ArcView GIS is the world's most popular desktop mapping and GIS software.
Created by GIS industry leaderESRI, ArcView GIS places hundreds of mapping and spatial
analysis capabilities at your fingertips.
ArcView GIS links traditional data analysis tools, such as spreadsheets
and business graphics, with maps for a completely integrated analysis system. ArcView GIS
can be used as a stand-alone project system or extended into an entire department,
division, or organization. ArcView GIS can be used to access and view the thousands of
ArcInfo databases in existence including PC ArcInfo and ArcSDE data. ArcView GIS can also
directly use raster image data in a wide variety of formats. Users can access and
visualize geographic data stored either locally or remotely over a network. ESRI's ArcData
Publishing Program supplies many popular commercial databases for use with ArcView GIS.
These data sets include street networks, a wide variety of cartographic boundary files,
demographic and business data, satellite images, and even a global database. ArcView GIS
marks a turning point for the desktop mapping and GIS industry.
The extensible software architecture of ArcView GIS delivers a scalable
platform for GIS computing. This new architecture has enabled ESRI to develop a series of
"plug-in" modules for ArcView GIS that can be mixed and matched to dramatically
extend its functional capabilities, taking desktop GIS to an entirely new level.
ArcView GIS software, as a member of the ESRI software family, reflects
ESRI's more than 25 years of experience in providing high-quality GIS and related
services. ESRI's flagship software, ArcInfo, is recognized as the most advanced GIS
worldwide. ESRI software serves a diverse set of application needs in federal, state, and
local government; oil and gas; forestry; transportation; university; utility; private
industry; and many other application areas. With more than 200,000 copies in use
worldwide, ArcView GIS helps thousands of organizations understand relationships, make
better decisions, and solve problems faster.
