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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

An overview of editing and data compilation
Getting started with editing
Common editing tasks
Creating new features
Editing existing features

Moving features

Rotating features

Copying and pasting features

Deleting features

Adding and deleting vertices

Moving vertices

Editing attribute values of a vertex

Reshaping lines and polygons using a sketch

Splitting polygon features

Splitting line features

Trimming lines

Extending lines

Flipping lines

Scaling features

Clipping features

Stretching a feature's geometry proportionately

Simplifying and smoothing features
Editing attributes
Editing annotation
Editing dimension features
Using a digitizer
Spatial adjustment
Editing topology
Editing relationships and related objects
COGO
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference

An overview of commonly used tools

Geoprocessing commands quick reference guide

Licensing for geoprocessing tools

Data types for geoprocessing tool parameters
3D Analyst toolbox

An overview of the 3D Analyst toolbox

Understanding 3D data

Concepts of surface analysis

Working with TIN surfaces

Working with raster surfaces

3D visualization
3D Analyst Conversion toolset
Functional Surface toolset
Raster Interpolation toolset
Raster Math toolset
Raster Reclass toolset
Raster Surface toolset
Terrain toolset
TIN Creation toolset
TIN Surface toolset
Analysis toolbox
Business Analyst toolbox
Cartography toolbox
Conversion toolbox

An overview of the Conversion toolbox
From Raster toolset
Metadata toolset
To CAD toolset
To Coverage toolset
To dBASE toolset
To Geodatabase toolset
To Raster toolset
To Shapefile toolset
Coverage toolbox
Data Interoperability toolbox

An overview of the Data Interoperability toolbox
Tools
Data Management toolbox
Geocoding toolbox
Geostatistical Analyst toolbox
Linear Referencing toolbox
Multidimensional toolbox
Military Analyst toolbox
Military Overlay Editor toolbox
Network Analyst toolbox
Server toolbox
Spatial Analyst toolbox
Spatial Statistics toolbox
Samples toolbox

An overview of the Samples toolbox
Conversion
Data Management
Tracking Analyst toolbox
Environment Settings
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
An overview of the Geodatabase

An overview of the Geodatabase

Table basics

Feature class basics

Raster basics

Types of geodatabases

Common Geodatabase Tasks
Architecture of a geodatabase
Designing a geodatabase
Building a geodatabase
Data management workflows, transactions, and versioning
Geodatabase data storage and schema
Administering ArcSDE geodatabases

An overview of ArcSDE geodatabase administration

What is ArcSDE?
Installing and upgrading ArcSDE
Configuring an ArcSDE geodatabase
Creating and administering user accounts
Connecting to an ArcSDE geodatabase
Maintaining a geodatabase
Tuning an ArcSDE geodatabase
Scaling and moving your geodatabase
Administering File and Personal geodatabases

An overview of administering file and personal geodatabases

File geodatabases: compressing vs. compacting

Compacting file and personal geodatabases

About compressing file geodatabase data

Upgrading personal geodatabases

File geodatabases and the file system
Working with geodatabases using SQL
Data management with ArcCatalog
Data support in ArcGIS
Extensions
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Getting started with linear referencing
Creating route feature classes
Displaying and querying routes feature classes
Displaying and querying route events
Editing routes
Creating and editing event data
Working with route event data
Network analysis

Using the Network Analyst extension
Analyzing geometric networks
Mobile GIS
Interoperability and standards support
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
ESRI Data and Maps
Working with StreetMap data
Getting started with StreetMap
Geocoding addresses with StreetMap USA data
Finding a route using StreetMap USA data
Licensing and desktop administration
ArcGIS Image Server
About the ArcGIS Image Server
Configuration and licensing
Designing an image service

About the image service and the definition file

About the image service properties

About the service table

Pixel size ranges used

Supported raster data file types

About the ArcGIS Image Server process chain

About the raster process definition

About combining service definitions
Creating an image service
Working with image service group layers
Working with raster data in a service
Working with the image service
Image service processes
Publishing and administering the ArcGIS Image Server
ArcGIS Image Server Seamline extension
ArcGIS Image Server Ortho extension
ArcGIS Image Server workflows

Creating an SRTM service with the Visualize Elevation process

Creating a multispectral service using the NDVI process

Creating multiple image services from one multiband image service

Creating secure areas in an image service

Updating image service overviews

Creating an image service using Applanix DSS Airborne Sensor data
ArcGIS Image Server Clients
GIS Servers and services