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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
Acknowledgements
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Fundamentals of GIS
Introducing ArcGIS Desktop

What is ArcGIS 9.3

An overview of ArcGIS Desktop

Using ArcGIS Desktop

Mapping and visualization in ArcMap

The geodatabase

Workspace and dataset management with ArcCatalog

Data compilation and editing

Geoprocessing and analysis

Tips and tricks within ArcGIS
Tutorials
Toolbars
Getting more help
Map projections and coordinate systems
Getting started with map projections
Geographic coordinate systems
Projected coordinate systems

About projected coordinate systems

About map projections

Projection types

Planar projections

Conic projections

Cylindrical projections

Other projections

Projection parameters
Geographic transformations
Supported map projections
Vertical coordinate systems

About vertical coordinate systems

Vertical datums

Geoid
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
Tables and attribute information
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

Supported CAD file formats and versions

CAD data organization

Supported AutoCAD entities and MicroStation elements

Managing CAD data in ArcCatalog

Accessing CAD dataset properties in ArcCatalog

Adding CAD data to ArcMap

Using geoprocessing tools with CAD data
Displaying CAD features

Symbolizing CAD features

Symbolizing CAD annotation features

Drawing layer and level management

Controlling CAD feature display
Georeferencing CAD data

An overview of spatial references and CAD data

Defining a CAD dataset's coordinate system

Transforming CAD datasets

World files
CAD feature attributes and queries

Types of CAD feature attributes

Working with CAD feature attribute tables

Joining and relating CAD feature attribute tables

Querying CAD features
CAD data translation

How CAD data converts

Semantic translation

Understanding user data and database links

How to use CAD feature classes as input for geoprocessing tools

Exporting to CAD formats
Geoprocessing tools for CAD translation

Using the Copy Features tool

Using the Feature Class to Feature Class tool

Using the Import From CAD tool

Using the Import CAD Annotation tool

Using the Merge tool

Using the Create CAD XData tool

Using the Add CAD Fields tool

Using the Set CAD Alias tool

Using the Make Feature Layer tool

Using the Export To CAD tool
Common CAD data workflows

Using the Samples toolbox for CAD translation

Importing CAD data to a geodatabase

Converting CAD text to an annotation feature class

Exporting a feature class to a CAD file

Exporting a single feature class to multiple CAD drawings

Exporting a feature class to a symbolized CAD drawing with block inserts
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
Shapefiles
Terrains
Extensions
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Network analysis
Mobile GIS

An overview of Mobile GIS
ArcGIS Mobile integration

Introduction to ArcGIS Mobile

Design and create Mobile maps

Building effective data models for field data collection

Deploying maps to mobile devices

Managing field updates using ArcGIS Desktop

Geoprocessing support for ArcGIS Mobile
GPS
Tablet PC
ArcPad integration
Interoperability and standards support

Overview of interoperability

Overview of OGC and ISO support

ESRI protocols and programming interfaces
GML support in ArcGIS
WFS support in ArcGIS
WCS support in ArcGIS
WMS support in ArcGIS
KML support in ArcGIS
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
Licensing and desktop administration
GIS Servers and services