ArcIMS Help
| What is ArcIMS? |
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| ArcIMS is an internet
map server that renders maps on your request. You can decide the layers
and the scale for viewing. It also provides some basic GIS (Geographic Information
Systems) tools that allow you to create new data sets based on spatial relations
or retrieve existing data sets from the map's graphical interface. |
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| Using the ArcIMS
html Viewer |
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| map
title = Displays
the name of the map project. |
| overview
map = Displays
the position of the view map. |
| map
display = The
map display view window. |
| layer
list & legend =
Lists all data layers available to use and view. For a detail description
on how to use the Layer List functions, see below. |
| scale
bar = Displays
the mapping scale of the Map Display. |
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data
display = Displays
any data information of a layer when you use the identify tool or make
a query. Some features may be asociated with multiple records.
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| selected
tool display =
Displays which tool you have selected in the tool bar area. |
| links
= Go to other linked
webpages. |
| tool
bar = Displays
various buttons that allow you to interact with the map, such as zooming
in and out or pan around the map. For a detail description into each
one of the tool's functions, see below. |
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| Tool Bar (Left Side
of Window): |
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If you hold your cursor
over a tool for a few seconds a name will pop up for that tool. The information,
find, and query buttons can be used to find information in the database
for the active layer. The other tools present are for navigating and measuring
the maps. To use these tools it is necessary to make the layer you are
interested in active. To activate a layer simply click on the radio button
in the layer list on the right side of the screen. A message should appear
in the text box on the bottom left hand side of the page.
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Legend/Layer
list button
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Toggle
overview map
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Zooms
in by clicking on or dragging a box on the map
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Zooms
out by clicking or dragging a box on the map
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Zooms
to full extent of the map
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Zooms
to the Active Layer in the Layer List area
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Zooms
to the previous extent
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Pans
as the user drags the pointer across the map
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Pans
the map to the North
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Pans
the map to the South
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Pans
the map to the West
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Pans
the map to the East
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Display
linked webpages by clicking feature
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View
attribute information from an active layer
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Query
builder - constructs queries on the data
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Finds
map features based on data attributes
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Measure
distances on the map
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Sets
map units for measuring distances
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Select
features by clicking or dragging a box on the map
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Select
features by either a line or polygon intersection
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Clears
all selected map features
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Prints
a map of the current Map Display
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| Layers (Right Side
of Window): |
| Map layers are listed
on the right side of the screen. Some layers are scale dependent. If you
zoom in or zoom out to a certain scale, these layers will be displayed automatically. |
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The Legend/Layer
List button allows you to toggle between the layer list(Left)
or a legend(Right), which shows the symbology for each layer.
Each layer has
two interactive modes: Visible and Active. (Image
types like satellite images do not have attributes, and therefore
do not have an active mode.) Most layers are initially turned off
to keep the download time reasonable. To view layers, simply click
on the Visible check box and then refresh the map with the
button found on the bottom of the list.
The Active
circle column allows you to make a specific layer active to work
with certain tools in the tool bar area. For example, if you wanted
to find out when webpages are hotlinked to the "Vibracore"
layer, you would need to click on the circle to the left
of "Vibracore", click on the lightening bolt tool in the
tool bar, and then click on the Vibracore feature in the map to
view the hotlinked webpage associated with the feature.
Some Layers
are scale dependent. They are not viewable until you zoom
in or out to a mapping scale threshold.
Refresh Map
Button: This is very important!
For the map display, to reflect your command when you change
the visibility of a layer, you MUST use the Refresh Map button.
For example, if you click the Visible box for the "Sieve" layer,
you MUST click the Refresh Map button to display the "Sieve" layer.
Likewise, if you want to make a Layer not visible. |
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Contact:
If you have questions
of a technical nature or need additional help using this page contact
haiyan@mail.utexas.edu.
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