Unlike a laptop, which is portable, a desktop computer is meant to stay at one location. Desktop computer overview. Below is a picture of a computer with each of the main components that help make up a computer. In the picture, you can see the Desktop computer, Flat-panel display, Speakers, Keyboard, and Mouse.
GLOBE [http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.html] is also a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a 1 kilometer resolution. This project was headed by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. File Format: Binary Raster File *.dem Importing into ArcMap 1. In Windows Explorer navigate to the directory which contains the dataset (.dem) file
ArcMap is run using primarily Shape Files and in more recent versions Geodatabases can be used to store larger sets of data. These file formats are what are uploaded into the program to view spatial data.