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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
Acknowledgements
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Map projections and 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 a layer package to your 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
Setting HTML pop-up properties for feature layers
Navigating and interacting with maps
Adding graphics and text to maps
Working with graphics
Working with text
An overview of working with text
Common text related tasks
Adding new text to a map
Organizing annotation into groups
About labeling
Displaying labels
The Labeling Summary dialog box
General label settings
Prioritizing and positioning labels
Specifying the text of labels
Setting scale ranges for label classes
About building label expressions
Using text formatting tags
About annotation
A comparison of annotation groups vs. geodatabase annotation
Converting labels to annotation
Displaying annotation
Using feature-linked annotation
About coverage annotation pseudo items
Displaying dimensions
Symbolizing data
Applying symbology
Styles and symbols
About styles
Creating new symbols and map elements
Modifying symbols and map elements
Organizing style contents
Working with color
Working with color ramps
Creating line symbols
Creating fill symbols
Creating marker symbols
Creating text symbols
Understanding text font size
Using the ESRI Optimized style
Animation
Using cartographic representations
Getting started with representations
Representation concepts
Working with representations
Editing feature representations
Page layout and map composition
Working with graphs and reports
Looking at data with graphs
About looking at data with graphs
Types of graphs
Sources of information to graph
Creating a graph
Using Series with graphs
Setting the colors of a graph
Displaying a graph
Graph options
Modifying a graph
Adding a function
Managing graphs
Saving and loading a graph
Exporting a graph
Interactive querying of graphs
Working with graphs in Layout
Using graph templates
Box Plot graphs
Scatter Plot Matrix graphs
Using the Advanced properties
Creating pre-ArcGIS 9.2 style graphs
(Pre-ArcGIS 9.2) Looking at data with graphs
Creating reports
Working with web maps in ArcGIS
Publishing optimized map services in ArcGIS
Publishing optimized map services
Drawing differences between ArcMap and optimized map services
Map Service Publication Toolbar error messages
Map Service Publication Toolbar warning messages
Map Service Publishing Toolbar information messages
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
About creating new features
Creating point features and vertices
Creating lines and polygons
Creating segments using angles and lengths
Creating segments using angles from existing segments
Creating segments that are circular arc curves
Creating segments by tracing features
Creating buffers
Mirroring features
Combining features from different layers
Intersecting features
Merging and separating features
Copying parallel line features
Creating a fillet curve between two lines
Creating cul-de-sac lines
Creating lines with the Traverse window
Creating lines with the 2-Point Line window
Creating lines with the Offset Line window
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 attributes
Copying and pasting attributes
Deleting attributes
Editing with default values and attribute domains
About updating data using SQL
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
An overview of spatial adjustment
Adding the Spatial Adjustment toolbar
Setting up the spatial adjustment
Working with links
Working with link files and control point files
Previewing and performing the adjustment
Transferring attributes between features
Editing topology
About topology
Topology rules
Topology error fixes
Basic topology tasks
Creating a map topology
Editing features in a topology
Editing shared geometry
Topology validation
Topology errors and exceptions
Correcting topology errors
Finding features with shared topology elements
Clearing selected topology elements
Changing the symbology for topology features
Making new features with topology tools
Editing relationships and related objects
About editing relationships and related objects
Editing relationships and related objects
COGO
An overview of COGO
Common COGO workflows
About COGO descriptions
Adding COGO fields to a feature class
Traverse file format
Offset points file format
Applying a ground to grid correction
Reporting COGO descriptions
Using the Curve Calculator command
Using the COGO Area command
Splitting features into COGO lines
Tables and attribute information
Understanding tables and attribute information
An overview of tables and attribute information
About tabular data sources
Common tables and attributes tasks
Keyboard shortcuts for working with tables
Creating tables and managing attribute information
Creating new tables
About ObjectID fields
Adding and deleting fields
Editing values in a table
Making field calculations
Working with date fields
Reloading the table cache
Exporting records
About joining and relating tables
Joining tables
Relating tables
Joining the attributes of features by location
Creating spatial data from tables
Working with Microsoft Excel files in ArcGIS
Working with Microsoft Access files in ArcGIS
Displaying tables and attribute information
Geoprocessing
What is geoprocessing?
