ArcGIS Desktop Products Data Sheet May 2003

The ArcGISTM Desktop products consist of ArcReaderTM, ArcView®, ArcEditorTM, and ArcInfoTM. These products are built on a common architecture with the same user interface. • ArcReader is a free, downloadable, easy-to-use application for viewing, exploring, and printing published map fi les (PMF). • ArcView adds comprehensive mapping and analysis tools along with simple editing and geoprocessing tools. • ArcEditor includes the full functionality of ArcView plus advanced editing capabilities for geodatabases. • ArcInfo extends the functionality of all three products to include advanced geoprocessing.

ArcGIS system support ArcGIS Desktop Products Contents Operating Systems: Key Features in ArcReader, ArcReader • Freely downloadable read only ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3 ArcReader, ArcView, and ArcEditor map viewer Map Interaction p.2 Windows NT Page Layout and Printing p.2 Document Support p.2 Windows 2000 ArcView All of ArcReader Map Display p.2 p.2 Windows XP PLUS Application Framework (Home Edition and Professional) • Data access Additional Key Features in • Mapping ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3 p.3 ArcInfo Windows NT • Geocoding Map Interaction • Customization Document Support p.3 Windows 2000 Map Analysis p.3 • Spatial query Map Display p.3 Windows XP • Simple feature editing Application Framework p.3 (Home Edition and Professional) Symbology p.4 ArcInfo Workstation adds Labeling p.4 ArcEditor All of ArcView Document Support p.4 UNIX support. PLUS Page Layout and Printing p.4 • Multiuser geodatabase editing Utility Network Analysis p.4 Geocode Addresses and Locations p.5 • Topologic geodatabase editing Editing p.5 • Disconnected editing Data Support p.6 • Defi nition of geodatabase Data Conversion p.7 p.8 relationships Tabular Data Metadata p.8 • Additional data management tools Linear Referencing p.8 Application Framework p.8 ArcInfo All of ArcEditor Additional Key Features in PLUS ArcEditor and ArcInfo 8.3 • Topologic coverage editing Data Creation p.9 • Advanced geoprocessing tools Data Management p.9 Editing p.9 • Remote geoprocessing server Linear Referencing p.9 • Complete set of data conversion tools • Event geoprocessing Additional Key Features in • Customization environments for ArcInfo 8.3 Data Creation and Management p.10 cross-platform workstation Data Conversion p.10 applications Map Analysis p.11 Linear Referencing p.11 Application Framework p.11

1 Key Features in ArcReader, ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3

All the features listed below can be found in each of the ArcGIS Desktop products: ArcReader, ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo.

Map Interaction Map Display ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Pan/Zoom/Identify tools • • • • On-the-fl y projection of all data • • • • Access hyperlink feature • • • • Full cartographic visualization of any pmf fi le • • • • Dynamic map tips • • • • Magnifi cation window • • • • Use spatial bookmarks • • • • Measure distances • • • • Overview window • • • • Application Framework ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Standard Microsoft Windows look and feel • • • • Page Layout and Printing ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Layout view of the map for page layout presentation • • • • Support Windows and PostScript print drivers • • • •

Document Support ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Read published map fi les • • • •

2 Additional Key Features in ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3

ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo have all the capabilities of ArcReader and also include these key features.

Map Interaction Map Display ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Tools for selecting data • • • Interactively set transparency for all data • • • Create hot link/hyperlink to external Interactive histogram for data classifi cation application, macro, or URL • • • • • • Thematic classifi cations Create/manage/use spatial bookmarks • • • Single symbol • • • Unique value • • • Match to predefi ned style • • • Graduated colors or symbols • • • Proportional symbols • • • Document Support Dot density mapping ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo • • • Chart mapping including pie and bar chart Create and use map documents (MXD) • • • between users • • • Bivariate and multivariate data rendering • • • Use map templates (MXT) to standardize maps • • • Image classifi cation Thematic classes • • • Individual band settings • • • Color maps • • • Contrast • • • Map Analysis Brightness • • • ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo TIN data classifi cation Interactive selection • • • Classify and render faces • • • Selection based on attributes • • • Nodes • • • Selection based on location • • • Triangles • • • Buffer • • • Slope • • • Clip • • • Aspect • • • Merge • • • Elevation • • • Union • • • Hillshade • • • Spatial join • • • Create reports • • •

Application Framework ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Dockable/Floating toolbars • • •

