harnessing GIS: RIP ArcView! Long Live ArcGIS for Desktop Basic!

摘要

In 1995, Esri released ArcView, a Windows software product for "non-traditional GIS users." Over the next 16 years, the product became popular and had a major impact on the GIS industry by opening up the potential of GIS to more users. This summer, Esri announced that ArcView was to be no more--that the technology would be renamed to emphasize the way it has evolved into a system of desktop, server, mobile, and online components. It seems the perfect time to explain the name change and review what surveyors can actually do with ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (formerly ArcView) and ArcGIS for Desktop Standard (formerly ArcEditor).