify tax map annotation. This course is taught using an ArcInfo license of ArcGIS since many of the editing tools require an ArcEditor or ArcInfo license.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to the geodatabase: Data storage options; Geodatabase structures and permissions; Multiuser vs. personal geodatabase.
• Symbology and navigation: Unique values; Single symbol; Cartographic symbols; Finding features; Selecting features.
• The editing environment: Edit sessions; Snapping; Units; Task/Target; Selectable layers; Coincident features; Topology.
• The process of subdividing parcels: Entering lines; Adjusting lines; Creating polygons; Creating annotation.
• Entering closed traverses: From plats; From deeds.
• Tools overview: Copy features tool; Fillet tool; Extend tool; Trim tool; Proportion tool; Topology error inspector.
• Working with geodatabase annotation: Feature-linked annotation; Standard annotation.
• Practice entering a subdivision: COGO; Georeferencing plats; Heads-up drawing; Importing from CAD.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS 9 and Introduction to ArcGIS II or have equivalent knowledge.

5 Days (RM3,000.00)

Overview
ArcObjects components are the building blocks of ArcGIS software. To support or automate organizational workflow tasks, ArcObjects can be used to extend core ArcGIS functionality and create custom applications. This course provides a foundation for application development using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and ArcObjects. In course exercises, students create usable ArcObjects code for typical GIS programming tasks. Students work with VBA development tools and the ArcGIS Customize dialog box and learn how to access online help resources. After completing the course, students will have a variety of sample code from which they can build their own applications.

Topics Covered

• VBA development environment: Customizing the user interface; Writing and debugging code.
• VB language fundamentals: VB syntax; Code storage; VB functions; Branching and looping; Creating user forms.
• OOP (Object Oriented Programming) concepts: Objects and classes; Class libraries; Methods, properties, and events.
• COM: Advantages of COM; Defining a COM class; Interface programming.
• Reading OMDs: Class relationships; Class types; Using diagrams to write code.
• Maps and layers: Accessing maps and layers; Adding a layer to ArcMap; Classifying and symbolizing layers.
• Working with data: Accessing data sets on disk; Creating new data; Editing data; Applying a domain to a geodatabase field.
• Geometry: Creating various types of geometry; Displaying geometry on the display; Storing geometry; Spatial operations; Spatial reference.
• Spatial and attribute selections: Accessing a user selection; Defining an attribute or spatial query; Processing a subset of records.
• Symbology and layer rendering: Creating new symbols and modifying their characteristics; Accessing different types of renderers; Applying custom symbols to a renderer.
• Layouts: Programmatically formatting a map layout; Adding elements; Defining symbols and colors for map elements; Accessing items from the ArcMap style gallery; Printing a layout.
• Creating tools: Getting user input; Transforming mouse input to map unit; Working with the display.
• Programming ArcObjects events: Outbound vs. inbound interfaces; Finding events on OMDs; Accessing an object's outbound interface.
• Using ArcObjects beyond VBA: An overview of creating your own custom components in VB; What the ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit and ArcGIS Server products can be used for.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or have equivalent knowledge. A basic proficiency in Visual Basic or VBA programming is also required.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
The ArcGIS Desktop applications, including ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcSceneTM, and ArcGlobeTM, all share a common application framework. Developers can extend these applications with custom buttons, tools, windows, and extensions to provide additional functionality to end users. This advanced course shows how to customize and extend ArcGIS applications by building custom COM components. Students learn the fundamentals of the application framework and the types of customizations that are possible. In course exercises, students build custom COM components and learn how to seamlessly integrate them into ArcGIS Desktop applications.