3 Additional Key Features in ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3

Symbology Page Layout and Printing ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Interactive symbol composer • • • Easy-to-use wizards and tools to insert map elements including Advanced drawing options for control Title over draw order • • • • • • Text • • • More than 12,000 predefi ned symbols • • • Neatlines • • • Symbolize topology features • • • Legend • • • North arrows • • • Scale bar • • • Scale text • • • Labeling Pictures ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo • • • OLE objects On-the-fl y automatic labeling • • • • • • Measured reference grid Interactive label tool • • • • • • Graticules Automatic confl ict detection and label • • • placement • • • Export graphics to Many predefi ned label styles Enhanced Metafi le (EMF) (including highway shields) • • • • • • Windows bit map (BMP) Save labels with data • • • • • • Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Rotate labels from an attribute fi eld • • • • • • Tagged image fi le format (TIFF) Text formatting tags for dynamic labels • • • • • • Portable document format (PDF) • • • Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) • • • Computer graphics metafi le (CGM) • • • Document Support Adobe Illustrator (AI) • • • ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Export PostScript color separates (with page marks) • • • Create and edit map documents (MXD) • • • Import ArcView 3.x APR and AVL fi les • • • Create PMF (requires ArcGIS Publisher) • • • Utility Network Analysis ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Trace upstream • • • Trace downstream • • • Find common ancestors • • • Find connected network features • • • Find loops in network • • • Find disconnected network features • • • Find path • • • Find path upstream • • • Find upstream accumulation • • •

4 Additional Key Features in ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3 Geocode Addresses and Locations Continued from ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Editing ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Single or batch address geocoding • • • Feature edit tools including Reject processing • • • Move, rotate, delete, copy, and paste • • • Client/Server database support for Reshape geocoding on the server* • • • • • • Split and trim • • • Create multiple geocoding services • • • (indexes) per data source Extend • • • Find and display dynamic segmentation Flip events (point, linear, continuous) • • • • • • Divide into N-parts or into specifi ed intervals Find and display x,y events • • • • • • Scale * Requires ArcSDETM. • • • Vertex editing (add, delete, move) • • • Shared-edge editing (map topology) • • • Create true parametric curves • • • Editing Copy parallel • • • ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Buffer • • • Edit multiple layers simultaneously • • • Mirror • • • Unlimited undo/redo operations • • • Merge • • • Feature construction tools including Union • • • Point-and-click feature location with mouse • • • Intersect • • • Streaming locations with mouse • • • Explode • • • x,y coordinate input with keyboardkeyboard • • • Annotation edit tool • • • DeltaX, DeltaY coordinate input • • • ArcPad Integration tools including Bearing and distance coordinate input Check in/out data from personal • • • geodatabase • • • Parallel to other feature segments • • • Extract data • • • Midpoint between two locations • • • Export symbology • • • Angle and distance from point • • • View topology properties • • • Direction and distance from • • • specifi ed point Display features with topology • • • Perpendicular to other feature segments • • • Spatial adjustment tools including Implied intersection between two Rubber sheeting other feature segments • • • • • • Transformation Connect points with parametric curves • • • • • • Edgematching Square and fi nish polygons • • • • • • Attribute transfer Autocomplete for polygons • • • • • • Snap to vertex, endpoint, midpoint, or along the edge of features • • • Snapping settings for each layer • • • Snapping indicator and snap tips • • • WinTab digitizer support • • • Image rectifi cation • • • Image rotation • • • Image fl ip • • • 5 Additional Key Features in ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3

