Post on 17-Dec-2015
ESRI Software
• ArcGIS– ArcMap– ArcEdit– ArcInfo– ArcView
• ArcScene
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ESRI Software
• ArcGIS– ArcMap– ArcEdit– ArcInfo– ArcView
• ArcScene• ArcCatalog• ArcToolbox• ArcPad
GIS, Definition• GIS is a system of hardware and software used for storage,
retrieval, mapping, and analysis of geographic data, which is geographically referenced to a map projection in an earth coordinate system.
• GIS is a special-purpose digital database in which a common spatial coordinate system is the primary means of reference.
• GIS is a facility for preparing, presenting, and interpreting facts that pertain to the surface of the earth.
• GIS is an information system that is designed to work with data referenced by spatial or geographic coordinates.
• GIS is "an organized collection of computer hardware, software, geographic data, and personnel designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information."
• A GIS is a database mixed with a map.
Types of Data
• Vector– Points, Lines, Polygons
Topology (how different features relate to each other)