<s>
ArcView	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
was	O
a	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
software	O
product	O
produced	O
by	O
ESRI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
new	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
,	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcView	B-Application
started	O
as	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
program	O
for	O
spatial	O
data	O
and	O
maps	O
made	O
using	O
ESRI	O
's	O
other	O
software	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
,	O
more	O
functionality	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
ArcView	B-Application
and	O
it	O
became	O
a	O
true	O
GIS	B-Application
program	O
capable	O
of	O
complex	O
analysis	O
and	O
data	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simple	O
GUI	B-Application
was	O
preferred	O
by	O
many	O
over	O
the	O
less	O
user	O
friendly	O
,	O
more	O
powerful	O
ARC/INFO	B-Application
that	O
was	O
primarily	O
used	O
from	O
a	O
Command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcView	B-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
to	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
GIS	B-Application
for	O
non-traditional	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESRI	O
's	O
flagship	O
professional	O
GIS	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Arc/INFO	B-Application
,	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
was	O
not	O
accessible	O
to	O
users	O
that	O
only	O
needed	O
view	O
and	O
query	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcView	B-Application
1	O
was	O
very	O
popular	O
,	O
and	O
ESRI	O
promised	O
a	O
more	O
functional	O
2.x	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
product	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
a	O
multi-platform	O
windowing	O
environment	O
called	O
Neuron	O
Data	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
increasingly	O
popular	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
product	O
,	O
when	O
finally	O
released	O
(	O
18	O
months	O
after	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
date	O
)	O
was	O
very	O
successful	O
for	O
ESRI	O
and	O
brought	O
GIS	B-Application
technology	O
to	O
many	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
not	O
used	O
it	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcView	B-Application
3.x	I-Application
included	O
even	O
more	O
full-featured	O
GIS	B-Application
functionality	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
geoprocessing	O
wizard	O
and	O
full	O
support	O
of	O
extensions	O
for	O
raster	O
and	O
3d	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
eventually	O
renamed	O
"	O
ArcView	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
"	O
by	O
ESRI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
ESRI	O
released	O
its	O
final	O
version	O
supporting	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
(	O
3.0a	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
only	O
runs	O
on	O
older	O
(	O
PowerPC-based	O
)	O
Mac	O
systems	O
,	O
under	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
ArcView	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
was	O
version	O
3.3	O
(	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
offered	O
for	O
both	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
variants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
copied	O
from	O
an	O
existing	O
installation	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
machine	O
to	O
Vista	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
7	O
and	O
8	O
(	O
search	O
for	O
Instructions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Setup	O
Launcher	O
for	O
ArcView	B-Application
is	O
a	O
16-bit	O
application	O
and	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
64	O
bit	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
Is3Engine( File	O
Name	O
:	O
setup32.exe	O
)	O
with	O
its	O
compatibility	O
set	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
SP3	O
,	O
Placed	O
in	O
a	O
WRITABLE	O
folder	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
your	O
application	O
install	O
files	O
and	O
run	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
setup	O
file	O
(	O
File	O
Name	O
:	O
setup.exe	O
)	O
will	O
allow	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
7	O
or	O
8	O
64	O
bit	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
normal	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
have	O
the	O
ArcView	B-Application
Help	O
files	O
work	O
you	O
will	O
need	O
download	O
and	O
install	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
GIS	B-Application
professionals	O
and	O
users	O
still	O
use	O
ArcView	B-Application
3	O
even	O
though	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
discontinued	O
and	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
9.x	O
or	O
10.x	O
may	O
still	O
install	O
and	O
use	O
ArcView	B-Application
3.x	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcView	B-Application
3.x	I-Application
offers	O
various	O
advantages	O
over	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
including	O
faster	O
start	O
up	O
,	O
faster	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
dissolve	O
,	O
spatial	O
joins	O
and	O
summary	O
functions	O
executed	O
on	O
the	O
tabular	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
also	O
strongly	O
prefer	O
having	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
promote	O
selected	O
records	O
in	O
the	O
tables	O
instead	O
of	O
simply	O
hiding	O
un-selected	O
records	O
as	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
offers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Independent	O
consultants	O
,	O
small	O
businesses	O
and	O
organizations	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
justify	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
moving	O
to	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
and	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
maintain	O
annual	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Availability	O
of	O
free	O
open	O
source	O
scripts	O
and	O
extensions	O
created	O
by	O
users	O
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
scripting	O
language	O
Avenue	O
is	O
another	O
reason	O
.	O
</s>
