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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

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
Getting started with ArcCatalog
Building the Catalog

About folders and file types

Managing folder connections

Geodatabases and their contents

Creating and accessing geodatabases

Creating spatial database connections

Adding OLE DB connections

About GIS servers and services

Connecting to GIS servers

Working with database connections

Hiding folders and items

Changing a data format's properties

Working with file types
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

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

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

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
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
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
Extensions
3D Analyst
ArcScan
ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension
Business Analyst
Geostatistical Analyst
Maplex
Military Analyst
Military Overlay Editor
Getting started with MOLE
MOLE geodatabases
Adding MOLE symbols in ArcMap

Working with force elements and tactical graphics

Working with MOLE symbols in ArcMap

Symbology rendering in MOLE
Controlling the MOLE display
Using MOLE with other ESRI products

Adding MOLE symbols with the Coordinate tool

Using MOLE layers in ArcGIS Tracking Analyst

Creating a MOLE temporal layer in ArcGIS Tracking Analyst

Using MOLE with ArcSDE

Using MOLE with ArcIMS

Sample MOLE mission planning map

Exporting MOLE layers to ArcSDE

Versioning with MOLE

Using MOLE with ArcGlobe
Network Analyst
Publisher
Getting started with Publisher
Creating data packages
Creating custom applications
Spatial Analyst
Getting started with Spatial Analyst
Understanding raster data
Solving spatial problems
Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst
The Raster Calculator
Analysis concepts in Spatial Analyst
Density calculations
Distance analysis
Evaluations based on conditions

Conditional evaluation: Con

Multiple evaluations for the True condition: Pick

Setting values to NoData: SetNull

Syntax for an expression
Extraction
Generalization
Groundwater
Hydrologic analysis
Interpolation
Local analysis
Map Algebra
Mathematical operations and functions
Multivariate statistical analysis
Neighborhood analysis
Overlay analysis
Raster creation
Reclassification
Surface analysis

Creating contours

Calculating slope

Determining aspect

Producing a hillshade

Performing a viewshed analysis

Understanding cut/fill volumetric analysis

Surface analysis sample applications
Zonal analysis
Spatial Analyst functional reference
Color Model (Spatial Analyst)
Conditional (Spatial Analyst)
Conversion (Spatial Analyst)
Density (Spatial Analyst)
Distance (Spatial Analyst)
Extraction (Spatial Analyst)
Generalization (Spatial Analyst)
Groundwater (Spatial Analyst)
Hydrology (Spatial Analyst)
Interpolation (Spatial Analyst)
Local (Spatial Analyst)

An overview of the Local tools

Cell Statistics

Combine

Equal To Frequency

EqualTo

Greater Than Frequency

GreaterThan

Highest Position

Less Than Frequency

LessThan

LocalStatistics

Lowest Position

LPos

Majority

Max

Mean

Med

Min

Minority

Popularity

Range

Rank

Std

Sum

UPos

Variety
Map Algebra (Spatial Analyst)
Math General (Spatial Analyst)
Math Bitwise (Spatial Analyst)
Math Logical (Spatial Analyst)
Math Trigonometric (Spatial Analyst)
Multivariate (Spatial Analyst)
Neighborhood (Spatial Analyst)
Overlay (Spatial Analyst)
Raster Creation (Spatial Analyst)
Raster Management (Spatial Analyst)
Reclass (Spatial Analyst)
Surface (Spatial Analyst)
Zonal (Spatial Analyst)
Survey Analyst
Tracking Analyst
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

ArcGIS Developer Help