ArcGISExplorer基础手册

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1、ArcGISExplorer:AbasicguideContents1WhatisArcGISExplorer?21.1WhatisGIS?21.2ArcGISsoftware22GettingStarted32.1WherecanIfindArcGISExplorer?32.2OpenArcGISExplorer32.3Movingaroundthemap52.43DMode63Makingamap73.1Typesofdata73.2Sourcesofdata83.3Basemaps93.4DrawingObject

2、s103.5Saving104FurtherfeaturesofArcGISExplorer114.1Queries114.2Add-Ins114.3Presentations115Sourcesofhelp125.1Onlinehelp125.2Courses125.3Books12EsrisoftwaregraphicaluserinterfacesaretheintellectualpropertyofEsriandscreenshotsarereproducedhereinbypermission.Allrigh

3、tsreserved.1LizzieAtkinson,July201213WhatisArcGISExplorer?1.1WhatisGIS?ArcGISExplorerisGIS(geographicinformationsystem)software.GIScanbeusedtostoregeographicdata,drawdigitalmapsandanalysethecontentofthemapsbasedonattributiondataassociatedwiththeobjectswhichmakeup

4、themap.Mapdataisorganisedintolayers,sothattheusercanchoosewhichlayerstheywanttovieworquery.FormoreinformationonGISseethereferencesinsection5.3.1.2ArcGISsoftwareThisguideisanintroductiontoArcGISExplorerDesktop,whichisoneofanumberofGISproductsproducedbyEsri,someofw

5、hichhaveconfusinglysimilarnames.GISsoftwareavailablefromESRIincludes:1.ArcGISDesktopNottobeconfusedwithArcGISExplorerDesktop,ArcGISDesktopistheindustrystandardinGISsoftware,designedforadvancemappingandspatialanalysis.ItisexpensivetobuyandonlyavailablefortheWindow

6、soperatingsystem,butisavailableintheBodleianMapRoom,theTrainingRoomattheRadcliffeScienceLibraryandsomeOxfordUniversitydepartments.ArcGISforDesktopconsistsofanumberofseparateprograms:ArcCatalogue,ArcMap,ArcSceneandArcGlobe.2.ArcGISExplorerDesktopArcGISExplorerDesk

7、topisthesoftwarecoveredinthisguide.Itisafreelyavailable,muchsimplifiedversionofArcGISDesktop.ItisonlyavailablefortheWindowsoperatingsystem.3.ArcGISExplorerOnlineAfreelyavailableonlineversionofArcGISExplorer,butwithlessfunctionality.4.ArcGISOnlineAverybasicversion

8、ofArcGISavailablefreelyontheweb.5.ArcGISAppsformobileAllowviewingofmapsandcreationoffielddatafrommobiledevices.SeethehelpsheettitledWhatisArcGIS?formoreinforma