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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
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
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
Editing routes
Creating and editing event data
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Customizing the user interface
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

Comparing ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

ArcView terminology

ArcView GIS extensions at 9

Importing an ArcView GIS 3 project into ArcMap

Importing an ArcView GIS 3 legend into ArcMap

Working with tables in ArcView 9

New features and functionality beyond ArcView GIS 3

ArcView 9 and the geodatabase

ArcView 9 import tools
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
Extensions
3D Analyst
Getting started with 3D Analyst
Understanding 3D data
Surfaces and surface models
TIN surfaces
Raster surfaces
Display environments in 3D

About display environments in 3D

The camera, the observer, and the target

Creating a scene

Managing scene viewers

Changing the viewer settings

Navigating through a scene using the Fly tool

Navigating through a globe using the Walk tool

Setting 3D bookmarks

Scene properties

Changing the vertical exaggeration

Using animated rotation

Changing the background color

Changing the scene illumination

Changing the scene extent

Changing the scene coordinate system

Viewing in stereo mode

Saving a scene

Exporting a scene

Printing a scene
3D layer properties

About 3D layer properties

Creating 3D features

Defining the z-values for a layer

Converting z units to x,y units

Offsetting the heights in a layer

Controlling when a layer is rendered

Using the 3D Effects toolbar
Displaying surfaces
Displaying features and graphics
Interactive tools on the 3D Analyst toolbar
Animation
3D graphics and text

About 3D graphics and text

The 3D Graphics toolbar

Digitizing 3D text

Changing properties of selected graphic elements

Changing defaults for the way graphics appear

Working with graphics layers
3D symbology

About 3D symbology

About 3D symbols

About 3D styles

Using the 3D Symbol Property Editor

Altering the placement of a 3D symbol

Offsetting a 3D symbol

Scaling the size of 3D symbols

Using 3D styles to assign symbology

Symbolizing points with 3D symbols

Symbolizing lines with 3D symbols

Symbolizing polygon fills with 3D symbols

Saving the current styles in 3D Analyst

Organizing 3D style contents

Creating and modifying 3D symbols and elements
ArcGlobe
ArcScan
ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension

ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension
Business Analyst
About ArcGIS Business Analyst
Business Analyst toolbar
Organizing your work and creating a study area
Adding data to Business Analyst
Trade areas - customer data required
Trade areas - no customer data required
Trade areas - geography level based

Standard levels of geography

Subgeography
Trade areas - store prospecting
Monitor and manage trade areas
Analysis
Modeling
Working with maps
Tools
Finding a route
Reports and batch tasks
Setting Business Analyst preferences

General tab

Dataset tab

Analyses tab

Spatial Reference tab

Data tab

Drive Time tab
The Business Analyst 9.1 Iimporter
Data descriptions
Business Analyst tools reference

Overview of the Business Analyst toolbox
Geostatistical Analyst
Getting started with Geostatistical Analyst
The principles of Geostatistical Analyst
Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA)
Deterministic methods
Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques

What are geostatistical interpolation techniques?

Understanding different kriging models

Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques

Creating a Kriging map using defaults

Understanding Ordinary Kriging

Understanding Simple Kriging

Understanding Universal Kriging

Understanding output surface types

Understanding transformations and trends

Creating a map using Ordinary Kriging

Creating a map using Simple Kriging

Creating a map using Universal Kriging

Understanding thresholds

Understanding Indicator Kriging

Understanding Probability Kriging

Creating a map using Indicator Kriging

Creating a map using Probability Kriging

Understanding Disjunctive Kriging

Creating a map using Disjunctive Kriging

Understanding cokriging

Creating a map using cokriging
Using analytical tools when generating surfaces
Displaying and managing geostatistical layers

What is a geostatistical layer?

Viewing geostatistical layers in ArcCatalog

Managing layers

Representing a geostatistical layer

Adding layers

Saving and exporting geostatistical layers

Setting the scales at which the geostatistical layer will be displayed

Changing the symbology of a geostatistical layer

Predicting values for locations outside the area of interest

Data classification

Classifying data

Working with geostatistical layers in a map
Additional geostatistical analysis tools

Additional geostatistical analysis tools

Changing the parameters of a geostatistical layer: Method Properties

Predicting values for specified locations

Performing validation on a geostatistical layer created from a subset
Maplex
Military Analyst
Military Overlay Editor
Getting started with MOLE
MOLE geodatabases
Adding MOLE symbols in ArcMap
Controlling the MOLE display

The force element Layer Properties dialog box

Modifying force element symbols from the Layer Properties dialog box

Setting echelon scaling

The tactical graphic Layer Properties dialog box

Enabling tactical graphic renderers

The Layer Properties dialog box vs. the toolbar

Working with symbols

Modifying force element symbols with the toolbar

Echelon scaling with the toolbar

Working with labels

Leadering

Stacking
Using MOLE with other ESRI products
Network Analyst
Publisher
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