"Using ArcCatalog" thoroughly explains and illustrates such tasks as creating and viewing geographic data's documentation (metadata), modifying the data's properties, adding and deleting attributes, and linking geographic features to attributes stored in separate tables. 305 color maps.

Get the very most out of the ArcGIS for Desktop products through ArcObjects and .NET ArcGIS for Desktop is a powerful suite of software tools for creating and using maps, compiling, analyzing and sharing geographic information, using maps and geographic information in applications, and managing geographic databases. But getting the hang of ArcGIS for Desktop can be a bit tricky, even for experienced programmers. Core components of ArcGIS platform is called ArcObjects. This book first introduce you the whole ArcGIS platform and the opportunities for development using various programming languages. Then it focuses on ArcGIS for Desktop applications and makes you familiar with ArcObjects from .NET point of view. Whether you are an ArcGIS user with no background in programming or a programmer without experience with the ArcGIS platform, this book arms you with everything you need to get going with ArcGIS for Desktop development using .NET?right away. Written by a leading expert in geospatial information system design and development, it provides concise, step-by-step guidance, illustrated with best-practices examples, along with plenty of ready-to-use source code. In no time you?ll progress from .NET programming basics to understanding the full suite of ArcGIS tools and artefacts to customising and building your own commands, tools and extensions?all the way through application deployment. Among other things, you?ll learn to: Object-Oriented and Interface-based programming in .NET (C# and VB.NET) Finding relationship between classes and interfaces using object model diagrams Querying data Visualizing geographical data using various rendering Creating various kinds of Desktop Add-Ins Performing foreground and background geoprocessing Learn how to improve your productivity with ArcGIS for Desktop and Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development Using .NET

"Using ArcMap" explains how to perform map-based tasks ranging from putting geographic information on a map to building interactive displays that link charts, tables, reports and photos to data. It also discusses ways to use ArcMap's editor to edit, create and update data and techniques for developing custom map-based applications. 800 color photos, 40 line drawings, 25 charts, 35 tables, 70 maps.

This is a hands-on book about ArcGIS that you work with as much as read. By the end, using Learn ArcGIS lessons, you'll be able to say you made a story map, conducted geographic analysis, edited geographic data, worked in a 3D web scene, built a 3D model of Venice, and more.

This book is an introduction to ESRI ArcIMS, a scalable, extendable, standards-based software application for distributing maps and geographic information system (GIS) data on the Internet. The design of ArcIMS makes it easy to create and deploy GIS Web sites for any Web browser. Using this same design, Getting Started with ArcIMS offers tips for beginners and advanced users alike. It provides an overview of ArcIMS and its installation and configuration, as well as instructions for building highly customized, functionally rich GIS Internet applications.