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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
Building the Catalog
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

About tabular data sources

Previewing the values in a table

Changing how tables look

Calculating statistics

Sorting records in a table in ArcCatalog

Finding values in a table

Adding and deleting columns

Creating new data sources from 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

About raster data

Properties of raster datasets

Exploring geodatabase raster catalogs

Tabular raster catalogs

Initial display properties of a raster

Setting the default band for a raster

Defining a raster's coordinate system

Calculating statistics for your raster dataset

Creating raster pyramids

Mosaicking rasters

Raster display performance tuning

Performance tuning for rasters in ArcSDE

Choosing which raster formats will appear in ArcCatalog

Supported raster formats

Technical specifications for raster formats

Pixel depth capacity
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

An overview of the 3D Analyst Conversion toolset

Converting rasters and TINs

Converting TINs to features
Tools
Functional Surface toolset
Raster Interpolation toolset
Raster Math toolset
Raster Reclass toolset
Raster Surface toolset
TIN Creation toolset
TIN Surface toolset
Analysis toolbox
Business Analyst toolbox
Cartography toolbox

An overview of the Cartography toolbox

Cartography toolbox sample applications
Masking toolset

An overview of the Masking toolset
Tools
Conversion toolbox
Coverage toolbox

An overview of the Coverage toolbox

What is a coverage?

About the coverage extent

What are TICs?

Coverage resolution

Understanding attributes in a coverage

How coverages are stored

Coverage data limitations

Summary of coverage feature classes
Analysis toolset

Overview of the Analysis toolsets
Extract toolset
Overlay toolset
Proximity toolset
Conversion toolset
Data Management toolset
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
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

An overview of the Density toolset
Distance toolset
Extraction toolset

An overview of the Extraction toolset
Generalization toolset
Groundwater toolset

An overview of the Groundwater toolset
Hydrology toolset

An overview of the 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
Spatial Statistics toolbox
Samples toolbox

An overview of the Samples toolbox
Analysis
Conversion

An overview of the sample Conversion toolset
Raster

An overview of the sample Raster toolset
Tools
To/From CAD
Data Management
Environment Settings
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Getting started with map projections
Geographic coordinate systems

About geographic coordinate systems

Spheroids and spheres

Datums

North American datums
Projected coordinate systems
Geographic transformations
Supported map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Customizing the user interface
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

Getting started migrating from ArcInfo Workstation

Creating your ArcInfo Workstation migration plan

Phase 1: Requirements prior to migration from ArcInfo Workstation

Phase 2: Designing the geodatabase when migrating from ArcInfo Workstation

Phase 3: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation data

Phase 4: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation processes
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help

Using this Help system

Getting help within the applications

Contacting Technical Support

Support for users located outside the United States

Accessing ESRI Software Training

Using the GIS Dictionary
Help for developers