Some Concepts That Underpin GIS - Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS - page 48

Start the ArcGIS Model Builder Program
Access specific help on a tool or command.(This icon appears only in Version 10.0. Version
10.1 provides help by mouse-ing over a particular tool or command.)
17. Explore the Geography toolbar. This toolbar lets you look at (geo)graphic 15 data in a number of ways.
See features in more or less detail by zooming in and out.
Pan: shift your view of the area of interest
Look at the entire geographic region depicted by the data set
Go to Previous or Next extent.
Identify, with text, various features indicated by the pointing cursor.
Make thumbnail sketches of the geographic file of interest so you can recognize it when
searching for particular data sets.
18. Explore the Location Toolbar. (What's being referred to here is a location in a computer system,
not a location on Earth.) The Location Toolbar displays a text string showing the current
selection from the Catalog Tree and the complete path to that selection. Also, you can type in a
different path and selection. If you type in a path and selection (or simply select the text string
that is shown) and press Enter, the string will be placed in the drop-down text box menu below
the Location Toolbar, making it easy for you to select this location next time. This provides
another way to quickly access data you are using. ArcGIS is full of shortcuts!
19. Explore the Metadata Toolbar. Metadata is “data about data.” It is usually in text form. There
are different standards and styles.
If you click the Description Tab (next to the Contents and Preview tabs), the toolbar will become active.
This toolbar lets you check the metadata against a standard (validate), export the metadata, and examine
the metadata properties:
Validate metadata.
Export metadata.
Metadata properties.
You may have to check with your instructor or network supervisor to be sure that you have the metadata
service packs and patches installed.
15 What you are looking at is, of course, graphics. But since the image is tied to positions in the real world, I use the
nonstandard term (geo)graphic.