The ARC Macro Language (AML) is a proprietary high-level algorithmic language for generating applications in ArcInfo. It was designed by ESRI in the early 1980s specifically for their command line-driven ARC/INFO geographical information system. The macro language features include the ability to create onscreen menus, use and assign variables, control statement execution, and get and use map or page unit coordinates. Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... A high-level programming language is a programming language that, in comparison to low-level programming languages, may be more abstract, easier to use, or more portable across platforms. ... In mathematics, computing, linguistics, and related disciplines, an algorithm is a finite set of well-defined instructions for accomplishing some task which, given an initial state, will terminate in a defined end-state. ... ArcInfo is a Geographic Information System program produced by ESRI. The name ArcInfo is used to refer to a level of licensing for ArcGIS. ArcInfo is the higest level of licensing in the ArcGIS product line and is the most complete GIS solution avaliable from ESRI. It includes and builds... For the Irish research group, see Economic and Social Research Institute. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for managing data that has a spatial specialized form of an information system. ... A macro in computer science is an abstraction, that defines how a certain input pattern is replaced by an output pattern according to a defined set of rules. ...

Although the language is still supported by ESRI in modern ArcInfo Workstation environments, the language has been superseded by the geoprocessing framework, which is part of the ArcGIS suite and allows programming access using ArcObjects through VBA or Python. ArcInfo is a Geographic Information System program produced by ESRI. The name ArcInfo is used to refer to a level of licensing for ArcGIS. ArcInfo is the higest level of licensing in the ArcGIS product line and is the most complete GIS solution avaliable from ESRI. It includes and builds... ArcGIS is the name of a group of Geographic Information System software product lines produced by ESRI. At the desktop GIS level, ArcGIS can include: ArcReader, which allows one to view and query maps created with the other Arc products; ArcView, which allows one to view spatial data, create maps... // Description Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsofts Visual Basic, an event driven programming language and associated development environment which is built into most Microsoft Office applications (including Apple Mac OS versions), some other Microsoft applications such as Microsoft MapPoint and Microsoft Visio - a former independent... Python is a high-level programming language first released by Guido van Rossum in 1991. ...

References

• ESRI, 1995. ARC Macro Language, ESRI Press, 828 p. ISBN 978-1879102187

External links

• http://arcscripts.esri.com/ – user-submitted AML scripts