« 1. Introduction to GIS

1.2 ArcGIS components

ArcGIS software has three main components: ArcMap for for viewing data and creating maps, ArcCatalog for organizing and previewing data and ArcToolbox to access tools and other functionality.This tutrial gives a brief tour of each of those three components as well as an overview of the differences between ArcGIS Basic, Standard and Advanced.

Resources:

1. ArcGIS Components Tutorial and Data for the tutorial;

2. Video: Opening a Map Document

3. Video: Connecting to a Folder