Data Support Continued from ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Data Support ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Direct Read of Vector Data ER Mapper (ERS) • • • Shapefi les • • • Graphics interchange format (GIF) • • • Coverages • • • JPEG fi le interchange format (JFIF) • • • Geodatabase National Image Transfer Format v1.0 • • • (NITF, NTF) • • • ArcIMS® MapServices • • • Portable Network Graphics (PNG) ArcIMS Feature Services • • • • • • LizardTech MrSID (SID) Geography NetworkSM Feature Service • • • • • • Tagged image fi le format (TIFF) Smart Data Compression (SDC) • • • • • • Direct Read of Other Data PC ARC/INFO® coverages • • • Geostatistical layers ArcSDE 3.x • • • • • • TIN VPF • • • • • • DBF Direct Read of CAD • • • TXT DXF • • • • • • INFO DWG • • • • • • ODBC DGN • • • • • • Microsoft Access • • • Direct Read of Raster Edit and/or Creation of Geography Network Map Service • • • Shapefi les ESRI grids • • • • • • DBF ArcSDE rasters • • • • • • TM TIN (requires ArcGIS 3D Analyst ) • • • ESRI image catalogs • • • GRID (requires ArcGIS Spatial Analyst) • • • ERDAS IMAGINE (IMG) • • • IMG • • • ERDAS 7.5 LAN (LAN) • • • TIFF • • • ERDAS 7.5 GIS (GIS) • • • ERDAS Raw (RAW) • • • ESRI raster catalogs • • • ESRI band interleaved by line (BIL) • • • ESRI band interleaved by pixel (BIP) • • • ESRI band sequential (BSQ) • • • ESRI grid stack • • • ESRI grid stack fi le (STK) • • • Windows bit map (BMP) • • • Controlled Image Base (CIB) • • • Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (ADRG) • • • ADRG image (IMG) • • • ADRG overview (OVR) • • • ADRG legend (LGG) • • • DTED (levels 1 and 2) • • • 6 Additional Key Features in ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3

Data Conversion Continued from ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Data Conversion ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Import to Geodatabase Export from Table CAD formats (DXF, DGN, DWG) to geodatabase • • • INFO to dBASE • • • Coverage to personal geodatabase • • • Table to geodatabase • • • Route event table to feature class (wizard) • • • Export from CAD Shapefi le to geodatabase • • • DXF, DGN, DWG to geodatabase • • • Table to geodatabase • • • Export from Coverage VPF to geodatabase • • • Coverage to geodatabase • • • Import to Image/Raster ASCII to grid • • • DEM to grid • • • DTED to grid • • • Floating-point data to grid • • • SDTS raster to grid • • • Import to Shapefi le AGF to shapefi le • • • Geodatabase to shapefi le • • • MIF to shapefi le • • • Import to Table Geodatabase to table • • • OLE DB to table • • • Table to point features • • • Import to Coverage ArcInfo Export (E00) to coverage • • • SDTS point fi le to coverage • • • Export from Geodatabase Geodatabase to shapefi le • • • Geodatabase to table • • • Export from Image/Raster Raster to MrSID • • • Raster to grid • • • Raster to ERDAS IMAGINE • • • Raster to TIFF • • • Export from Shapefi le Shapefi le to AGF • • • Shapefi le to DXF • • • Shapefi le to geodatabase • • •

7 Additional Key Features in ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.3

Tabular Data Linear Referencing ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo On-the-fl y dynamic joins between Create and edit routes in a shapefi le or different databases • • • personal geodatabase • • • Create and use many-to-one and Route data conversion one-to-many joins • • • • • • Query route data • • • View joined data tables • • • Hatch route data • • • Edit table records • • • View dynamic segmentation • • • Create statistics • • • Create charts and reports • • • Sort by multiple attributes • • • Calculate values based on expression • • • Summarize data • • • Application Framework Connect to and use remote database data • • • ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Customizable look and feel (drag and drop to rearrange tools/toolbars) • • • Create and save macros using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) • • • Create new tools/toolbars storing customized • • • Metadata functionality with map document Use any COM-compliant language for ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo development environment • • • Automatically or manually generate • • • UNICODE support for multilanguage metadata for data fi les attributes • • • Import/Export metadata • • • Metadata styles FGDC • • • FGDC classic • • • FGDC ESRI • • • FGDC FAQ • • • FGDC Geography Network • • • ISO • • • ISO Geography Network • • • Raw XML data • • • Find tool to fi nd data based on metadata and location • • • Publish metadata to the ArcIMS Metadata Server • • •

8 Additional Key Features in ArcEditor and ArcInfo 8.3

ArcEditor and ArcInfo have all the capabilities of ArcReader and ArcView and also include these key features.

