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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
Acknowledgements
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Map projections and coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
Tables and attribute information
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
An overview of the geodatabase
Architecture of a geodatabase
Designing a geodatabase
Building a geodatabase
Data management workflows, transactions, and versioning
Geodatabase data storage and schema

A short history lesson on simple features

How geodatabases are stored in a DBMS
Feature geometry and raster data storage
Inside a geodatabase in DB2
Inside a geodatabase in Informix
Inside a geodatabase in Oracle

An overview of the geodatabase schema in Oracle

Feature classes in a geodatabase in Oracle

Feature datasets in a geodatabase stored in Oracle

Raster datasets and raster catalogs in a geodatabase stored in Oracle

Relationships between datasets in a geodatabase in Oracle

Keyset tables in a geodatabase in Oracle

Versioned tables in a geodatabase in Oracle

Locators in a geodatabase stored in Oracle

Domains in a geodatabase stored in Oracle

Log file tables in a geodatabase in Oracle

Toolboxes in geodatabases in Oracle

XML columns in a geodatabase stored in Oracle

System tables of a geodatabase stored in Oracle

ST_Geometry storage in Oracle

BLOB data storage in Oracle geodatabases

Using the Oracle Spatial geometry type

Using the Oracle Spatial raster type

Migrating Oracle data from one storage type to another
Inside a geodatabase in PostgreSQL
Inside a geodatabase in SQL Server
Administering ArcSDE geodatabases
Administering File and Personal geodatabases
Working with geodatabases using SQL
Data management with ArcCatalog
Image and raster data management
Data support in ArcGIS
Extensions
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Network analysis
Mobile GIS
Interoperability and standards support
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
Licensing and desktop administration
GIS Servers and services