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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Fundamentals of GIS data
How maps convey geographic information
Georeferencing and coordinate systems
Elements of geographic information
How GIS represents and organizes geographic information
How ArcGIS users work with geographic information
Users work with many data types and data formats in ArcGIS
Introducing ArcGIS Desktop
Tutorials
Toolbars
Getting more help
Map projections and coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
An overview of editing and data compilation
Getting started with editing
Common editing tasks
Common point editing tasks
Common line editing tasks
Common polygon editing tasks
Common annotation editing tasks
Common multipoint editing tasks
Editing data in a different projection
Creating new features
Editing existing features
Editing attributes
Editing annotation
Editing dimension features
Using a digitizer
About digitizing
An overview of preparing to digitize
Registering the paper map
Digitizing features on a paper map
Spatial adjustment
Editing topology
Editing relationships and related objects
COGO
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
An overview of the Geodatabase
Architecture of a geodatabase
Designing a geodatabase
Building a geodatabase
Creating a geodatabase
Defining the properties of a geodatabase
Adding datasets and other geodatabase elements
Working with geodatabase datasets
Data management workflows, transactions, and versioning
Getting started with editing and maintaining data
Working with non-versioned data
Working with versioned data
Managing Distributed Data
Archiving data
Geodatabase data storage and schema
Administering ArcSDE geodatabases
Administering File and Personal geodatabases
Working with geodatabases using SQL
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
About shapefiles, dBASE tables, and file types
Shapefile file extensions
Creating new shapefiles and dBASE tables
Adding and deleting fields in shapefiles
Creating and updating indexes in shapefiles
Defining a shapefile's coordinate system
How to salvage a corrupt shapefile
Tables and attribute information
Terrains
Extensions
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Network analysis
Mobile GIS
Interoperability and standards support
Overview of interoperability
Overview of OGC and ISO support
ESRI protocols and programming interfaces
GML support in ArcGIS
An overview of GML support in ArcGIS
How to work with GML in ArcGIS
Using the GML simple features profile
Using supported GML profiles
Adding new GML profiles
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
Licensing and desktop administration
ArcGIS Image Server
GIS Servers and services
An overview of GIS services
Servers and the services they provide
User, author, administrator, and developer roles
Types of ArcIMS services
Types of services in ArcGIS Server
WMS service
Using GIS Services in ArcGIS Desktop applications
Thinking about maps in web-enabled GIS applications
Understanding map caches in ArcGIS
Managing server connections in the GIS Servers folder
Authoring and publishing services
Administering ArcGIS Server with ArcCatalog