Topics Covered

• Fundamentals of developing Desktop applications: Overview of the ArcGIS architecture and ArcObjects libraries; Overview of ArcObjects and COM; Overview of ArcObjects and the Visual Basic .NET API; Steps for developing custom Visual Basic .NET components; ArcGIS vs. Visual Basic .NET Integration; Visual Basic .NET Base classes.
• Custom UI controls: Types of UI controls and CommandItem; UI control application framework; Creating UI controls for commands; Creating UI controls for tools; Creating UI controls for toolbars; Creating UI controls for menus.
• Extending the application windows: Types of custom windows; Custom windows application framework; Parent and child windows; Creating contents view windows; Creating dockable windows; Creating property page windows.
• Custom application extensions: Extensions application framework; Extensions load cycle; Visible, Invisible and Just In Time extensions; Finding and managing extensions; Extensions and document persistence; Extensions and licensing.
• Extending the Editor: Types of Editor customizations; Editor components; Creating Editor tools; Creating Editor sketches; Creating Editor extensions; Creating Editor edit tasks.
• Extending the geodatabase: Geodatabase overview; Application vs. database customizations; Overview of Geodatabase class extensions; Geodatabase class events and editing; Creating renderers; Creating object inspectors; Registering extensions with the Geodatabase; Storing and retrieving data with class properties.
• Building geoprocessing function tools: Geoprocessing application framework; Geoprocessing tools vs. commands; Executing existing geoprocessing tools; Types of geoprocessing tools; Creating geoprocessing tools; Integrating other systems with the geoprocessing framework.
• Deployment: Installing customizations; End-user and developer requirements; ArcGIS version and license requirements; Installing COM components; Installing Visual Basic .NET assemblies.The course includes two appendices with additional information:
• ArcGIS developer resources: Steps for developing custom COM components; ArcObjects COM and Visual Basic .NET APIs; Core libraries for COM and Visual Basic .NET; ArcGIS Developer Kit and Help; Samples and walkthroughs; Object Model Diagrams; Add-ins; Developer tools and resources.
• Other customizations: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) modeless frame; Adding new data formats; Storing and retrieving layers; Geodatabase designer; Refresh Explorer; Implementing custom file types in ArcCatalog.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should have completed Introduction to Programming ArcObjects with VBA or have six months’ experience programming with ArcObjects. Participants should also have experience programming with COM and Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .NET, or C#. Participants should review the ArcGIS Desktop Developer Guide and be familiar with the ArcGIS Developer Resources section of the ArcGIS Developer Help.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
Built around the network dataset, ArcGIS Network Analyst software incorporates an advanced connectivity model to accurately represent real-world multimodal networks. This course teaches how to create network datasets and migrate existing data, such as shapefiles and coverages, into a network dataset in order to model and analyze transportation networks. Students work with network datasets to solve different types of network problems such as finding the most efficient travel route, finding the closest facility, and defining service areas based on travel time. The course also teaches how to calculate origin-destination matrices for network locations.

Topics Covered

• Fundamentals of network systems: Directed flow networks; Undirected flow networks; Physical and logical network representation; Edges, junctions, and turns; Overview of working with a network dataset.
• Network Analyst basics and the Route solver: Network analysis workflow; the Network Analyst toolbar and Network Analyst window; Network layers vs. network analysis layers; Network locations—stops, barriers, and routes; Network analysis layer properties—impedance, turns, restrictions, and time windows; Route solver concepts; Route solver types; Route outputs and direction reports.
• Additional network solvers: Closest Facility solver, options and results; Service Area solver, options and results; Origin-Destination Cost Matrix solver, options and results.
• Advanced network analysis options: Setting network locations; Network location attributes; Network location analysis properties; Time windows; Curb approach; Edge hierarchy; Exact vs. hierarchical routes.
• Preparing data for network analysis: Workflow for network analysis; Allowable data sources; Data quality requirements; Feature coincidence, connectivity, and the Integrate tool; Network attributes; Migrating coverage and shapefile networks to the geodatabase
• Network dataset connectivity: Connectivity groups, policies and elevations; Connectivity with sources and subtypes; Connectivity requirements; Multiple connectivity groups; Connectivity between groups; Edge and junction connectivity policies; Elevation levels and connectivity; Modeling intersections and overpasses; Connectivity scenarios and solutions.
• Network attributes: Edge, junction, and turn attributes; Network attribute properties; Network attribute types; Cost attributes; Restriction attributes; Hierarchy attributes; Descriptor attributes; Edge directionality attributes; Setting network element attributes with Evaluators.
• Creating and building network datasets: Workflow for building a network; Selecting sources; Setting connectivity; Setting turns; Setting network attributes; Setting direction properties; Building network datasets for geodatabases, shapefiles, or StreetMap datasets.
• Modifying network datasets: Editing network point, line, and turn features; Editing network dataset properties; Rebuilding the network dataset; Creating multimodal networks; Multimodal networks and connectivity groups; Multimodal analysis.
• Network Analyst and geoprocessing: Geoprocessing framework review; Network Analyst Tools toolbox; Network Analyst tools; Network solvers in ModelBuilder.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS Desktop and Introduction to ArcGIS II. Completion of Building Geodatabases is recommended.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
ArcGIS Spatial Analyst software provides tools for conducting sophisticated spatial analyses and creating different types of spatial models. This course covers fundamental raster data concepts and shows how to use ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools to create, process, and analyze spatial data. Students focus on problems that are best solved in a raster environment such as surface analysis and distance measurement. The use of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools in the ArcGIS 9 geoprocessing framework is emphasized.

