DEFINATION OF GIS AND COMPONENTS OF ARC GIS

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GIS(Geographical Information System)GIS is a combination of

Software Hardware Any geographical

information Data Capture Store Retrieval Manipulate Analyzing Presenting Map

History of ArcGIS

1969Jack Dangermond founds ESRI

1982Arc/INFO (Unix)

1989 PC Arc/INFO (DOS + Windows)

1992ArcView + Arc/INFO

2002ArcView 3.3“retired product”

1999 ArcGIS v.8.0(to v8.3)

2004ArcGIS v.9.0

2010 ArcGIS v.10.0

2008ArcGIS v.9.3

Components of Arc GIS

Arc Catalog - Used for managing database design and for recording and viewing metadata

Arc Map - Used mapping and editing tasks as well as for map based analysis

Arc Scene - Used 3-D display tool.

Arc Globe - specialized 3-D visualization and analysis

How to Open GIS Componentso Start Programs Arc GIS Arc Catalogo Start Programs Arc GIS Arc Mapo Start Programs Arc GIS Arc Sceneo Start Programs Arc GIS Arc Globe

Arc Map window

Arc Globe windowArc Scene window

Arc Catalog window

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