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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop 9.0 What's new in ArcMap: other changes in version 9.0 What's new in ArcCatalog: other changes in version 9.0 What's new in ArcCatalog: General What's new in ArcCatalog: Data conversion tools What's new in ArcCatalog: Internet data What's new in ArcCatalog: Metadata What's new in ArcGIS Desktop extensions in version 9.0 Introducing the new Maplex for ArcGIS extension What's new in 3D Analyst What's new in ArcGIS Publisher and ArcReader What's new in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst What's new in ArcGIS Survey Analyst What's new in ArcPress for ArcGIS What's new in ArcGIS StreetMap

Getting started

Desktop Administration

ArcCatalog

Getting started with ArcCatalog Building the Catalog Managing the Catalog's contents Exploring an item's geography Previewing an item's geographic data Exploring data in Geography view Creating thumbnails Exploring the values in a table Working with metadata About metadata Exploring an item's metadata Changing the default stylesheet Printing metadata Creating and updating metadata Writing documentation Importing and exporting metadata Editing metadata Using the FGDC metadata editor Using the ISO metadata editor Managing enclosures Requirements for publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service Adding information required by the ArcIMS Metadata Service Publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service Managing published metadata documents Changing a published document's properties Searching for items Working with maps and layers Working with shapefiles Working with CAD data Working with coverages Working with rasters in ArcCatalog About raster data Properties of raster datasets Exploring geodatabase raster catalogs Tabular raster catalogs Initial display properties of a raster Setting the default band for a raster Defining a raster's coordinate system Calculating statistics for your raster dataset Creating raster pyramids Mosaicking rasters Raster display performance tuning Performance tuning for rasters in ArcSDE Choosing which raster formats will appear in ArcCatalog Supported raster formats Technical specifications for raster formats Pixel depth capacity

ArcMap

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Getting started with linear referencing Creating route data Displaying and querying routes and events Editing routes Creating and editing event data About creating and editing event data Creating event tables in ArcCatalog About overlaying event data Overlay events About aggregating event data Aggregating route events About transforming event measures Transforming event measures About locating features along routes Locating features along routes Editing event tables in ArcMap

Map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts Accessing tools within a geoprocessing script Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts Messaging and script tools Data properties and access when scripting Scripting Object: Properties and methods IGPDispatch object Geoprocessor programming model Properties and Methods AddError method AddMessage method AddReturnMessage method AddToolbox method AddWarning method CheckExtension method CheckInExtension method CheckOutExtension method CheckProduct method Command method CopyParameter method CreateObject method Describe method Exists method GetMessage method GetMessages method GetParameter method GetParameterAsText method GetReturnCode method GetSeverity method GetSystemEnvironment method InsertCursor method ListDatasets method ListEnvironments method ListFeatureClasses method ListFields method ListIndexes method ListRasters method ListTables method ListToolboxes method ListTools method ListWorkspaces method MaxSeverity property MessageCount property OverWriteOutput method ParameterCount property ParseFieldName method ParseTableName method ProductInfo method QualifyFieldName method QualifyTableName method RefreshCatalog method RemoveToolbox method SearchCursor method SetParameter method SetParameterAsText method SetProduct method TemporaryMapLayers property TestSchemaLock method Toolbox property UpdateCursor method Usage method ValidateFieldName method ValidateTableName method

Customizing the user interface

Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

ESRI Data & Maps

Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps What's new in ESRI Data and Maps An overview of ESRI Data and Maps Redistribution rights Canada Canada FSA postal centroids Canada Highways Canada Indian Reserves Canada Major Cities Canada Middle Cities Canada Municipalities Canada National Parks Canada Provinces Canada Provincial Parks Canada Railways Canada Regional Municipalities Canada Telephone Area Code Boundaries Canada Water Bodies Europe Europe Cities Europe Countries Europe Ferries Europe Level 1 Provinces Europe Level 2 Provinces Europe Level 3 Provinces Europe Major Roads Europe Major Water Europe NUTS 0 Demographics Europe NUTS 1 Demographics Europe NUTS 2 Demographics Europe NUTS 3 Demographics Europe Places Europe Railroads Europe Railroad Stations Europe Roads Europe Urbanized Areas Europe Water Germany ZIP Code Areas (one-digit) Germany ZIP Code Areas (two-digit) Germany ZIP Code Areas (five-digit) Mexico World StreetMap USA Image data United States (census) United States (hydrography) United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States (transportation)

Extensions

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