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What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

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Desktop Administration

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 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

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 Topology 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 Creating new features Using a digitizer About digitizing An overview of preparing to digitize Registering the paper map Digitizing features on a paper map Creating features from other features Editing existing features Splitting lines and polygons Trimming lines Extending lines Flipping lines Dividing lines with points Reshaping lines and polygons using a sketch Adding and deleting vertices Moving vertices Changing the properties of a sketch Scaling features Clipping features Stretching a feature's geometry proportionately Smoothing and generalizing 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 About editing dimension features Creating dimension features Modifying a dimension feature's geometry and style

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Customizing the user interface

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

3D Analyst ArcScan Getting started with ArcScan Raster tracing Batch vectorization About batch vectorization Applying the vectorization settings for batch vectorization Previewing the vectorization Generating features Cell selection Raster cleanup Vectorization options and settings ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Getting started with Survey Analyst An overview of Survey Analyst What can you do with Survey Analyst? Enabling the Survey Analyst extension Adding the survey toolbars to ArcMap Organizing survey data Visualizing survey data About visualizing survey data Creating survey layers Representing projects in a survey layer Working with symbols and labels Using survey class fields for symbology Symbolizing feature links Visualizing error information Using the Survey Explorer Using computations Editing feature geometry Analyzing and editing survey data Managing shared survey data About managing shared survey data Survey datasets and versions Registering a survey dataset for edit sessions Locking survey projects for edit sessions Tracking Analyst

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