abstract:ArcMap is the main component of Esri's ArcGIS suite of geospatial processing programs, and is used primarily to view, edit, create, and analyze geospatial data. ArcMap allows the user to explore data within a data set, symbolize features accordingly, and create maps.
Similarly, GoogleEarthhasitsapplications and is a fantastictool, butit's notintendedforscientificanalysisorlarge-scaleapplications in the same spirit as ArcMap, QGIS, GRASS, andothers.