Table of Contents

1. Biodiversity GIS (BGIS) Online Maps
   1. Introduction to Internet Maps
   2. GIS Concept # 1: Features have attributes associated with them.
   3. GIS Concept # 2: Information is separated into layers.
2. Getting Familiar with the BGIS Online Maps
3. Navigating Around the Maps
4. Using Intermediate Features of the BGIS Map Viewer
5. Using Advanced Features of the BGIS Online Maps
6. Summary of built in functionality of the BGIS Web Map Service
7. Glossary of Terms

Biodiversity GIS (BGIS) Online Maps

You can download a zipped copy of this tutorial here. Open it by clicking on the index.htm file.

Acknowledgements

This help system is an adaptation of the Geocortex Compass Tutorial/Help. Geocortex kindly and freely provided us with their tutorial system "Geocortex Compasss" for adaptation and this is gratefully acknowledged. Both Geocortex and the Biodiversity Online Maps use similar technology with respect to ARC IMS and Moximedia IMF technology based on Java Server Pages. The assistance and support from Moximedia in developing these pages is also acknowledged with gratitude. These two Canadian companies have been wonderfully supportive in our efforts to develop web mapping services for environmental and ecological management in South Africa. The BGIS website has been tested on the following systems. We suggest that get the latest browser and download it and you must ensure that it is Java-enabled. The only known web browser unsupported by our Web Map Service is Konqueror.