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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

What is ArcGIS Desktop?

ArcGIS geodatabase

ArcGIS geoprocessing

ArcGIS geovisualization

ArcGIS Desktop extensions

GIS data structure types

Data types supported in ArcGIS
Desktop Administration

Administering the ArcGIS License Manager

Checking license availability

Viewing and changing the license manager

Common license manager problems and how to solve them

Setting the software product

Registering ArcView or ArcEditor and extensions

Evaluating an ArcGIS extension
ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Getting started with editing in ArcMap
Creating new features
Using a digitizer

About digitizing

An overview of preparing to digitize

Registering the paper map

Digitizing features on a paper map
Creating features from other features

Copying parallel line features

Creating buffers

Mirroring features

Creating and exploding multipart features

Combining features from different layers

Intersecting features
Editing existing features

Splitting lines and polygons

Trimming lines

Extending lines

Flipping lines

Dividing lines with points

Reshaping lines and polygons using a sketch

Adding and deleting vertices

Moving vertices

Changing the properties of a sketch

Scaling features

Clipping features

Stretching a feature's geometry proportionately

Smoothing and generalizing features
Editing topology
Editing attributes
Spatial adjustment
Editing geometric networks
Editing relationships and related objects
Editing annotation
Editing dimension features
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Getting started with linear referencing

An overview of linear referencing

The need for linear referencing

About storing features as relative locations

Segmented data

Routes and measures

Route locations and route events

Linear referencing and topology

Adding the Route Editing toolbar

Accessing the Route Events Geoprocessing wizard

Accessing the Create Routes wizard

Accessing the Calibrate Routes wizard
Creating route data
Displaying and querying routes and events
Editing routes
Creating and editing event data
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts
Accessing tools within a geoprocessing script
Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts
Messaging and script tools
Data properties and access when scripting
Scripting Object: Properties and methods

IGPDispatch object

Geoprocessor programming model
Properties and Methods
Customizing the user interface
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Data & Maps
Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps
Canada

Canada FSA postal centroids

Canada Highways

Canada Indian Reserves

Canada Major Cities

Canada Middle Cities

Canada Municipalities

Canada National Parks

Canada Provinces

Canada Provincial Parks

Canada Railways

Canada Regional Municipalities

Canada Telephone Area Code Boundaries

Canada Water Bodies
Europe
Mexico
World
StreetMap USA

About StreetMap USA
Image data

North America Digital Elevation Model

North America Shaded Relief

Global Digital Elevation Model (ETOPO2)

Global Digital Elevation Model (GTOPO30)

Global Imagery 150-meter Resolution

Sample High-Resolution Images

World at Night

World Cloud Free

WOrld Shaded Relief

World Topography and Bathymetry

World with Clouds

World with Ice

WorldSat Color Shaded Relief
United States (census)
United States (hydrography)

United States Drainage Systems

United States Lakes

United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas

United States National Atlas Water Feature Lines

United States Rivers (generalized)

United States Rivers and Streams

United States Water Bodies
United States (landmarks)
United States (other)

United States National Atlas Federal and Indian Land Areas

United States National Atlas Federal Land Lines

United States National Atlas Public Land Survey

U.S. State Plane Zones (NAD 1927)

U.S. State Plane Zones (NAD 1983)

USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:100,000)

USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:24,000)

USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:250,000)
United States (transportation)
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