ArcGIS 9: What is ArcGIS 9.1?.This book is a useful reference for both new and advanced users of ESRI ArcGIS, a comprehensive, integrated, scaleable framework for implementing GIS for a single user or for many users on desktops, in servers, over the Web, and in the field. ArcGIS 9.0 is an integrated collection of GIS software products for building a complete GIS. It consists of multiple frameworks for deploying GIS and is based upon a common modular component-based library of shared GIS software components, called ArcObjects. What is ArcGIS? discusses the various parts of ArcGIS and the role each part plays in a GIS, as well as takes a close look at what a GIS actually is. Whether you are new to ArcGIS software or are already familiar with it, this book is critical to helping you better understand the various parts of ArcGIS as well as the critical GIS concepts that provide the foundation for ArcGIS. |
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GIS information management | 13 |
WHAT IS ARCGIS? | 19 |
ARCVIEW ARCEDITOR AND ARCINFO | 29 |
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advanced GIS analysis tools ArcCatalog ArcEditor ArcGIS Desktop ArcGIS Engine ArcGIS Server ArcGlobe ArcIMS ArcIMS Metadata Document ArcInfo ArcMap ArcObjects ArcPad ArcReader ArcSDE ArcToolbox ArcView ArcWeb Services ArcXML attribute browsers central Cherry Ct client computing custom applications data management data model DBMS DBMSs deploy Edit View enables enterprise ESRI example feature class focused framework geocoding geodatabase geographic data geographic datasets geographic information geometry Geostatistical GIS applications GIS data GIS database GIS datasets GIS functionality GIS logic GIS Portal GIS server GIS users Globe graphic IBM DB2 Image implemented includes integrity interactive maps interface Java layers Mobile GIS ModelBuilder multiuser geodatabase number of users objects Oracle perform Personal Geodatabase polygon publish query raster raster datasets schema Search Server GIS Shapefile share spatial data SQL Server stored Tablet PC toolbar Tools Window Help Topology updates vector Web applications Web services