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Introduction To ArcGIS

This document provides an introduction to ArcGIS, including how data is stored, its main components like ArcMap and ArcCatalog, and extensions for spatial, geostatistical, and 3D analysis. It outlines the development of ESRI GIS software from Arc/Info in 1980 to ArcGIS in 2000, which has over 1 million users. It also defines geographic data models as formal systems that describe how things are located in space and serve as the foundation for all geographic information systems.

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Introduction To ArcGIS

This document provides an introduction to ArcGIS, including how data is stored, its main components like ArcMap and ArcCatalog, and extensions for spatial, geostatistical, and 3D analysis. It outlines the development of ESRI GIS software from Arc/Info in 1980 to ArcGIS in 2000, which has over 1 million users. It also defines geographic data models as formal systems that describe how things are located in space and serve as the foundation for all geographic information systems.

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Introduction to ArcGIS

Acknowledgement: Dr Francisco Olivera (TAMU) developed


some of the slides in this presentation
Introduction to ArcGIS
How data are stored in ArcGIS
Components of ArcGIS ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcToolbox
Extensions of ArcGIS spatial analyst, geostatistical analyst and 3D
analyst
ESRI GIS Development
Arc/Info (coverage model)
Versions 1-7 from 1980 1999
Arc Macro Language (AML)
ArcView (shapefile model)
Versions 1-3 from 1994 1999
Avenue scripting language
ArcGIS (geodatabase model)
Version 8.0, , 8.3 from 2000 Visual
Basic for Applications
100,000 licenses
1,000,000 users as of 2002
Geographic Data Models
All geographic information systems are built using formal models that describe
how things are located in space. A formal model is an abstract and well-
defined system of concepts. A geographic data model defines the vocabulary
for describing and reasoning about the things that are located on the earth.
Geographic data models serve as the foundation on which all geographic
information systems are built.

Scott Morehouse, Preface to Modeling our World

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