Topics Covered

• Basics of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst: Overview of the extension; Understanding raster concepts; ArcGIS Spatial Analyst interface; Comparing rasters and feature layers; Querying rasters.
• Structure of rasters: How to create raster datasets; Raster storage and management.
• Aligning data: Raster registration and georeferencing; How projection affects analysis; Importing and exporting raster datasets.
• Conducting surface analyses: Calculating density; Choosing an interpolation method; Interpolating a continuous raster from sample points; Contours and hillshading; Visibility analysis.
• Map algebra functions: Writing expressions; Expression syntax.
• Calculating distance measurements: Euclidean distance; Cost–distance; Finding the least-cost path.
• Surface hydrology: Identifying watershed basins; Determining surface runoff characteristics.
• Designing and implementing GIS models: Spatial modeling concepts and issues.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Completion of Introduction to ArcGIS or equivalent experience is required.

2 Days (RM1,200.00)

Overview
This new two-day course shows how to use the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension within the ArcMap and ArcCatalog environments. The course teaches what a surface model is and shows how to create raster and vector surfaces. Working mostly with models of terrain, students will display surfaces in three-dimensional perspective, symbolize them, and set three-dimensional properties such as sun position. Students will create realistic models by draping aerial photographs over surfaces and displaying ordinary two-dimensional features, such as rivers, roads, and buildings, in three dimensions. They will perform three-dimensional geographic analysis such as finding steepest paths, determining intervisibility between locations on a surface, and calculating volumes.

.Prerequisites and recommendations
Students should have taken one of the following ArcGIS foundation courses:  Learning ArcGIS I (for ArcView 8, ArcEditor 8 and ArcInfo 8) or Penn State Edition:  Learning ArcGIS (for ArcView 8, ArcEditor 8 and ArcInfo 8) (instructor-led course) or Migrating from ArcView 3.x to ArcView 8 (instructor-led or Web-based course); or have read Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop (ESRI Software workbook).  Students who are new to raster data should take Working with Rasters in ArcGIS before taking this course.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
This course provides an overview of the structure and capabilities of the geodatabase. Students learn how to create a geodatabase, migrate existing GIS data to a geodatabase, and edit and maintain data stored in a geodatabase. The course covers some advanced geodatabase topics including how to build a geodatabase topology; maintain data integrity using subtypes, attribute domains, and relationship classes; and create a geodatabase schema. In course exercises, students work with the file geodatabase and learn how to migrate personal geodatabase data to a file geodatabase and create various geodatabase components. This course is taught using an ArcInfo license of ArcGIS since many of the advanced features of the geodatabase require an ArcEditor or ArcInfo license.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to the geodatabase: Advantages of the geodatabase; Focusing on the file geodatabase; Overview of elements within the geodatabase; Geodatabase tables in a database management system (DBMS).
• Attribute validation rules: Subtypes and domains; Creating subtypes; Editing subtypes in ArcMap; Creating domains; Editing with domains in ArcMap; Coded value vs. range domains; Subtypes and relationship rules.
• Relationship classes: Creating relationship classes; Setting relationship class properties; Using relationships in ArcMap; Relationship rules; Validation; Simple vs. composite relationships.
• Annotation: Creating, editing, and managing annotation features in the geodatabase.
• Geodatabase topology: Topology management in the geodatabase; Building a topology; Setting the properties of a topology; Setting appropriate topological rules; Fixing topological errors; Editing topological data.Geometric networks: Creating and editing geometric networks; Performing analysis; Setting and using connectivity rules.
• Building geodatabase schema: Different ways to define geodatabase schema; Creating tables, feature classes, and feature datasets.
• XML data interchange: Understanding XML schemas of the geodatabase; Exporting the contents of a geodatabase to XML; Importing an XML file into a geodatabase to define its schema.
• Vector data in the geodatabase: Loading data from shapefiles, CAD files, coverages, and Excel spreadsheets; Using ArcGIS vector data loading tools.
• Raster data in the geodatabase: Storing raster datasets, raster catalogs, and raster attributes in the geodatabase.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Students should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS Desktop and Introduction to ArcGIS II or have equivalent knowledge..

