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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

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
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
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

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

IDW (3D Analyst)

Kriging (3D Analyst)

Natural Neighbor (3D Analyst)

Spline (3D Analyst)

Topo To Raster (3D Analyst)

Topo To Raster by File (3D Analyst)

Trend (3D Analyst)
Raster Math toolset
Raster Reclass toolset

An overview of the Raster Reclass toolset

Reclass by individual values in 3D Analyst

Reclass by a range of values in 3D Analyst

Reclass by groups of values in 3D Analyst

Using reclassification tables in 3D Analyst

Raster Reclass toolset sample applications
Tools

Lookup (3D Analyst)

Reclass by ASCII File (3D Analyst)

Reclass by Table (3D Analyst)

Reclassify (3D Analyst)

Slice (3D Analyst)
Raster Surface toolset
TIN Creation toolset
TIN Surface toolset
Analysis toolbox

An overview of the Analysis toolbox

Comparison poster of Overlay and Extract Tools

Analysis toolbox sample applications
Extract toolset
Overlay toolset

An overview of the Overlay toolset

Overlaying layers

Comparison of Overlay tools
Tools
Proximity toolset
Statistics toolset
Business Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Business Analyst toolbox
Analysis toolset

An overview of the Business Analyst Analysis toolset
Tools
Customer Setup toolset

An overview of the Customer Setup toolset
Tools
Modeling toolset

An overview of the Business Analyst Modeling toolset
Tools
Reports toolset
Segmentation Analysis toolset

An overview of the Segmentation Analysis toolset
Tools

Core and Developmental Segments Report (Business Analyst)

Customer Demographic Profile Report (Business Analyst)

Customer Tapestry Profile Segmentation Report (Business Analyst)

Game Plan Chart (Business Analyst)

Game Plan Map (Business Analyst)

Gap Analysis Report (Business Analyst)

Match Level Summary Report (Business Analyst)

MRI Segmentation Report (Business Analyst)

Segmentation Charts (Business Analyst)

Segmentation Penetration Map (Business Analyst)

Target Map (Business Analyst)
Segmentation Profiles toolset
Store Setup toolset

An overview of the Store Setup toolset
Tools
Thematic Maps toolset
Trade Areas toolset
Cartography toolbox
Conversion toolbox
Coverage toolbox

An overview of the Coverage toolbox

What is a coverage?

About the coverage extent

What are TICs?

Coverage resolution

Understanding attributes in a coverage

How coverages are stored

Coverage data limitations

Summary of coverage feature classes
Analysis toolset
Conversion toolset
Data Management toolset
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

Calibrate Routes (Linear Referencing)

Create Routes (Linear Referencing)

Dissolve Route Events (Linear Referencing)

Locate Features Along Routes (Linear Referencing)

Make Route Event Layer (Linear Referencing)

Overlay Route Events (Linear Referencing)

Transform Route Events (Linear Referencing)
Military Analyst toolbox
Network Analyst toolbox
Spatial Analyst toolbox
Spatial Statistics toolbox
Samples toolbox
Environment Settings
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
Getting more help
Help for developers