A whirlwind tour of geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tools
Geoprocessing framework
Frequently Asked Questions about geoprocessing
Fundamental tool concepts
Using geoprocessing tools
Automating your work with models
Automating your work with scripts
Geoprocessing environments
Documenting tools and toolboxes
Sharing tools and toolboxes
Geoprocessing with ArcGIS Server
Keeping track of geoprocessing history
Advanced modeling through simulations
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
An overview of the geodatabase
An overview of the geodatabase
Essential readings about the geodatabase
Table basics
Feature class basics
Raster basics
Types of geodatabases
Client and geodatabase compatibility
Common geodatabase tasks
Architecture of a geodatabase
Architecture of a geodatabase
Geodatabase storage is based on relational principles
Where does the application logic belong?
The geodatabase is object-relational
Geodatabase storage in relational databases
Geodatabase transaction management
Geodatabase XML
Designing a geodatabase
Building a geodatabase
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
Understanding distributed data
Scenarios using distributed data
Working with geodatabase replication
Replicas and geodatabases
Replication types
Connected and disconnected replication
Preparing data for replication
Replica creation and versioning
Replicating related data
Replicating topology
Replicating geometric networks
Replicating raster data
Replicating terrains, network datasets, and representations
About synchronization
Connected synchronization
Disconnected synchronization
Synchronization and versioning
Synchronizing with filters and related data
Synchronizing topology
Synchronizing geometric networks
Working with schema changes
Geodatabase replication and ArcGIS Server
Geodatabase releases and geodatabase replication
Creating replicas
Synchronizing connected replicas
Creating and synchronizing connected replicas example video
Synchronizing disconnected replicas
Applying schema changes
Resolving synchronization conflicts manually
Managing replicas
Accessing the replica activity log
Creating replica footprints
Archiving data
Geodatabase data storage and schema
Administering ArcSDE geodatabases
Administering File and Personal geodatabases
Working with geodatabases using SQL
An overview of working with ST_Geometry storage using SQL
Spatial relationships
Spatial operations
Geometry properties
SQL implementation differences for the ST_Geometry type
Using spatial types with SQL
An overview of using ST_Geometry with SQL
Creating a table with an ST_Geometry column
Creating spatial references using SQL
Inserting features to a table with an ST_Geometry column
Creating spatial indexes on tables with an ST_Geometry column
Querying tables with an ST_Geometry column
Updating and deleting values in an ST_Geometry spatial column
Enhancing ArcGIS functionality using spatial types
Using multiversioned views
Using spatial views on tables with an ST_Geometry column
SQL functions reference
An overview of SQL functions used with ST_Geometry types
ST_Aggr_ConvexHull
ST_Aggr_Intersection
ST_Aggr_Union
ST_Area
ST_AsBinary
ST_AsText
ST_Boundary
ST_Buffer
ST_Centroid
ST_Contains
ST_ConvexHull
ST_CoordDim
ST_Crosses
ST_Curve
ST_Difference
ST_Dimension
ST_Disjoint
ST_Distance
ST_EndPoint
ST_Entity
ST_Envelope
ST_EnvIntersects
ST_Equals
ST_Equalsrs
ST_ExteriorRing
ST_GeomCollection
ST_GeomCollFromShape
ST_GeomCollFromWKB
ST_Geometry
ST_GeometryN
ST_GeometryType
ST_GeomFromShape
ST_GeomFromText
ST_GeomFromWKB
ST_GeoSize
ST_InteriorRingN
ST_Intersection
ST_Intersects
ST_Is3d
ST_IsClosed
ST_IsEmpty
ST_IsMeasured
ST_IsRing
ST_IsSimple
ST_Length
ST_LineFromShape
ST_LineFromText
ST_LineFromWKB
ST_LineString
ST_M
ST_MaxM
ST_MaxX
ST_MaxY
ST_MaxZ
ST_MinM
ST_MinX
ST_MinY
ST_MinZ
ST_MLineFromShape
ST_MLineFromText
ST_MLineFromWKB
ST_MPointFromShape
ST_MPointFromText
ST_MPointFromWKB
ST_MPolyFromShape
ST_MPolyFromText
ST_MPolyFromWKB
ST_MultiCurve
ST_MultiLineString
ST_MultiPoint
ST_MultiPolygon
ST_MultiSurface
ST_NumGeometries
ST_NumInteriorRing
ST_NumPoints
ST_OrderingEquals
ST_Overlaps
ST_Point
ST_PointFromShape
ST_PointFromText
ST_PointFromWKB
ST_PointN
ST_PointOnSurface
ST_PolyFromShape
ST_PolyFromText
ST_PolyFromWKB
ST_Polygon
ST_Relate
ST_SRID
ST_StartPoint
ST_Surface
ST_SymmetricDiff
ST_Touches
