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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Fundamentals of GIS data
Introducing ArcGIS Desktop
What is ArcGIS 9.2
An overview of ArcGIS Desktop
Using ArcGIS Desktop
Mapping and visualization in ArcMap
The geodatabase
Workspace and dataset management with ArcCatalog
Data compilation and editing
Geoprocessing and analysis
ArcGIS Desktop extensions
Tips and tricks within ArcGIS
Tutorials
Toolbars
Getting more help
Map projections and coordinate systems
Getting started with map projections
An overview of map projections
Projection basics the GIS professional needs to know
About the geoid, ellipsoid, spheroid and datum, and how they are related
Identifying an unknown coordinate system
Converting Degrees Minutes Seconds values to Decimal Degree values
Geographic coordinate systems
Projected coordinate systems
Geographic transformations
Geographic transformation methods
Equation-based methods
Grid-based methods
Supported map projections
Vertical coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
An overview of mapping and visualization
Using ArcMap
Layers, data frames, and the table of contents
Starting ArcMap
Creating a new map
Opening a map
Using the table of contents
About coordinate systems and map projections
Specifying a coordinate system
Referencing data in the map
Working with data frames
Pausing the map's drawing
Saving a map and exiting ArcMap
Saving to previous versions of ArcGIS
Keyboard shortcuts in ArcMap
Working with layers
Adding layers to a map
Adding x,y coordinate data as a layer
Changing a layer's drawing order
Changing a layer's text description
Setting layer properties
Managing group layers
Saving a layer to disk
Copying layers
Displaying layers at certain scales
Displaying a subset of features in a layer
Repairing broken data links
Viewing a layer's metadata in ArcMap
GIS service layers
Navigating and interacting with maps
Adding graphics and text to maps
Working with graphics
Working with text
Symbolizing data
Animation
Getting started with animation
Animation concepts
Building animations
About building animations in ArcGIS
Animating layer properties
Animating the view
Animating scene properties
FAQs for building animations
Animating temporal data
Playing animations
Editing animations
Saving, exporting, and loading animations
About saving, exporting, and loading animations
Saving the ArcGIS application document
Saving an animation file
Exporting an animation to a video file
Publishing and using animation files in ArcReader
Loading an animation file
FAQs for exporting animations
Common animation work flows
Moving through an environment
Viewing data through time
Altering layer properties
Altering scene properties
Following an object along a path
Fading layers while moving through an environment
Using cartographic representations
Page layout and map composition
Getting started with laying out and printing maps
Map elements
Grids and graticules
Rulers and guides
Working with data frames in layout view
Creating interactive and paperless maps
Map output
Working with graphs and reports
Editing and data compilation
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
Data management with ArcCatalog
An overview of ArcCatalog
About workspaces
Getting started with ArcCatalog
Building the Catalog
Managing the Catalog's contents
The Contents tab
Working in Details view
Changing the columns in Details view
Modifying the default settings for exploring contents
Exploring an item's properties
Organizing your data
Converting data to a different format
Exploring an item's geography
Searching for items
Working with metadata
Data support in ArcGIS
Extensions
3D Analyst
Getting started with 3D Analyst
3D Analyst concepts
About 3D Analyst concepts
Understanding the observer and target
Types of 3D layers
What are rasterized 3D layers?
