Literature

Case Studies

Books

What Is ArcGIS 9.2? [PDF-16.5 MB, 126 pages]
Date: November 2006
Subject: This book provides an overview of GIS concepts, the geodatabase, and the ArcGIS family of products.

Brochures

• ArcGIS [PDF-5.10 MB, 9 pages]

• ArcGIS Desktop Extensions [PDF-3.70 MB, 20 pages]

• ArcGIS Desktop [PDF-1.30 MB, 8 pages]

• ArcGIS Desktop Tips and Shortcuts Guide [PDF-472 KB, 6 pages]

• ArcGIS 9.2 Functionality Matrix [PDF-147 KB, 48 pages]

• ArcGIS 9.2 Functionality Matrix Poster [PDF-612 KB, 3 pages]

• ArcGIS 9.2: What's New [PDF-576 KB, 4 pages]

• ArcGIS: A Complete Image Management Solution [PDF-1.21 MB, 7 pages]

• ArcGIS for Developers Brochure [PDF-1.78 MB, 9 pages]

Tool Matrices

• ArcGIS 9.1 Geoprocessing Tools [PDF-394 KB, 7 pages]

White Papers

Working with a Mixed ArcGIS Version Environment (ArcGIS 8.3, 9, and 9.1) [PDF-147 KB, 8 pages]
Date: December 2005
Subject: Ideally, ArcGIS enterprise systems should standardize on a single ArcGIS software version between clients and servers throughout the organization. However, upgrading such systems can result in an environment where ArcGIS clients are of a different software version than the multi-user geodatabase. This paper discusses the issues that can result from such a configuration, specifically with the following configurations.
- ArcGIS 8.3 geodatabase with ArcGIS 8.3 and 9 clients
- ArcGIS 9 geodatabase with ArcGIS 9 and 9.1 clients

ArcGIS Migration FAQ [PDF-356 KB, 12 pages]
Date: October 2005
Subject: This document answers the most common questions regarding migrating from ArcGIS 8.3 to ArcGIS 9.0 or 9.1. Migration issues between ArcGIS 9.0 and 9.1 are also discussed.

ArcGIS Enterprise Security: Delivering Secure Solutions [PDF-840 KB, 47 pages]
Date: July 2005
Subject: Effective enterprise security can be a challenge for IT architects and security specialists who design, deploy, and support mission-critical solutions. While recent industry advancements, especially in the areas of Web services standards and services-oriented architectures, are helping architects to more effectively meet their security objectives, these new capabilities are also contributing to an already complex set of protocols, tools, and architectures. ESRI is committed to helping you determine the best way to apply security alternatives in your GIS solutions.

GIS Topology [PDF-203 KB, 14 pages]
Date: July 2005
Subject: At the core of ArcGIS lies an essential concept: topology. Topology defines the spatial relationships between features and is the "glue" that holds everything together. ArcGIS provides a complete solution for geographic information management and, as such, manages topology in geographic databases.

ESRI Data & Maps 2004 [PDF-493 KB, 38 pages]
Date: August 2004
Subject: This paper discusses ESRI Data & Maps data bundle which has been updated for 2004 and has a metadata file that provides content, quality, condition, and other characteristics of the data set.

GIS Standards and Interoperability (ESRI Canada technical paper) [PDF-830 KB, 16 pages]
Date: July 2008
Subject: ESRI has a long history of building open and interoperable commercial software products. ESRI products have appropriate open application programming interfaces (APIs), support key data interchange formats, and Web services standards ensuring relevant GIS and IT interoperability. This technical paper aims to show how ESRI's perspective on interoperability extends beyond just the capacity to adequately manage geospatial data interchange.

ESRI Cartography: Capabilities and Trends [PDF-1.90 MB, 16 pages]
Date: June 2004
Subject: This white paper gives an overview of the cartography and map production capabilities of ESRI ArcGIS software and highlights how the products are being enhanced to provide the world's leading solution for database driven map publishing.

Enterprise Geographic Information Servers: A New Information System Architecture [PDF-251 KB, 10 pages]
Date: October 2003
Subject: A new architecture is currently emerging based on some new technologies that allow all GIS functions to run in a centralized server environment and be accessed from any device on a network. This white paper describes this new enterprise geographic information server approach and its implications for building a truly distributed enterprise GIS.

Spatial Data Standards and GIS Interoperability [PDF-336 KB, 14 pages]
Date: January 2003
Subject: This white paper discusses the value of being "open," the evolution of spatial standards with the development of new technologies, including the future of Web Services, and provides an overview of where ESRI is concentrating its efforts with regards to interoperability.

System Design Strategies
Date: August 2008, revised [PDF-1.3 MB, 246 pages]
Subject: The purpose of this updated document is to share a system design strategy that promotes successful selection of GIS hardware solutions. Guidelines include appropriate rationale and logic to support a system that will satisfy initial performance needs for most of our customers. Once the initial implementation is operational, the system environment can be further adjusted to fit specific user needs.

Metadata and GIS [PDF-682 KB, 13 pages]
Date: October 2002
Subject: It is an exciting time to be involved with metadata, the key to data sharing on the Internet. This white paper describes how ESRI products work with the global spatial metadata community.

Articles

Product Review: ArcView 9.0 with ArcGIS 3D Analyst,
GeoInformatics, Oct./Nov. 2004 [PDF-441 KB, 5 pages]

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