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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

An overview of the new functionality in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1 Compatibility and migration to ArcGIS 9.1 What's new in geoprocessing for version 9.1 What's new in ArcMap for version 9.1 What's new in linear referencing for version 9.1 What's new in geodatabases for version 9.1 What's new in raster data for version 9.1 What's new in WMS services for version 9.1 Introducing the new ArcGIS Network Analyst extension What's new in ArcGIS Schematics extension for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS Publisher extension and ArcReader for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS StreetMap for version 9.1 What's new in ArcPress for ArcGIS for version 9.1 What's new in ArcScan for ArcGIS extension for version 9.1 What's new in Maplex for ArcGIS extension for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension for version 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Getting started

What is ArcGIS Desktop? ArcGIS geodatabase ArcGIS geoprocessing ArcGIS geovisualization ArcGIS Desktop extensions GIS data structure types Data types supported in ArcGIS

Desktop Administration

Administering the ArcGIS License Manager Checking license availability Viewing and changing the license manager Common license manager problems and how to solve them Setting the software product Registering ArcView or ArcEditor and extensions Evaluating an ArcGIS extension

ArcCatalog

Getting started with ArcCatalog Building the Catalog Managing the Catalog's contents Exploring an item's geography 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 About maps, layers, and graphs Opening a map from ArcCatalog Adding data to maps Creating a layer Creating a group layer Repairing the data sources in a layer Joining attributes to the layer's data Working with shapefiles About shapefiles, dBASE tables, and file types Creating new shapefiles and dBASE tables Adding and deleting attributes Creating and updating indexes Defining a shapefile's coordinate system Working with CAD data Working with coverages Working with rasters in ArcCatalog

ArcMap

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide An overview of commonly used tools Licensing for geoprocessing tools 3D Analyst toolbox Analysis toolbox Business Analyst toolbox Cartography toolbox Conversion toolbox Coverage toolbox Data Management toolbox Geocoding toolbox Geostatistical Analyst toolbox Linear Referencing toolbox Military Analyst toolbox Network Analyst toolbox Spatial Analyst toolbox Spatial Statistics toolbox Samples toolbox Environment Settings

Building a geodatabase

Getting started with building a geodatabase An overview of building geodatabases Designing a geodatabase Copying the schema of a geodatabase Ways to create a geodatabase Creating a geodatabase Accessing an ArcSDE geodatabase Upgrading a geodatabase Creating new items in geodatabases Importing data An overview of importing data Importing feature classes Importing tables How data converts Registering SDE layers and tables with the geodatabase About loading data into existing feature classes and tables Work flow strategies for loading data Loading data in ArcMap Loading data in ArcCatalog About importing data from another geodatabase Copying feature datasets, classes, and tables to another geodatabase Exporting selected features and records to another geodatabase Sending data to another user About exporting geodatabase data to an export file Exporting feature datasets, classes, and tables to an export file Importing feature datasets, classes, and tables from an export file Exporting features or records to an export file Loading features or records from an export file Updating DBMS statistics Topology An overview of topology in the geodatabase Topologies and ArcCatalog Topology and feature geometry About creating a topology Creating a new topology Migrating data into a geodatabase to create topologies Adding new feature classes to your topology Creating new polygons from lines Validating a topology Planning for exceptions Refining topologies with subtypes Managing a topology Modifying a topology Summarizing topology errors Topology and versioning Topology and versioned databases Dirty areas and versioned topological feature classes Error features and versioned topological feature classes Exceptions and versioned topological feature classes Conflicts and topology features Topology and disconnected editing Subtypes and attribute domains Defining a relationship class Geometric networks Managing annotation Dimensioning Working with a versioned geodatabase Disconnected editing Building geodatabases with CASE tools Building a raster geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Getting started with editing in ArcMap An overview of editing in ArcMap The structure of vector datasets The sketch construction tools Shortcut keys for editing in ArcMap Adding the editing toolbars Adding the data you want to edit Starting and stopping an edit session Selecting features Moving features Rotating features Deleting features Copying and pasting features Setting the number of decimal places displayed for measurements About editing your geodatabase in ArcMap Creating new features Using a digitizer Creating features from other features Editing existing features Editing topology Editing attributes Viewing attributes Adding attributes Deleting attributes Modifying attributes Copying and pasting attributes Editing with default values and attribute domains About updating data using SQL Spatial adjustment Editing geometric networks Editing relationships and related objects Editing annotation Editing dimension features

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Getting started with map projections Geographic coordinate systems Projected coordinate systems Geographic transformations Supported map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Customizing the user interface

About customizing the user interface Basic user interface elements Saving your customizations Hiding and showing toolbars Creating custom toolbars Changing a toolbar's or menu's contents Changing a command's appearance Creating shortcut keys Setting toolbar options Creating, editing, and running macros Creating custom commands with VBA and UIControls Adding custom commands and toolbars from .dlls Updating the ArcID module Locking customization, documents, and templates Changing VBA security Sample VBA code Customize commands available in ArcMap Customize commands available in ArcCatalog

Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

Getting started migrating from ArcInfo Workstation Creating your ArcInfo Workstation migration plan Phase 1: Requirements prior to migration from ArcInfo Workstation Phase 2: Designing the geodatabase when migrating from ArcInfo Workstation Phase 3: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation data Phase 4: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation processes

ESRI Data & Maps

Extensions

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