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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
Getting started with map projections
An overview of map projections
Projection basics the GIS professional needs to know
About the geoid, ellipsoid, spheroid and datum, and how they are related
Identifying an unknown coordinate system
Converting Degrees Minutes Seconds values to Decimal Degree values
Geographic coordinate systems
About geographic coordinate systems
Spheroids and spheres
Datums
North American datums
What happens to features at +/-180 (dateline)?
GCS_Assumed_Geographic_1
Projected coordinate systems
Geographic transformations
Supported map projections
Vertical coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
An overview of mapping and visualization
An overview of ArcMap
Data frames
Map layers
Symbols and styles
Text on maps
Cartographic representations
Map layouts and map printing
Graphs, reports, and animations
Common tasks within ArcMap
Keyboard shortcuts for use within ArcMap
ArcMap application patterns
Using ArcMap
Layers, data frames, and the table of contents
Starting ArcMap
Creating a new map
Opening a map
Using the table of contents
About coordinate systems and map projections
Specifying a coordinate system
Referencing data in the map
Working with data frames
Pausing the map's drawing
Saving a map and exiting ArcMap
Saving to previous versions of ArcGIS
Keyboard shortcuts in ArcMap
Working with layers
Navigating and interacting with maps
Adding graphics and text to maps
Symbolizing data
Applying symbology
Styles and symbols
Animation
Getting started with animation
Animation concepts
Building animations
Playing animations
Editing animations
Saving, exporting, and loading animations
Common animation work flows
Using cartographic representations
Getting started with representations
Representation concepts
Working with representations
Editing feature representations
Page layout and map composition
Working with graphs and reports
Looking at data with graphs
(Pre-ArcGIS 9.2) Looking at data with graphs
Creating reports
Working with web maps in ArcGIS
An overview of GIS Web map layers
Working with ArcGIS Server in ArcGIS Desktop
Using services from ArcGIS Server
Using services from ArcIMS
Using OGC Services
Using KML
Using ArcGIS Online
Using image service layers
Working with service layers in the table of contents
Printing and exporting maps containing service layers
Publishing optimized map services in ArcGIS
Publishing optimized map services
Drawing differences between ArcMap and optimized map services
Map Service Publication Toolbar error messages
Map Service Publication Toolbar warning messages
Map Service Publishing Toolbar information messages
Editing and data compilation
Tables and attribute information
Understanding tables and attribute information
Creating tables and managing attribute information
Displaying tables and attribute information
Previewing a table in ArcCatalog
Adding and viewing tables in ArcMap
Setting field properties, aliases, and table display options
Navigating to and finding records in a table
Sorting records in a table
Selecting records in a table
Summarizing data in a table
Printing a table
Adding a table to a layout
Viewing statistics for a table
Creating a graph from a table
Creating a report from a table
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
Data management with ArcCatalog
Image and raster data management
Data support in ArcGIS
An overview of data support in ArcGIS
Data formats supported in ArcGIS
CAD data
The composition of a CAD drawing
Working with CAD data in ArcGIS
Displaying CAD features
Georeferencing CAD data
CAD feature attributes and queries
CAD data translation
Geoprocessing tools for CAD translation
Common CAD data workflows
Coverages
What is a coverage
Summary of coverage feature classes
Coverage resolution (precision)
How coverages are stored
Creating a new coverage
Understanding and maintaining attributes in a coverage
About fields (items) in coverage attribute tables
Creating a new INFO table
About the coverage extent
Coverage tics
Defining a coverage's coordinate system
Coverage topology
Coverage tolerances
Coverage relationships and relationship classes
Coverage data limitations
Importing an ArcInfo interchange file (E00)
NetCDF: multidimensional, time series data
An overview of netCDF data
Understanding netCDF data
Working with netCDF data in ArcGIS
Shapefiles
Terrains
Extensions
Geocoding and address management
Getting started with geocoding
Understanding geocoding
Preparing for geocoding
Understanding address locator styles
Commonly used address locator styles
Preparing reference and address data
Standardizing your reference data
Building an address locator
Locating addresses
The geocoding process
Finding an individual address
Getting an address of a location
Geocoding a table of addresses
Rematching a geocoded feature class
Additional geocoding techniques
Keeping an address locator current
Updating your reference data
Versioned data and the address locator
Rebuilding address locators
Distributing your address locator
Deciding to share an address locator
Collecting address locators
Making your address locator public
Accessing distributed address locators
Sharing pre-9.2 address locators
Adjusting your address locator file
Exploring the address locator file
Why change your address locator file?
Changing default settings
Changing default settings in the address locator template file
Table schema and the locator file
Accommodating alternative reference table schema
Modifying the query
Accommodating changes in the geocoding rule base files
Address Locator Properties dialog box
About StreetMap data
About StreetMap data
Linear referencing
Getting started with linear referencing
Creating route feature classes
Displaying and querying route feature classes
An overview of displaying and querying route feature classes
Working with route feature classes in ArcMap
Setting the route identifier field
Querying route feature classes
Displaying route measure anomalies
About hatching route feature classes
Hatching options
Displaying hatches
Manipulating the text on hatches
Working with hatch styles
Displaying and querying route events
Editing routes
Creating and editing event data
Working with route event data
An overview of working with route event data
About overlaying event data
Overlaying events
About aggregating event data
Aggregating route events
About transforming event measures
Transforming event measures
Accessing the Route Events Geoprocessing wizard
Network analysis
Using the Network Analyst extension
Analyzing geometric networks
Mobile GIS
Interoperability and standards support
Overview of interoperability
Overview of OGC and ISO support
ESRI protocols and programming interfaces
GML support in ArcGIS
An overview of GML support in ArcGIS
How to work with GML in ArcGIS
Using the GML simple features profile
Using supported GML profiles
Adding new GML profiles
Working with WFS within ArcGIS
WFS support in ArcGIS
WCS support in ArcGIS
An overview of WCS support in ArcGIS
WMS support in ArcGIS
KML support in ArcGIS
An overview of KML support in ArcGIS
KML elements
Why share GIS data as KML?
Translating ArcGIS information to KML
Preparing your map documents in ArcGIS for KML publishing
Creating KML files
Serving KML with ArcGIS Server
KML examples
Using folders to organize KML content
Frequently asked questions about KML
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
An overview of customizing ArcGIS
Customizing the user interface
Writing macros using VBA
Getting started with VBA
Creating, editing, and running macros
Creating custom commands with VBA and UI Controls
Adding custom commands and toolbars from .dlls
Updating the ArcID module
Locking documents and templates
Changing VBA security
Sample VBA code
Extending ArcGIS desktop applications
About extending ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
ESRI Data and Maps
Working with StreetMap data
Licensing and desktop administration
GIS Servers and services