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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
ArcCatalog
Getting started with ArcCatalog
Building the Catalog
Managing the Catalog's contents
Exploring an item's geography
Exploring the values in a table
Working with metadata

About metadata

Exploring an item's metadata

Changing the default stylesheet

Printing metadata

Creating and updating metadata

Writing documentation

Importing and exporting metadata

Editing metadata

Using the FGDC metadata editor

Using the ISO metadata editor

Managing enclosures

Requirements for publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service

Adding information required by the ArcIMS Metadata Service

Publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service

Managing published metadata documents

Changing a published document's properties
Searching for items
Working with maps and layers

About maps, layers, and graphs

Opening a map from ArcCatalog

Adding data to maps

Creating a layer

Creating a group layer

Repairing the data sources in a layer

Joining attributes to the layer's data
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
Building a geodatabase
Getting started with building a geodatabase

An overview of building geodatabases

Designing a geodatabase

Copying the schema of a geodatabase

Ways to create a geodatabase

Creating a geodatabase

Accessing an ArcSDE geodatabase

Upgrading a geodatabase
Creating new items in geodatabases
Importing data
Topology
Subtypes and attribute domains
Defining a relationship class
Geometric networks
Managing annotation
Dimensioning
Working with a versioned geodatabase
Disconnected editing
Building geodatabases with CASE tools
Building a raster geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Getting started with linear referencing
Creating route data
Displaying and querying routes and events
Editing routes

About editing routes

Using ArcMap to create routes from existing lines

Using ArcMap to calibrate routes with points

About setting route measures

Remeasuring routes
Creating and editing event data

About creating and editing event data

Creating event tables in ArcCatalog

About overlaying event data

Overlay events

About aggregating event data

Aggregating route events

About transforming event measures

Transforming event measures

About locating features along routes

Locating features along routes

Editing event tables in ArcMap
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
Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps
Canada
Europe
Mexico

Mexico Cities

Mexico Contours

Mexico Municipalities

Mexico Railroads

Mexico Rivers and Streams

Mexico Roads

Mexico States

Mexico Urban Areas

Mexico Water Bodies
World
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 (landmarks)
United States (other)
United States (transportation)

United States Highways

United States Major Highways

United States Major Roads

United States National Atlas Airports

United States National Transportation Atlas Interstate Highways

United States National Transportation Atlas Railroads

United States TANA/GDT Airports

United States TANA/GDT Transportation Terminals
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers