ArcInfo (formerly called ARC/INFO) is a full-featured geographic information system produced by ESRI, and is the highest level of licensing (and therefore functionality) in the ArcGIS Desktop product line. It was originally a command-line based system. The command-line processing abilities are now available through the GUI of the ArcGIS Desktop product.
The first version of ARC/INFO was launched in 1982 on minicomputers, as ESRI claims, the very ...
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ESRI
ESRI (pronounced /iː ɛs ɑr aɪ/ or pronounced /ˈɛzri/) is a software development and services company providing Geographic Information System (GIS) software and geodatabase management applications. The headquarters of ESRI is in Redlands, California.
ESRI was founded as Environmental Systems...
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