ArcView is a geographic information system (GIS) that brings the power of interactive mapping and analysis to everyone. Available for Windows, Macintosh, and a variety of UNIX platforms, ArcView is a complete desktop system for storing, modifying, querying, analyzing, and displaying information about places as near as your local neighborhood or as remote as Antarctica. ArcView offers:

• An intuitive graphic user interface
• State-of-the-art data display and viewing tools
• Support for sophisticated spatial and tabular queries
• "Hot links" to other desktop applications and data types
• Business graphics functions - charting, bar and pie charts, and more
• Map symbolization, design, and layout capabilities
• Robust geocoding and address matching
• System customization and application development tools

New features in version 3.2 include: General performance enhancements, Shapefile projection utility, Updated Database Access 2, Updated Report Writer extension--Seagate Crystal Reports Version 7.0, New data integration utilities, New sample utilities and extensions, New and updated "ESRI Data & Maps".

ArcGIS includes the following:

• ArcView
• 3D Analyst
• ArcPress
• ArcScan
• Geostatistical Analyst
• Maplex
• Publisher
• Spatial Analyst
• Street Map
• Survey Analyst
• Tracking Analyst
• ArcInfo

• For more information on ArcView visit The Environmental Systems Research Institute website.