Using ArcCatalog

you decide whether or not
you’ve found the correct map
before opening it.
In ArcMap, you can also create
graphs that describe the
relationships between the
attributes of different features.
Once created, graphs can be
saved to disk. This lets you add
a graph with the same format and colors to several maps. For
example, the same graph format used in different maps might
compare how prevalent a group of industries are in different
regions of the country. Before adding a graph to a map, you can
look at its contents in
Geography view.
When you do a search in
ArcCatalog, the results of
your search consist of
shortcuts to items in the
Catalog or published
documents that describe
GIS resources. If you
select a Search in the
Catalog tree, Geography
view will show you an overview describing where on the earth’s
surface the items that were found by the search are located.
Overall, Geography view is quite useful. The remaining tasks in
this chapter show how to use the tools in Geography view to
explore your data.
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