Authoring and Publishing Geoprocessing Services will air on ESRI’s Training and Education Web site at www.esri.com/training on October 18 at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. (Pacific daylight time).

New with ArcGIS 9.2 is the ability to publish geoprocessing tools and models to the server. A user, for example, could build a model that would evaluate a geographic area for potential store locations based on multiple criteria and publish that model as a geoprocessing service that could be accessed via the Web. Other users, working with ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Explorer, or a Web mapping application running on a Web browser could then connect to the service and conduct the analysis.

This seminar will guide users through each step in taking an existing model, created using ModelBuilder, and publishing it as a geoprocessing service on ArcGIS Server. Participants will learn the considerations for creating or modifying a model for use as a geoprocessing service—such as user input, data management, and optimization—as well as those for publishing the model to ArcGIS Server such as execution mode or returned record limits.

Attendees should be familiar with the ArcGIS Desktop 9.x environment, ModelBuilder, and how to create and administer basic services on ArcGIS Server 9.2.

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.

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