2 Days (RM1,200.00)

Overview
A well-planned and efficient design is critical to the success of a geodatabase implementation. This course explains the steps involved in the geodatabase design process, from preliminary planning to schema creation. Participants learn how to take advantage of existing ArcGIS data models along with data modeling tools. A review of the geodatabase as well as a discussion of geographic data concepts (projections, coordinates, coding schemes, etc.) is included.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to the geodatabase: Background information on geodatabase capabilities and advantages; Storage options; Geodatabase elements; Behavior in the geodatabase.
• Overview of geodatabase design: What to expect at each phase; Overview of Inception phase; Overview of Elaboration phase; Overview of Construction phase; Overview of Transition phase.
• Building the conceptual model: Identifying concepts from the Inception phase; Diagramming the conceptual model; Recognizing crucial data layers, attributes, and their associations.
• Layers and attributes in the logical data model: Mapping thematic layers to elements of the geodatabase; Defining properties for each table; Choosing geometry for feature classes; Designing and diagramming attributes and attribute properties; Determining and diagramming attribute domains; Grouping features into feature datasets or by subtype.
• Relationships in the logical data model: Normalization; Implementing associations; Relationship classes; Modeling relationships; Relationship properties and cardinality; Attributed relationships; Simple vs. composite relationships; Messaging and relationships; Relationships and subtypes; Modeling relationship rules; ArcMap joins and relates vs. relationship classes; Diagramming relationships.
• Geometric networks and topology in the logical data model: Introducing geometric networks; Investigating complex features and network weights; Defining connectivity rules; Diagramming geometric network; Diagramming edge-to-junction and edge-to-edge connectivity rules; Topology in the geodatabase; Examining topology rules; Diagramming topology; Geodatabase topology vs. map topology.
• The physical data model: Ways to build geodatabase schema; Building schema with CASE tools; Building schema by importing existing data; Creating new geodatabase elements in using ArcCatalog wizards; Sharing and editing schema with the Geodatabase Designer; CASE tools vs. ArcCatalog.
• From design to geodatabase: Outline construction and transition phases; Determining data automation method and considerations; Data loading options; Testing the geodatabase design in a pilot study; Choosing a pilot area; Documenting the pilot project; Managing metadata; Project tracking.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Participants should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I and II or have equivalent knowledge.

2 Days (RM1,200.00)

Overview
ArcIMS software is an integrated approach for delivering dynamic maps and GIS data and functionality over the Internet.  This course provides a comprehensive introduction to ArcIMS and is powerful capabilities.  Participants explore the structure of ArcIMS and learn how to create ArcIMS Web sites.  The course also covers the options for client viewers and teaches how to configure ArcIMS Web sites and servers.  This course is designed for new ArcIMS users who want to create and serve maps on the Internet.

