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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
Managing the Catalog's contents

The Contents tab

Working in Details view

Changing the columns in Details view

Modifying the default settings for exploring contents

Exploring an item's properties

Organizing your data

Converting data to a different format
Exploring an item's geography
Exploring the values in a table
Working with metadata
Searching for items

About search results

Finding items using the Search tool

Searching with geographic criteria

Searching with temporal criteria

Searching with keywords

Exploring the results of your search

Modifying the search results
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

About CAD data

Defining a coordinate system for CAD data

Supported AutoCAD entities and MicroStation elements
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
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
TIN Surface toolset

An overview of the TIN Surface toolset

Measuring aspect

Understanding slope

Working with contours
Tools
Analysis toolbox

An overview of the Analysis toolbox

Comparison poster of Overlay and Extract Tools

Analysis toolbox sample applications
Extract toolset

An overview of the Extract toolset

Extracting GIS data
Tools
Overlay toolset
Proximity toolset
Statistics toolset
Business Analyst toolbox
Cartography toolbox
Conversion toolbox
Coverage toolbox
Data Management toolbox
Geocoding toolbox
Geostatistical Analyst toolbox
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

Import OILSTOCK Overlay (Military Analyst)

How Import OILSTOCK Overlay (Military Analyst) works
Network Analyst toolbox
Spatial Analyst toolbox
Spatial Statistics toolbox
Samples toolbox

An overview of the Samples toolbox
Analysis
Conversion

An overview of the sample Conversion toolset
Raster
To/From CAD
Data Management
Environment Settings
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
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

The route identifier field

Querying route data

Route measure anomalies

About hatching

Hatching options

Displaying hatches

Manipulating the text on hatches

Working with hatch styles

Dynamic segmentation

Adding route 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
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
Customizing the user interface
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