ESRI's flagship professional GIS at the time, Arc/INFO, was based on a command line interface and was not accessible to users that only needed view and query capability. The simple GUI was preferred by many over the less user friendly, more powerful ARC/INFO that was primarily used from a Command-line interface.ĪrcView 1.0 was released in 1991 to provide access to GIS for non-traditional users of the technology. In subsequent versions, more functionality was added to ArcView and it became a true GIS program capable of complex analysis and data management. 2 Reasons Some Users Prefer ArcView 3.xĪrcView started as a graphical program for spatial data and maps made using ESRI's other software products.1.4 Windows 7 & 8 installation instructions.