Topics Covered

• 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 viewers.
• ArcIMS server administration: ArcIMS Spatial Servers; Virtual Servers; Instances; Site configuration.
• ArcIMS architecture and installation: ArcIMS components; Web servers; Servlet engines; ArcIMS installation process.

Prerequisites and recommendations
An understanding of GIS software concepts, Internet programming, and Web protocols is recommended.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
Setting up and maintaining a production ArcIMS server requires implementing effective strategies to ensure performance, security, and reliability.  This course teaches those strategies.  Participants learn how to protect and maintain ArcIMS servers and configure firewalls.  Course topics include tuning ArcIMS services, setting up secure servers, applying hardware sizing and important networking skills.  Participants learn advanced installation and configuration techniques with a focus on distributed installations.  Creating, configuring and monitoring ArcIMS connections to ArcSDE servers are all covered.

Topics Covered

• Network communication: Describe the Internet protocols that will be the vocabulary for the remainder of the course; Examine each from the standpoint of ArcIMS; How they work; How they can go wrong; Typical problems.
• Security: Describe common security strategies using the inherent capabilities of the operating system; Discuss firewall technologies, packet filtering, proxy services, network address translation, and virtual private networks; Discuss firewall architecture best practices and implications to ArcIMS; SSL and HTTPS; ArcIMS Service authentication.
• Installation and configuration: Practical distributed configurations; Load balancing spatial servers; Using multiple Web servers; Creating server clusters.
• Service tuning: Response time; Scale-dependent rendering; Generalization; Image types; Map projections; Image directories; Spatial indexes.
• ArcIMS sizing: Hardware considerations; Network bandwidth guidelines; Application server queuing.
• ArcSDE architecture and connections: ArcSDE software architecture; Setting up an ArcSDE server using ArcIMS; Creating ArcSDE application server and direct connections; Serving a versioned geodatabase with ArcIMS.
• ArcSDE vector data: ArcSDE feature class storage architecture; Serverside data loading using ArcSDE command line utilities; Organizing and managing privileges; Managing spatial and attribute indexes for optimal display and query performance; Presenting data using spatial views; Generalizing data for small-scale display using sdegroup.
• ArcSDE raster data: ArcSDE raster data storage architecture; Loading images using ArcSDE command line utilities; Creating seamless mosaics; Creating multirow rasters.

Prerequisites and recommendations
It is recommended that participants complete Introduction to ArcIMS or have equivalent experience with the terms and concepts used in ArcIMS. General knowledge of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol networking principles is assumed.

2 Days (RM1,200.00)

Overview
ArcGIS Server provides a complete server-based GIS system that supports the use of centrally managed spatial data for mapping and analysis. This course introduces ArcGIS Server and teaches how to install, configure, and use the product as administrators and consumers of GIS services. Students learn how to publish maps, globes, and geoprocessing models that are optimized for performance. Students also create out-of-the-box Web applications using Manager and learn how to use GIS services in both Web applications and ArcGIS Explorer.