Data Creation Editing ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Create and edit multiuser geodatabases Create, validate, edit, and manage topology • • (stored in industry-standard DBMS) • • Manage topology errors • • Create and edit geodatabase features participating in geometric networks and Feature construction tools including • • relationship classes • • Proportion • • Create relationship classes between • • different feature classes Inverse • • Create relationship classes between Traverse • • different tables • • Fillet • • Create relationship classes between • • feature classes and tables Feature edit tools including • • Create multiple versions on a multiuser Extend undershoots • • geodatabase • • Trim overshoots • • Resolve confl icts between versions of • • a multiuser geodatabase Generalize • • Modify feature attributes in coverages • • Smooth • • Create and edit dimension features • • Interactively move, scale, and rotate annotation • • Create and edit feature-linked annotation Disconnected edit tools including feature classes in a geodatabase • • Check in/out data from a multi- • • Create dynamic features from geocoded user geodatabase locations • • Edit versions of the DBMS • • Create raster catalogs in DBMS • •

Linear Referencing Data Management ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Create and edit routes in a geodatabase • • Load data into multiuser geodatabases • • Defi ne route portion • • Load raster data into a multiuser geodatabase • • Calibrate route • • Create attribute subtypes on geodatabase feature classes • • Modify portion of a line • • Create attribute domains • •

9 Additional Key Features in ArcInfo 8.3

ArcInfo has all the abilities of ArcReader, ArcView, and ArcEditor. ArcInfo also includes these key features.

Data Creation and Continued from Data Conversion ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Management Export from Raster ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Grid to ASCII • Create coverage from selected features in another coverage* • Grid to DEM • Append selected features to another coverage* • Grid to fl oating point data • Advanced topologic coverage editing Grid to image • environment and tools* • Grid to line, point, or polygon coverage • Establish Z-values on nodes • Grid to TIN • Tools for data confl ation • Raster to geodatabase • * Coverage editing included in ArcInfo Workstation. Export from Shapefi le Shapefi le to coverage • Data Conversion Export from Table ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Export to E00 • Import to Raster Export from CAD ADRG to grid • Export to geodatabase* • Line coverage to grid • Export from Coverage Point coverage to grid • Coverage to DFAD • Polygon coverage to grid • Coverage to DIME • SDTS to coverage • Coverage to DLF • TIN to grid • Coverage to DXF • Import to Table Coverage to generate fi le • dBASE to INFO • Coverage to IGDS • DBMS to INFO • Coverage to IGES • Import to Coverage Coverage to MOSS • DFAD to coverage • Coverage to SLF • DIME to coverage • Coverage to VPF • DLG to coverage • Coverage to E00 • DXF to coverage • Coverage to SDTS • ETAK to coverage • Coverage to grid • Generate fi le to coverage (wizard) • * ArcInfo and ArcEditor support both the personal geodatabase and a multiuser geodatabase. Grid to line, point, or polygon coverage • IGDS to coverage • MOSS to coverage • TIGER to coverage • VPF to coverage • 10 Additional Key Features in ArcInfo 8.3

Map Analysis Linear Referencing ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Spatial Relationships and Analysis Complete dynamic segmentation creation and management • Remote geoprocessing server • Route events geoprocessing Continguity tools to fi nd adjacent areas • within a given distance Intersect two route event layers • Coincidence tools to create new data Union two route event layers • relationships • Dissolve/concatenate route events • Eliminate polygons or lines from • specifi ed coverages Transform events from one route • reference to another Erase features from a coverage based on • features in another coverage Locate point features along routes • Topologic spatial overlay • Locate polygon features along routes • Union • Intersect • Identify • Application Framework Advanced buffer generation and ArcReader ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo proximity analysis tools • Customization Environments Advanced polygon dissolve and eliminate • Visual Basic ActiveX components: Complete spatial and logical query tools Arc Automation Server, ArcPlotTM, • • ArcEditTM, Grid OCX Sophisticated tabular analysis tools • JavaBeans for Arc, ArcPlot, ArcEdit, • Contiguity tools • and ArcGrid Coincidence tools • ARC Macro Language (AMLTM) • Connectivity tools Cross platform (with optional ArcNetworkTM extension) • • Surface modeling tools (with optional ArcTINTM extension) • Raster modeling tools (with optional ArcGridTM extension) • Create advanced logical expressions • Coverage processing tools • Aggregation tools • Database query tools • Corporate Headquarters Overlapping polygon modeling (regions) ESRI • 380 New York Street Redlands, California 92373-8100, USA Telephone: 909-793-2853 Fax: 909-793-5953 GIS-XPRT For more information, call ESRI at 1-800-447-9778. Send e-mail inquiries to [email protected]. Visit ESRI’s Web page at www.esri.com. Outside the United States, contact your local ESRI distributor. For the number of your distributor, call ESRI at 909-793-2853, ext. 1-1235.

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