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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

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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

ArcMap

Getting started with ArcMap An overview of ArcMap Layers, data frames, and the table of contents Starting ArcMap Opening a map Using the table of contents Looking at a map in data view and layout view Moving around the map Working with spatial bookmarks Opening magnifier and overview windows Exploring data on a map Saving a map and exiting ArcMap Saving to previous versions of ArcGIS Keyboard shortcuts in ArcMap Working with the map cache Creating maps Basics of making maps Creating a new map Adding layers to a map Adding coverages, shapefiles, and geodatabases to a map Adding data from the Internet Adding data from a GIS server Adding TINs as surfaces Adding CAD drawings About coordinate systems and map projections Specifying a coordinate system About creating interactive maps Referencing data in the map Applying a coordinate transformation to a CAD layer About displaying layers About presenting attribute data About map scale Map layout About the map tools About World files Adding x,y coordinate data to a map Managing layers Symbolizing your data Working with text Working with graphics Laying out and printing maps Working with styles and symbols Working with tables Looking at data with graphs About looking at data with graphs Types of graphs Creating a graph Displaying a graph Modifying a graph Creating a static copy of a graph Managing graphs Saving and loading a graph Exporting a graph Creating reports Querying maps Analyzing geometric networks Working with rasters in ArcMap Working with ArcPad Working with StreetMap data Getting started with StreetMap Geocoding addresses with StreetMap USA data Addresses that you can geocode with StreetMap USA data Finding an address in the United States Geocoding a table of addresses with StreetMap USA data Rematching a geocoded feature class with StreetMap USA data Finding a route using StreetMap USA data About finding a route Pointing and clicking on your maps to assign stops Using a point layer for your stops Using addresses you enter for your stops Using a point graphic to assign stops GPS Support Tablet PC

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 An overview of the Geocoding toolbox Geocoding toolbox sample applications Tools Geostatistical Analyst toolbox Linear Referencing toolbox An overview of the Linear Referencing toolbox Understanding Linear Referencing Creating route data Creating and editing event data Linear Referencing sample applications Tools Calibrate Routes (Linear Referencing) Create Routes (Linear Referencing) Dissolve Route Events (Linear Referencing) Locate Features Along Routes (Linear Referencing) Make Route Event Layer (Linear Referencing) Overlay Route Events (Linear Referencing) Transform Route Events (Linear Referencing) Military Analyst toolbox Network Analyst toolbox Spatial Analyst toolbox Spatial Statistics toolbox An overview of the Spatial Statistics toolbox Modeling spatial relationships Spatial Statistics toolbox sample applications Analyzing Patterns toolset An overview of the Analyzing Patterns toolset Tools Mapping Clusters toolset An overview of the Mapping Clusters toolset Tools Measuring Geographic Distributions toolset Utilities toolset Samples toolbox Environment Settings General settings Coverage settings Geodatabase settings Raster Analysis settings Raster Geodatabase settings Pyramid Raster statistics Compression Tile size

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

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

ESRI Data & Maps

Extensions

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