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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
Exploring the values in a table
Working with metadata
Searching for items
Working with maps and layers
Working with shapefiles
About shapefiles, dBASE tables, and file types
Creating new shapefiles and dBASE tables
Adding and deleting attributes
Creating and updating indexes
Defining a shapefile's coordinate system
Working with CAD data
About CAD data
Defining a coordinate system for CAD data
Supported AutoCAD entities and MicroStation elements
Working with coverages
About coverages and INFO tables
Creating a new coverage
Creating a new INFO table
Generating topology
Defining a coverage's coordinate system
Modifying a coverage's tics
Modifying a coverage's extent
Setting a coverage's tolerances
Maintaining attributes
About relationships and relationship classes
Creating a coverage relationship class
Working with rasters in ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Getting started with building a geodatabase
Creating new items in geodatabases
Importing data
Topology
Subtypes and attribute domains
Defining a relationship class
Geometric networks
What is a geometric network?
Geometric networks and ArcCatalog
An overview of creating geometric networks
Network connectivity rules
Creating a new geometric network
Building a geometric network from existing simple feature classes
Creating new feature classes for your geometric network
Establishing connectivity rules
Managing a geometric network
About Verify Network tools and commands
Identifying network build errors
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
Map projections
Getting started with map projections
An overview of map projections
Geographic coordinate systems
Projected coordinate systems
About projected coordinate systems
About map projections
Projection types
Planar projections
Conic projections
Cylindrical projections
Other projections
Projection parameters
Geographic transformations
Geographic transformation methods
Equation-based methods
Grid-based methods
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
ESRI Data & Maps
Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps
What's new in ESRI Data and Maps
An overview of ESRI Data and Maps
Redistribution rights
Canada
Europe
Europe Cities
Europe Countries
Europe Ferries
Europe Level 1 Provinces
Europe Level 2 Provinces
Europe Level 3 Provinces
Europe Major Roads
Europe Major Water
Europe NUTS 0 Demographics
Europe NUTS 1 Demographics
Europe NUTS 2 Demographics
Europe NUTS 3 Demographics
Europe Places
Europe Railroads
Europe Railroad Stations
Europe Roads
Europe Urbanized Areas
Europe Water
Germany ZIP Code Areas (one-digit)
Germany ZIP Code Areas (two-digit)
Germany ZIP Code Areas (five-digit)
Mexico
World
World Administrative Units
World Cities
World Continents
World Countries (generalized)
World Countries 1992
World Countries 2005
World CountryWatch Demographics (table)
World Country Memberships of Political Organizations (table)
World Drainage Systems
World Gazetteer
World Lakes
World Latitude and Longitude Grids
World Named Latitudes and Longitudes
World Regions
World Rivers
World Time Zones
World UTM Zones
World Wildlife Fund Marine Ecoregions
World Wildlife Fund Terrestrial Ecoregions
StreetMap USA
Image data
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 (transportation)
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers
ArcGIS Developer Help