Understanding the layer draw order in 3D
Caching in ArcGlobe
Creating 3D views
About creating 3D views
Choosing the 3D display environment
Creating a 3D document
Saving a 3D document
Exporting a 3D document
Printing a 3D document
Setting the role of a 3D layer
Classifying 3D data
Creating 3D animations
Additional 3D viewers
Background color
3D illumination
Vertical exaggeration for 3D documents
Layer drawing priority in 3D
Default layers in ArcGlobe
Group layers in ArcGlobe
ArcGlobe display options
ArcScene display options
The coordinate system in ArcScene
Viewing in stereo in ArcScene
Animated rotation
Guidelines for creating 3D views for GlobeServer
Cache management in ArcGlobe
Disk cache formats in ArcGlobe
When to use a group layer cache
Using group layer caches in ArcGlobe
Using the ArcGlobe Deployment wizard
Using the ArcGlobe Add Data wizard
Optimizing ArcGlobe
Optimizing ArcScene
3D surfaces
TIN surfaces
Raster surfaces
About raster surfaces
Resolution of a raster surface
Creating raster surface data from vector data
Creating raster surface data from TIN data
Terrain surfaces
3D features
3D navigation
3D navigation tools
About 3D navigation tools
Using the 3D Navigate tool
Using the Center on Target tool
Using the Zoom to Target tool
Using the Set Observer tool
Using the 3D Zoom In/Out tool
Using the Fly tool
Using the Orbital fly tool
Using the Walk tool
Using the 3D Pan tool
Draft Mode
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
About geoprocessing with 3D Analyst
ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension
ArcGIS Publisher
Getting started with Publisher
An overview of Publisher
Enabling the Publisher extension
Starting Publisher
Preparing maps for publishing
Publisher Map Title
Managing data sources
Using Publisher settings
Display settings
Customization settings
Security settings
Map Contents Summary
Additional resources
Creating data packages
Creating custom applications
ArcReader
ArcScan
Business Analyst
About ArcGIS Business Analyst
Introduction to ArcGIS Business Analyst features
How ArcGIS Business Analyst helps you make better business decisions
Overview of the Business Analyst menu
A short introduction to ArcGIS
ArcGIS versus ArcView GIS 3.x terminology
Simple versus detailed map documents
What's new in ArcGIS Business Analyst
Getting additional help for Business Analyst
Business Analyst toolbar
Using the Business Analyst toolbar
Site prospecting on the map using the Site Prospecting tool
Site prospecting using the Site Prospecting tool context menu
Site prospecting using the ArcMap Find tool
Dynamic Ring Analysis tool
Using the Business Analyst Assistant
Using the Project Explorer
Identify Business tool
Organizing your work and creating a study area
Adding data to Business Analyst
Trade areas - customer data required
Trade areas - no customer data required
Monitor and manage trade areas
Analysis
Modeling
Working with maps
Importing your study area
Displaying points as charts
Classification methods
Displaying points as different colors
Displaying points as different sizes
Displaying lines as different colors
Displaying lines as different thicknesses
Displaying charts in areas
Displaying areas as different colors
Setting dot density in areas
Tools
Remove trade area overlap
Create grids
Using Dissolve by Attribute
Spatial overlay tool
Find similar
Market Ranking report
Site prospecting
Store Prospecting using a store layer
Store prospecting by entering store addresses
Store prospecting by using a table of store addresses
Finding a route
The Find Route wizard
Pointing and clicking on your map to assign stops
Using a point layer or table of your stops
Using addresses or ZIP Codes of your stops
Using a point graphic or feature to assign stops
Reports and batch tasks
Running reports for single areas
Running reports for multiple areas
Running a Locator report
Running a Market Ranking report
Running a Wind Rose report
Running a Geographic Customer Summary report
Running a Summarize Points report
Managing existing reports
Creating custom report templates
Running and managing batch tasks
Running an Average Drive Time report
Setting Business Analyst preferences
The Business Analyst 9.2 Importer
Importing your study areas
Data descriptions
Analysis Summarization Statistical Formulas
Geocoding Results
DMM Major Shopping Centers Data Dictionary
ESRI Community Data Dictionary
ESRI Community Data Glossary
ESRI Community Tapestry Definitions
ESRI Community Tapestry Summary Tables
ESRI Community Tapestry Segments and Groups Table
ESRI Demographic Update Methodology
infoUSA Business Listings Data Dictionary
MRI Market Potential Data Dictionary
Business Analyst tools reference
Appendix
My Output Data folder structure
Report templates
Use of Projects in ArcGIS Business Analyst
Territory Design
Geostatistical Analyst
Maplex
Getting started with Maplex
Using Maplex to set label positions
Label fitting strategies
Why use additional strategies for placing labels?
