1. BY
SREEDHAR.Y

2. GIS is a combination of
 Software
 Hardware
 Any geographical
information
 Data Capture
 Store
 Retrieval
 Manipulate
 Analyzing
 Presenting
 Map

3. 1969
Jack Dangermond
founds ESRI
1982
Arc/INFO (Unix)
1989PC Arc/INFO (DOS + Windows)
1992
ArcView + Arc/INFO
2002
ArcView 3.3
“retired product”
1999ArcGIS v.8.0
(to v8.3)
2004
ArcGIS v.9.0
2010
ArcGIS
v.10.0
2008
ArcGIS v.9.3

4. 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 Components
o Start  Programs Arc GIS Arc Catalog
o Start  Programs Arc GIS Arc Map
o Start  Programs Arc GIS Arc Scene
o Start  Programs Arc GIS Arc Globe

5. Arc Map window
Arc Globe windowArc Scene window
Arc Catalog window