The topics in the following section explain the concepts and best practices for working with data in ArcGIS Explorer.
How to connect to a geodatabase—This topic explains how to connect to file and ArcSDE geodatabases, and includes code examples for common connection scenarios.
How to access data in a Table—This topic covers the options for returning rows from a Table object and shows how to access the values stored in each row.
How to open Raster data
—This topic lists the supported raster formats, describes the Raster class and RasterLayer class, and provides code examples of how to open raster data, including adding a RasterLayer to a map.
How to open tabular and vector data—This topic lists the supported tabular and spatial vector formats, describes the Table and FeatureLayer classes, and provides code examples of how to open a Table for the supported data formats, including adding a FeatureLayer to a map.
How to search a Table—This topic describes how to search a Table by using a Structured Query Language (SQL) statement for an attribute query or using a geometry for a spatial query. Example scenarios are provided to demonstrate how to use the Search and SearchByDistance methods. The Filter class is also used to specify search criteria and tips are provided on optimizing query performance.