Stacking labels
Allowing labels to overrun the length of a feature
Reducing the size of the labels text
Abbreviating words to place more labels
Specifying a minimum feature size for labeling
Resolving label conflicts
Military Analyst
Military Overlay Editor
About MOLE
What's new in this release
Installation and setup
Accessing the MOLE getting started guide
MOLE documentation and additional ways to get help
MOLE considerations for ArcView users
Using MOLE with 2D maps
Using MOLE with 3D maps
The MOLE geodatabase schema
Using MOLE in terrain analysis
Tracking, real-time, and MOLE
Creating a MOLE temporal layer in ArcGIS Tracking Analyst
About real-time display and MOLE
Using MOLE with ArcSDE
Using MOLE with ArcIMS
Advanced topics
Frequently asked questions
Network Analyst
Getting started with Network Analyst
Network dataset concepts
Designing the network dataset
Building and editing the network dataset
Creating a network dataset
Building network datasets
The network dataset layer
Displaying network datasets
Identifying network elements
Editing network datasets
Creating a turn feature class
Migrating turn data
Creating a new turn feature
Editing turn features
Adding and removing turn feature class fields
Other edits affecting turns
Performing network analysis
Types of network analyses
Network analysis work flow
Network locations
Load locations from a feature layer
Finding the best route
Finding a service area
Finding the closest facility
Creating an OD cost matrix
Network Analyst solver behavior
Routing with hierarchy
Routing with time windows
Network Analyst options
Routing with parameterized attributes
Migrating to ArcGIS Network Analyst
Migrating from ArcView GIS Network Analyst
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation Network
Migrating from ArcGIS 8.x and 9.0
Network Analyst tools reference
Overview of the Network Analyst toolbox
PLTS
Schematics
Working with ArcGIS Schematics
Schematics Designer
Spatial Analyst
Survey Analyst
An overview of Survey Analyst
Survey Editor
Getting started with Survey Analyst - Survey Editor
Organizing survey data
Visualizing survey data
Using the Survey Explorer
Using computations
Editing feature geometry
Analyzing and editing survey data
Managing shared survey data
Cadastral Editor
Tracking Analyst
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Getting started with linear referencing
Creating route feature classes
An overview of creating route feature classes
Creating route feature classes
Defining the measure properties of your m coordinates
Using existing linear features to create routes
Creating routes from existing lines
About calibrating route measures using points
Calibrating routes with points
Migrating route features to a geodatabase
Accessing the Create Routes wizard
Accessing the Calibrate Routes wizard
Displaying and querying routes feature classes
Displaying and querying route events
An overview of displaying and querying route events
Dynamic segmentation
Adding route events
Editing routes
An overview of editing routes
Creating route features from existing lines
Using ArcMap to calibrate routes with points
About setting route measures
Remeasuring routes
Adding the Route Editing toolbar
Creating and editing event data
Working with route event data
Network analysis
Using the Network Analyst extension
Analyzing geometric networks
What is a geometric network?
Creating and managing geometric networks
Editing geometric networks
Analyzing geometric networks
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
About the ArcGIS Image Server
An overview of the ArcGIS Image Server
ArcGIS Image Server architecture
System requirements for ArcGIS Image Server
Configuration and licensing
Designing an image service
Creating an image service
Adding the Image Service Editor toolbar
Working with the Image Service Editor
The workflow to create an image service
Creating a new image service
About the New Image Service Wizard parameters
Making a copy of an image service
Descriptions of the image service properties
The image service file structure
Working with image service group layers
About the image service group layer
Working with the Footprint layer
Working with the Boundary layer
Working with the Preview layer
Working with the service table
Working with raster data in a service
Adding and removing raster data in a service
About the Add Data Wizard parameters
Selecting rasters in a service
An overview of raster properties
Working with transparency in an image service
Working with the image service
Building an image service
Previewing an image service
Optimizing an image service
Compiling an image service
Analyzing an image service
Opening and editing an existing service
Saving an existing image service
Moving a compiled image service
Image service processes
Publishing and administering the ArcGIS Image Server
ArcGIS Image Server Seamline extension
About the ArcGIS Image Server Seamline extension
Creating and deleting seamlines
Editing seamlines
Applying the seamline and feathering
ArcGIS Image Server Ortho extension
About the ArcGIS Image Server Ortho extension
The orthorectification parameters
Using an elevation image service as the DEM input
ArcGIS Image Server workflows
ArcGIS Image Server Clients
Image Server Viewer
About the ArcGIS Image Server Viewer
Opening image services in the Image Server Viewer
Navigating an image service in the Image Server Viewer
Changing image service properties in the Image Server Viewer
Using the Viewpoint tool in the Image Server Viewer
Viewing image service metadata in the Image Server Viewer
Exporting imagery from an image service in the Image Server Viewer
Saving an image service in the Image Server Viewer
Removing an image service in the Image Server Viewer
Image Server Viewer limitations
Image Server ArcGIS Clients
Image Server MicroStation Client
Image Server AutoCAD Client
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
Overview of ArcGIS Server administration in ArcCatalog
Connecting to a GIS server
Running ArcCatalog under a different operating system account
Adding a server object container
Adding a new service
Adding multiple services at once
Removing a service
Starting, stopping, and pausing services
Displaying server statistics
Creating a server directory
Specifying the log file location
Using a proxy server to connect to the Internet
Setting the capacity of a server object container
Creating a map cache
Publishing a resource to ArcGIS Server
Creating a globe cache
Adding and removing folders