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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
Getting started
Desktop Administration
ArcCatalog
Getting started with ArcCatalog

An overview of ArcCatalog

Starting ArcCatalog

Browsing through the Catalog

What's in the Catalog?

Repositioning the Catalog tree

Stopping ArcCatalog
Building the Catalog

About folders and file types

Managing folder connections

Geodatabases and their contents

Creating and accessing geodatabases

Creating spatial database connections

Adding OLE DB connections

About GIS servers and services

Connecting to GIS servers

Working with database connections

Hiding folders and items

Changing a data format's properties

Working with file types
Managing the Catalog's contents
Exploring an item's geography

Previewing an item's geographic data

Exploring data in Geography view

Creating thumbnails
Exploring the values in a table
Working with metadata
Searching for items
Working with maps and layers
Working with shapefiles
Working with CAD data
Working with coverages
Working with rasters in ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference

Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide

An overview of commonly used tools

Licensing for geoprocessing tools
3D Analyst toolbox

An overview of the 3D Analyst toolbox

Understanding 3D data

Concepts of surface analysis

Working with TIN surfaces

Working with raster surfaces

3D visualization
3D Analyst Conversion toolset
Functional Surface toolset

Overview of the Functional Surface toolset

Understanding the shape of a surface

Analyze Visibility

Create 3D features

Find the volume contained in a surface
Tools

Interpolate Shape (3D Analyst)

Line of Sight (3D Analyst)

Surface Length (3D Analyst)

Surface Spot (3D Analyst)

Surface Volume (3D Analyst)
Raster Interpolation toolset

An overview of the Raster Interpolation toolset

Understanding raster interpolation

Implementing Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) in 3D Analyst

Applying a spline interpolation in 3D Analyst

Performing trend analysis in 3D Analyst

Using Kriging in 3D Analyst

Raster Interpolation toolset sample applications
Tools
Raster Math toolset
Raster Reclass toolset
Raster Surface toolset
TIN Creation toolset

An overview of the TIN Creation toolset

Creating and editing TINs
Tools
TIN Surface toolset

An overview of the TIN Surface toolset

Measuring aspect

Understanding slope

Working with contours
Tools
Analysis toolbox
Business Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Business Analyst toolbox
Analysis toolset

An overview of the Business Analyst Analysis toolset
Tools
Customer Setup toolset
Modeling toolset
Reports toolset
Segmentation Analysis toolset
Segmentation Profiles toolset
Store Setup toolset

An overview of the Store Setup toolset
Tools

Create a Store Layer with Address Data (Business Analyst)

Create an Empty Store Layer (Business Analyst)

Setup Store Using Existing Data (Business Analyst)

Setup Store Using Tabular Data (Business Analyst)

Setup Store Using XY Data (Business Analyst)
Thematic Maps toolset

An overview of the Business Analyst Thematic Maps toolset
Tools

Symbolize by Non-Numeric Field (Business Analyst)

Symbolize by Numeric Field (Business Analyst)

Symbolize by Chart (Business Analyst)

Symbolize by Dot Density (Business Analyst)

Symbolize by Point Size (Business Analyst)

Symbolize by Line Thickness (Business Analyst)
Trade Areas toolset

An overview of the Trade Areas toolset
Tools
Cartography toolbox
Conversion toolbox
Coverage toolbox
Data Management toolbox
Geocoding toolbox
Geostatistical Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Geostatistical Analyst toolbox

Understanding geostatistical analysis

Working with a geostatistical layer

Creating a grid from a geostatistical layer

Geostatistical Analyst toolbox sample applications
Tools
Linear Referencing toolbox

An overview of the Linear Referencing toolbox

Understanding Linear Referencing

Creating route data

Creating and editing event data

Linear Referencing sample applications
Tools
Military Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Military Analyst toolbox
Utilities (Military Analyst)
Tools
Network Analyst toolbox
Spatial Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Spatial Analyst toolbox

Solving problems in Spatial Analyst

Understanding raster data

Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst

Spatial Analyst toolbox sample applications
Conditional toolset
Density toolset
Distance toolset

An overview of the Distance toolset
Extraction toolset
Generalization toolset

An overview of the Spatial Analyst Generalization toolset
Groundwater toolset
Hydrology toolset
Interpolation toolset
Local toolset
Map Algebra toolset
Math toolset

An overview of the Math toolset
Multivariate toolset
Neighborhood toolset
Overlay toolset (Spatial Analyst)
Raster creation toolset
Reclass toolset
Surface toolset
Zonal toolset

An overview of the Zonal toolset
Spatial Statistics toolbox

An overview of the Spatial Statistics toolbox

Modeling spatial relationships

Spatial Statistics toolbox sample applications
Analyzing Patterns toolset
Mapping Clusters toolset
Measuring Geographic Distributions toolset
Utilities toolset

An overview of the Utilities toolset
Tools
Samples toolbox

An overview of the Samples toolbox
Analysis
Conversion
Data Management
Environment Settings
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Getting started with editing in ArcMap
Creating new features

About creating new features

Creating point features and vertices

Creating lines and polygons

Creating segments using angles and lengths

Creating segments using angles from existing segments

Creating segments that are circular arc curves

Creating segments by tracing features

Using the snapping environment

Creating edit sketch geometry with the Traverse tool

Traverse file format

About setting distance units

Setting direction measuring systems and units
Using a digitizer
Creating features from other features
Editing existing features
Editing topology
Editing attributes

Viewing attributes

Adding attributes

Deleting attributes

Modifying attributes

Copying and pasting attributes

Editing with default values and attribute domains

About updating data using SQL
Spatial adjustment

An overview of spatial adjustment

Adding the Spatial Adjustment toolbar

Setting up the spatial adjustment

Working with links

Working with link files and control point files

Previewing and performing the adjustment

Transferring attributes between features
Editing geometric networks
Editing relationships and related objects

About editing relationships and related objects

Editing relationships and related objects
Editing annotation
Editing dimension features

About editing dimension features

Creating dimension features

Modifying a dimension feature's geometry and style
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Customizing the user interface

About customizing the user interface

Basic user interface elements

Saving your customizations

Hiding and showing toolbars

Creating custom toolbars

Changing a toolbar's or menu's contents

Changing a command's appearance

Creating shortcut keys

Setting toolbar options

Creating, editing, and running macros

Creating custom commands with VBA and UIControls

Adding custom commands and toolbars from .dlls

Updating the ArcID module

Locking customization, documents, and templates

Changing VBA security

Sample VBA code

Customize commands available in ArcMap

Customize commands available in ArcCatalog
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers