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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS

What's new in ArcGIS 9.2
Migration guides
Getting started
Map projections and coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
Data management with ArcCatalog
Data support in ArcGIS

An overview of data support in ArcGIS

Data formats supported in ArcGIS
CAD data
The composition of a CAD drawing
Working with CAD data in ArcGIS
Displaying CAD features
Georeferencing CAD data
CAD feature attributes and queries
CAD data translations
Geoprocessing tools for CAD translation
Common CAD data workflows
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
Understanding terrain datasets
Designing and managing terrain datasets

Terrain design overview

Creating terrains in a geodatabase

Modifying terrains in a geodatabase

Best practices for creating and editing terrains
Geoprocessing and terrain analysis
Extensions
3D Analyst
Getting started with 3D Analyst
3D Analyst concepts
Creating 3D views
3D surfaces

About 3D surfaces

What is a functional surface?

Discrete and continuous data in 3D Analyst

Surface formats

Surface smoothness

Breaklines in surface modeling

Converting surface data to vector data

Contours and isolines
TIN surfaces
Raster surfaces
Terrain surfaces

About Terrain surfaces
3D features

About 3D features

Previewing 3D feature data in ArcCatalog

Creating 3D feature data

Converting 2D features to 3D features

Editing 3D features

Editing 3D multipatch features
3D navigation

About 3D navigation

3D navigation concepts

FAQs for 3D navigation

Zooming to a layer's extent

3D bookmarks

Using the camera target to simplify navigation
3D navigation tools
Displaying rasters, terrains, and TINs
Displaying features in 3D
3D symbology

About 3D symbology

About 3D symbols

About 3D styles

3D symbolizing of points

3D symbolizing of polylines

3D symbolizing of polygons

Symbolizing multipatches

Textured 3D objects

Creating 3D symbols and elements

3D symbol display properties

3D symbol placement properties

Using extrusion as 3D symbology

Disabling bottom faces of extruded polygons

Managing 3D styles
Displaying 3D graphics

About displaying 3D graphics

The 3D Graphics toolbar

Adding 3D graphics

Editing 3D graphics

Setting defaults for 3D graphics

Working with 3D graphics layers

KML in ArcGIS

Displaying KML data in ArcGlobe
Interactive 3D analysis tools

About interactive 3D analysis tools

Creating contours

Deriving steepest path

Visibility analysis

Creating a line of sight

Digitizing 3D shapes

Creating profile graphs
Geoprocesing with 3D Analyst
ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension

An overview of the ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension

Key concepts of the Data Interoperability Extension

Using the Data Interoperability Extension tools

Common tasks using the Data Interoperability Extension
ArcGIS Publisher
Getting started with Publisher
Creating data packages
Creating custom applications

Customizing ArcReader

The ArcReader template

The ArcReaderControl

Developer resources
ArcReader
ArcScan
Business Analyst
Geostatistical Analyst
Maplex
Military Analyst
Military Overlay Editor
Network Analyst
PLTS
Schematics
Spatial Analyst
Getting started with Spatial Analyst
Solving spatial problems
Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst
The Raster Calculator
Analysis concepts
Spatial Analyst functional reference
Survey Analyst

An overview of Survey Analyst
Survey Editor
Cadastral Editor
Tracking Analyst
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
ArcGIS Image Server
GIS Servers and services