Best Practices for Designing Effective Map Services

—Sterling Quinn and Tom Brenneman

This session will explain how to approach the construction of a Web map for optimal speed and appearance. The presenters will show how to analyze an ArcMap document for performance bottlenecks and publish it to ArcGIS Server. You'll also learn when it's appropriate to use other techniques for fast map display, such as creating tile caches and displaying data with client-side graphics. Finally, the presenters will discuss the creation of feature templates for Web editing and offer tips for designing mobile maps.