ST_Transform
ST_Union
ST_Within
ST_X
ST_Y
ST_Z
SQL exception codes for ST_Geometry
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
Exploring an item's geography
Previewing an item's geographic data
Exploring data in Geography view
Creating thumbnails
Searching for items
Working with metadata
About metadata
Metadata standards and the ArcGIS metadata format
ArcGIS support for the ISO 19139 metadata standard
Exploring an item's metadata
Changing the default stylesheet
Printing metadata
Creating and updating metadata
Metadata synchronization
Writing metadata documentation
Importing and exporting metadata with ArcCatalog
Importing and exporting metadata
Editing metadata
Using the FGDC metadata editor
Using the ISO metadata editor
Managing enclosures
Requirements for publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service
Adding information required by the ArcIMS Metadata Service
Publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service
Managing published metadata documents
Changing a published document's properties
Adding custom places to a Gazetteer Metadata Service
Customizing metadata
Image and raster data management
Understanding raster data
What is raster data?
Raster bands
Cell size of raster data
Representing features in a raster dataset
Discrete and continuous data
Raster dataset zones and regions
Raster dataset attribute tables
Raster data organization
Gathering basic raster dataset information
Supported raster data
Supported raster dataset file formats
Technical specifications for raster dataset formats
About the ESRI Grid format
About MrSID rasters
BIL, BIP, and BSQ raster files
Raster data with subdatasets
Building a customized raster format
Properties of raster data
Designing a raster database
Design methodology for a raster database
Why store rasters in a geodatabase
Example raster case studies including the storage decisions
Raster datasets as attributes
More details about rasters in ArcGIS
Building and managing a raster database
Raster display and visualization
Raster analysis and geoprocessing
Serving raster data
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
Geocoding and address management
Getting started with geocoding
Understanding geocoding
Preparing for geocoding
Building an address locator
Locating addresses
Additional geocoding techniques
Keeping an address locator current
Distributing your address locator
Adjusting your address locator file
About StreetMap data
Linear referencing
Network analysis
Using the Network Analyst extension
Analyzing geometric networks
What is a geometric network?
Creating and managing geometric networks
About creating geometric networks
Building a geometric network from existing simple feature classes
Creating new feature classes for your geometric network
Geometric network connectivity rules
Adding a new weight to your geometric network
Managing a geometric network
About Verify Network tools and commands
Identifying geometric network build errors
Editing geometric networks
Analyzing geometric networks
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
Working with WFS within ArcGIS
WFS support in ArcGIS
WCS support in ArcGIS
WMS support in ArcGIS
KML support in ArcGIS
An overview of KML support in ArcGIS
KML elements
Why share GIS data as KML?
Translating ArcGIS information to KML
Preparing your map documents in ArcGIS for KML publishing
Creating KML files
Serving KML with ArcGIS Server
KML examples
Using folders to organize KML content
Frequently asked questions about KML
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
An overview of customizing ArcGIS
Customizing the user interface
Writing macros using VBA
Extending ArcGIS desktop applications
About extending ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
ESRI Data and Maps
Working with StreetMap data
Licensing and desktop administration
Administering the ArcGIS License Manager
Setting up license managers for ArcGIS 93 concurrent use products
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
Error reporting for ArcGIS software crash data
Frequently asked questions about error reporting
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
An overview of authoring and publishing services
Data access considerations for ArcGIS Server
Publishing resources
Administering ArcGIS Server with ArcCatalog
Creating and publishing web maps for ArcGIS Server