Redlands, California - November 5, 2007 —Tune in to a free online seminar this month to learn techniques for authoring maps that will help optimize the performance of both dynamic and cached Web mapping services.

Authoring and Publishing Optimized Map Services will air on ESRI’s Training and Education Web site at www.esri.com/lts on November 15 at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. (Pacific standard time).

A well-created map serves as the foundation of an effective Web mapping service, with choices in design that influence its ultimate performance. This seminar outlines the issues to consider when authoring maps online. Using ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server, the presenters will demonstrate specific techniques to use when authoring a map to optimize a map service.

The presenters will discuss

What map services are and how they work

Dynamic and cached map services

ESRI optimized style for publishing map services on the Web

Symbology, background color, and scale dependency

Attendees should be familiar with ArcGIS Desktop software’s ArcMap application.

A broadband Internet connection and an ESRI Global Account are needed to watch the seminar. (Creating a global account is easy and free: visit www.esri.com/lts, click Login, and register your name and address.) After the live presentation, the seminar will be archived and available on the ESRI Training and Education Web site.

For more information about this free, live training seminar and upcoming classes, visit www.esri.com/training.

About ESRI Educational Services

With more than 150 courses to choose from, ESRI Educational Services is a recognized leader in geographic information system (GIS) training. Courses cover a variety of topics related to ESRI software, the theory underlying GIS technology, and applying GIS tools to find solutions in particular fields while combining hands-on experience, interactivity, and instructional support to create an effective learning environment. Visit www.esri.com/training for more information.

About ESRI

Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. ESRI applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at www.esri.com.

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