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

What's new in ArcGIS 9.3

What's new in ArcGIS 9.3.1
Migration guides
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
Getting started
Map projections and coordinate systems
Getting started with map projections
Geographic coordinate systems
Projected coordinate systems

About projected coordinate systems

About map projections

Projection types

Planar projections

Conic projections

Cylindrical projections

Other projections

Projection parameters
Geographic transformations
Supported map projections
Vertical coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
Tables and attribute information
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
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

An overview of ArcCatalog

About workspaces
Getting started with ArcCatalog
Building the Catalog

About folders and file types

Managing folder connections

Creating and accessing geodatabases

Creating spatial database connections

Adding OLE DB connections

About database server connections

About GIS servers and services

Connecting to GIS servers

Working with database connections

Hiding folders and items

Altering the data formats read by ArcCatalog

Working with file types

Accessing delimited text file data
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
Image and raster data management
Understanding raster data
Supported raster data
Properties of raster data
Designing a raster database
Building and managing a raster database
Raster display and visualization
Raster analysis and geoprocessing

About analyzing raster data

Making selections using the geodatabase raster catalog

Raster conversion

Core geoprocessing tools for raster data

About environment settings for raster data

Specifying raster storage environment settings

Specifying raster analysis environment settings

Specifying the snap raster environment setting
Serving raster data
Data support in ArcGIS

An overview of data support in ArcGIS

Data formats supported in ArcGIS
CAD data
Coverages

What is a coverage

Summary of coverage feature classes

Coverage resolution (precision)

How coverages are stored

Creating a new coverage

Understanding and maintaining attributes in a coverage

About fields (items) in coverage attribute tables

Creating a new INFO table

About the coverage extent

Coverage tics

Defining a coverage's coordinate system

Coverage topology

Coverage tolerances

Coverage relationships and relationship classes

Coverage data limitations

Importing an ArcInfo interchange file (E00)
NetCDF: multidimensional, time series data
Shapefiles
Terrains
Extensions

About ArcGIS Desktop extensions

Evaluating ArcGIS Desktop extensions
3D Analyst
Data Interoperability
ArcGIS for AutoCAD
ArcGIS Publisher
ArcScan
Getting started with ArcScan
Interactive vectorization
Automatic vectorization
Cell selection
Raster cleanup
Vectorization options and settings

About vectorization settings

Setting the vectorization options

Using the Raster Line Width tool
ArcSketch
Business Analyst
About ArcGIS Business Analyst
Business Analyst toolbar
Projects and Data Organization

Use of Projects in ArcGIS Business Analyst

Managing Projects

My Output Data folder structure

Creating a My Output Data folder on a different drive

Using ArcCatalog with Business Analyst

Using the Project Explorer

Custom Variable Lists
Study Areas
Adding data to Business Analyst
Trade Areas - no customer data required

About Trade Areas - no customer data required

Simple Rings

Nonoverlapping Rings

Data-driven Rings

Drive-time Polygons

Threshold Trade Areas

Equal Competition (Thiessen) Polygons

Huff Equal Probability Areas

Grids

Draw Areas

Standard Levels of Geography

Sub-geography
Trade Areas - customer data required
Trade Areas - monitor and manage

Creating the Monitor Trade Areas trade area using Measure Cannibalization

Creating the Monitor Trade Areas trade area using Track Trade Area Change

Managing existing trade areas
Analysis
Modeling
Tools
Tools - Geoprocessing in Business Analyst
Business Analyst Preferences

About Business Analyst Preferences

General tab

Dataset tab

Analyses tab

Misc tab

Data tab

Drive Time tab

Segmentation tab
Working with maps
Reports - general
Reports - point and ranking based
Documentation - USA Data
Documentation - Canada Data
Business Analyst Server

About Business Analyst Server

Managing the Business Analyst Server Repository

Authoring and serving content to Business Analyst Server

Downloading content from Business Analyst Server
Territory Design

Introduction to Territory Design for ArcGIS

Getting additional help for Territory Design

Territory Design User Guide

Common Workflow
Territory Design toolbar
Creating Territory Layers
Setting the Territory extent
Creating territories
Balancing territories
Importing variables
Creating reports
Exporting territories
Territory Design window
Build Territory Index
Territory Layer Properties
Geostatistical Analyst
JTX
Overview of JTX
Using JTX

Overview of the JTX Client Application

File menu

Edit menu

View menu

Job Management Tools
Jobs View
Reports View
ArcMap Tools
Configuring JTX

Adding JTX database connections

JTX configuration files

Configuring data workspace connections

Configuring JTX to store transactions

JTX System Settings

Users and groups

Privileges

Step types

JTX Custom Steps

Status types

Authoring reports

Public job queries

Job filters

Hold types

Priorities

Notification types

Spatial Notifications

Activity types

Managing extended properties tables

Task Assistant Manager integration

Tokens
Job Types
Administering JTX

JTX Post Installation

Deploying a JTX System

Enabling the AOI edit extension

JTX Servers

JTX Advanced Settings

Imported Job Queries: Qualifying Table Names

Migrating your JTX 3.x System to 9.3

RDBMS Recommendations

Deleting your JTX system tables
Maplex
Getting started with Maplex
Label Positions for Points
Label Positions for Lines
Label Positions for Polygons
Label fitting strategies
Resolving label conflicts
Common labeling tasks
Military Analyst
Military Overlay Editor
Network Analyst
PLTS

Welcome to PLTS for ArcGIS
What's new in PLTS for ArcGIS
Getting started with Foundation
Production procedures
Managing map documents with the product library
Creating a geodatabase
Editing data in PLTS
Symbolizing data
Validating data with GIS Data ReViewer
Generating grids with the Grid Manager
Creating map series with MPS-Atlas
Working with PLTS cartographic elements
Creating map series with Map Production System
Geoprocessing tools in PLTS for ArcGIS
PLTS for ArcGIS Aeronautical Solution
PLTS for ArcGIS Defense Solution
PLTS for ArcGIS Nautical Solution
PLTS for ArcGIS product specification development
Schematics
Spatial Analyst
Survey Analyst

An overview of Survey Analyst
Cadastral Editor
Survey 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
GIS Servers and services

An overview of GIS servers used with ArcGIS
Using ArcIMS with ArcGIS Desktop
Using ArcGIS Server with ArcGIS Desktop
Authoring and publishing services for ArcGIS Server
Administering ArcGIS Server with ArcCatalog
Creating and publishing web maps for ArcGIS Server