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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