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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

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

An overview of geoprocessing
Getting started with geoprocessing
Working with toolboxes
Working with toolsets and tools

An overview of working with toolsets and tools

Managing toolsets

Working with tools

Creating models and adding scripts

Setting parameters

Changing tool properties

Changing the name, label, and description for your tool

Setting a modified stylesheet for a tool

Storing relative path names

Changing the source for a script

Removing parameters for a model and a script

Changing the order of parameters

An overview of adding documentation to tools

Adding documentation to tools

Exporting tool documentation to an HTML file

Tool Help: Referencing a compiled help file

Viewing documentation for tools

Finding tools

Understanding tool licensing

Rules for using geoprocessing tools in an edit session

Rules for working with schema locks
Specifying environment settings

An overview of environment settings

Specifying settings for the application

Specifying environment settings for a model

Specifying environment settings for a process

Specifying general settings

Specifying coverage settings

About coverage precision

Specifying geodatabase settings

Specifying raster geodatabase settings

Specifying raster analysis settings
Using the Command Line window
Introducing model building

An overview of model building

What is a model?

What is the ModelBuilder window?

About building models

A model building example

Creating a new model
Using the ModelBuilder window
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Getting started with linear referencing
Creating route data
Displaying and querying routes and events
Editing 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
Getting started with map projections
Geographic coordinate systems
Projected coordinate systems
Geographic transformations
Supported 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

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
Getting more help
Help for developers