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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Map projections and coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
An overview of the Geodatabase
Architecture of a geodatabase
Designing a geodatabase
An overview of geodatabase design
Geodatabase design steps
Using ArcGIS Data Model designs
Documenting your geodatabase design
Modeling feature classes
A note about the use of UML for geodatabase design
Design Tips
Building a geodatabase
Data management workflows, transactions, and versioning
Geodatabase data storage and schema
How geodatabases are stored in a DBMS
Feature geometry and raster data storage
Inside a geodatabase in Oracle
Inside a geodatabase in SQL Server
An overview of the geodatabase schema in SQL Server
Feature classes in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Feature datasets in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Raster datasets and raster catalogs in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Relationships between datasets in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Keyset tables in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Versioned tables in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Locators in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Domains in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Log file tables in a geodatabase in SQL Server
Toolboxes in geodatabases in SQL Server
XML columns in a geodatabase in SQL Server
System tables of a geodatabase in SQL Server
Inside a geodatabase in DB2
Inside a geodatabase in Informix
An overview of the geodatabase schema in Informix
Feature classes in a geodatabase in Informix
Feature datasets in a geodatabase in Informix
Raster datasets and raster catalogs in a geodatabase in Informix
Relationships between datasets in a geodatabase in Informix
Keyset tables in a geodatabase in Informix
Versioned tables in a geodatabase in Informix
Locators in a geodatabase in Informix
Domains in a geodatabase in Informix
Log file tables in a geodatabase in Informix
Toolboxes in a geodatabase in Informix
System tables of a geodatabase in Informix
The Informix Spatial DataBlade geometry type
Administering ArcSDE geodatabases
Administering File and Personal geodatabases
Working with geodatabases using SQL
An overview of working with a geodatabase using SQL
Spatial relationships
Spatial operations
SQL implementation differences
Using spatial types with SQL
SQL functions reference
An overview of SQL functions
ST_Area
ST_AsBinary
ST_AsText
ST_Boundary
ST_Buffer
ST_Centroid
ST_Contains
ST_ConvexHull
ST_CoordDim
ST_Crosses
ST_Curve
ST_Difference
ST_Dimension
ST_Disjoint
ST_Distance
ST_EndPoint
ST_Entity
ST_Envelope
ST_EnvIntersects
ST_Equals
ST_ExteriorRing
ST_GeomCollection
ST_Geometry
ST_GeometryN
ST_GeometryType
ST_GeomFromText
ST_GeomFromWKB
ST_InteriorRingN
ST_Intersection
ST_Intersects
ST_Is3d
ST_IsClosed
ST_IsEmpty
ST_IsMeasured
ST_IsRing
ST_IsSimple
ST_Length
ST_LineFromText
ST_LineFromWKB
ST_LineString
ST_M
ST_MaxM
ST_MaxX
ST_MaxY
ST_MaxZ
ST_MinM
ST_MinX
ST_MinY
ST_MinZ
ST_MlineFromText
ST_MlineFromWKB
ST_MpointFromText
ST_MpointFromWKB
ST_MpolyFromText
ST_MPolyFromWKB
ST_MultiCurve
ST_MultiLineString
ST_MultiPoint
ST_MultiPolygon
ST_MultiSurface
ST_NumGeometries
ST_NumInteriorRing
ST_NumPoints
ST_OrderingEquals
ST_Overlaps
ST_Perimeter
ST_Point
ST_PointFromText
ST_PointFromWKB
ST_PointN
ST_PointOnSurface
ST_PolyFromText
ST_PolyFromWKB
ST_Polygon
ST_Relate
ST_SRID
ST_StartPoint
ST_Surface
ST_SymmetricDiff
ST_Touches
ST_Transform
ST_Union
ST_Within
ST_WKBToSQL
ST_WKTToSQL
ST_X
ST_Y
ST_Z
Data management with ArcCatalog
Data support in ArcGIS
An overview of data support in ArcGIS
Data formats supported in ArcGIS
CAD data
Coverages
NetCDF: multidimensional, time series data
Raster data
Shapefiles
Tables and attribute information
Terrains
Extensions
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Network analysis
Mobile GIS
Interoperability and standards support
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
Licensing and 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 Desktop extension
ArcGIS Image Server
GIS Servers and services