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The release of ARC/INFO 4.0 included the advent of an "Arc executive" which processed commands with a new command-interpreter developed in FORTRAN and compiled for each platform, for performance and stability. The Arc Executive allowed the support of a command language specific to ARC/INFO: the
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Most ArcInfo Workstation functionality missing from ArcInfo Desktop at the 8.0 release was gradually implemented within the ArcGIS geoprocessing framework, and was finally completed with the release of ArcGIS 10.0 in 2011.
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ESRI launched the first version of ARC/INFO - which it claims as "the very first modern GIS" - in 1982 on minicomputers. The name refers to its architecture as a geographic information system composed of:
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processing. The underlying raster processing software framework (and "ESRI GRID" raster data format) later provided the code base for ArcView 3.x Spatial Analyst and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst.
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ArcInfo Desktop continued to be shipped with the older command-line software, now named "ArcInfo Workstation"—with access to coverage processing tools provided through the ArcGIS
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was a multi-scale architecture, with the Desktop product released at three licensing levels: ArcView; ArcEditor; and ArcInfo.
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ESRI added subsystems for surface processing ("TIN") network analysis ("Network"), and survey data processing ("Cogo").
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INFO, a single-user, relational database product developed by Henco, Inc., now supported by Doric. Inc. Retrieved from
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ESRI released ArcInfo Workstation 10.0 (along with ArcGIS 10.0) in late 2010. This final release supported Windows (
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as a licensing option for ArcGIS. The most advanced license for ArcGIS Desktop is now known as "ArcGIS Advanced".
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FAQ: What are the deprecation plans for ArcGIS 10 and the upcoming release of ArcGIS 10.1? Retrieved from
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8.0 late in 1999. With this release, ARC/INFO was discontinued and its code base largely frozen.
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programs linked together and accessed through a command-line interface built with the
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based system. The command-line processing abilities are now available through the
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tables (instead of INFO) for tabular data and a 'Simple Macro Language' (SML).
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to perform GIS database development, geoprocessing, and output functions.
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ESRI underwent a major change in its GIS product family when it released
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ESRI released a subset of ARC/INFO functionality as PC ARC/INFO for
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Which ArcGIS for Desktop Software Is Right for You? Retrieved from
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geographic input, processing, and output tools ("ARC") with
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The ArcInfo license is billed by ESRI as "Professional
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Index

Developer(s)
Esri
Stable release
Operating system
Windows
Solaris
AIX
Tru64 UNIX
Type
GIS
License
Proprietary
ArcInfo Workstation -- Previous Versions
geographic information system
Esri
ArcGIS
command-line
GUI

verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
Learn how and when to remove this message
FORTRAN
scripting language
PRIMOS
DCL
VMS
command-line interface
ARC Macro Language

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