Topics Covered

• ArcGIS Server overview: Basics of ArcGIS Server architecture; Authoring content for GIS services; Publishing GIS services; Administering ArcGIS Server using ArcCatalog and ArcGIS Server Manager.
• Map services: Map service capabilities; Optimizing map service performance; Building a map service cache; Creating a Web mapping application for consuming map services.
• Globe and 3D services: Authoring content for a globe service using ArcGlobe; Publishing a KML service; Building a globe service cache; Consuming globe services using ArcGIS Explorer.
• Geoprocessing services: Authoring content for a geoprocessing service using ModelBuilder; Considerations when authoring a model for a geoprocessing service; Ensuring data access for ArcGIS Server; Consuming a geoprocessing task using a Web mapping application, ArcGIS Explorer, and ArcMap.
• Editing in a Web mapping application: Authoring content for an editable map service; Publishing a map service for editing; Configuring the Editing task for a Web mapping application; Basics of using the Editing task.
• Customization overview: Making simple customizations to an existing Web mapping application; Customizing the help pages for a Web mapping application; Making your server an ArcGIS Explorer home server; Creating a custom skin for clients of your home server; Developer tools for creating custom ArcGIS Server Web and mobile applications.
• Administration and optimization: Installing ArcGIS Server; Securing access to the server; Considerations for data access; Options for scaling your ArcGIS Server system; Using log files to troubleshoot ArcGIS Server problems.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Students should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I or Learning ArcGIS Desktop or have equivalent knowledge.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
ArcGIS Server includes ArcSDE technology, a server-side software product that acts as the GIS gateway to spatial data stored in relational database management systems (RDBMS). It is an integrated part of ArcGIS and a core element of any enterprise GIS solution. This course prepares Oracle database administrators to implement an enterprise geodatabase by teaching how to build an individual ArcSDE server. Students get familiar with the ArcSDE architecture and learn how to configure Oracle to support ArcSDE, install and configure ArcSDE, and identify and troubleshoot connection types and issues. The course emphasizes the importance of managing storage settings for loading vector and raster data and teaches techniques for maintaining geodatabase performance in an editing environment. Additionally, the course explains how ArcSDE interacts with Oracle databases and presents solid strategies for maintaining and managing an enterprise geodatabase.

Topics Covered

• ArcSDE installation: Evaluating the Oracle server configuration; Preparing Oracle to use ArcSDE; Installing ArcSDE; Starting and stopping the ArcSDE server; Exploring ArcSDE system tables.
• Data loading: Creating storage space; Creating users and assigning privileges; Creating vector feature classes; Creating raster datasets; Examining feature class components; Customizing storage with the DBTUNE table; Integrating the new ST_GEOMETRY Spatial Type.
• Monitoring data access: Creating application server and direct connections; Monitoring connections with ArcSDE and Oracle tools; Managing multiple geodatabases in one Oracle instance.
• Editing in a nonversioned environment and managing a multiversioned geodatabase: Registering feature classes as versioned; Compressing the geodatabase; Monitoring changes to the adds, deletes, and system tables.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Students should have experience with Oracle database administration or application development. Although these courses are not required, students will benefit from completion of Introduction to ArcGIS I, Introduction to ArcGIS II, or Building Geodatabases.

3 Days (RM1,800.00)

Overview
ArcGIS Server includes ArcSDE technology, a server-side software product that acts as the GIS gateway to spatial data stored in relational database management systems (RDBMS). It is an integrated part of ArcGIS and a core element of any enterprise GIS solution. This course prepares Microsoft® SQL Server® database administrators to implement an enterprise geodatabase by teaching how to set up an individual ArcSDE server. Students get familiar with the ArcSDE architecture and learn how to configure SQL Server to support ArcSDE, install and configure ArcSDE, and identify and troubleshoot connection types and issues. The course emphasizes the importance of managing storage settings for loading vector and raster data and teaches techniques for maintaining geodatabase performance in an editing environment. Additionally, the course explains how ArcSDE interacts with SQL Server databases and presents solid strategies for maintaining and managing an enterprise geodatabase.

Topics Covered

• ArcSDE installation: Evaluating the configuration of SQL Server; Preparing SQL Server to use ArcSDE technology; Installing ArcSDE; Starting and stopping the ArcSDE server; Exploring ArcSDE system tables.
• Data loading: Creating storage space; Creating users and assigning privileges; Creating vector feature classes; Creating raster datasets; Examining feature class components; Customizing storage with the DBTUNE table.
• Monitoring data access: Creating application server and direct connections; Monitoring connections with ArcSDE and SQL Server tools.
• Editing in a nonversioned environment and managing a multiversioned geodatabase: Registering feature classes as versioned; Compressing the geodatabase; Monitoring changes to the adds, deletes, and system tables.

Prerequisites and recommendations
Students should have experience with SQL Server database administration or application development. Although these courses are not required, students will benefit from completion of Introduction to ArcGIS I, Introduction to ArcGIS II, or Building Geodatabases.