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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

ArcReader

An overview of ArcReader Table of contents, data frames, and layers Getting help in ArcReader Starting ArcReader Opening a map in ArcReader Controlling the look and feel of ArcReader Viewing a map in data view and layout view Using the ArcReader table of contents Working with data frames and layers Moving around on the map Moving around a 3D globe Using spatial bookmarks Opening the magnifier window Exploring data and features on a map ArcReader messages Printing from ArcReader Closing and exiting 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 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 What is a geometric network? Geometric networks and ArcCatalog An overview of creating geometric networks Network connectivity rules Creating a new geometric network Building a geometric network from existing simple feature classes Creating new feature classes for your geometric network Establishing connectivity rules Managing a geometric network About Verify Network tools and commands Identifying network build errors Managing annotation Dimensioning About dimensioning Dimensions and ArcCatalog Dimensions in the geodatabase Creating dimension feature classes Creating and managing dimension styles Working with a versioned geodatabase Disconnected editing Building geodatabases with CASE tools Building a raster geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Getting started with map projections An overview of map projections Geographic coordinate systems Projected coordinate systems Geographic transformations Supported map projections List of supported map projections Aitoff Alaska Grid Alaska Series E Albers Equal Area Conic Azimuthal Equidistant Behrmann Equal Area Cylindrical Bipolar Oblique Conformal Conic Bonne Cassini-Soldner Chamberlin Trimetric Craster Parabolic Cube Cylindrical Equal Area Double Stereographic Eckert I Eckert II Eckert III Eckert IV Eckert V Eckert VI Equidistant Conic Equidistant Cylindrical Equirectangular Fuller Gall's Stereographic Gauss-Kruger Geocentric Coordinate System Geographic Coordinate System Gnomonic Great Britain National Grid Hammer-Aitoff Hotine Oblique Mercator Krovak Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area Lambert Conformal Conic Local Cartesian Projection Loximuthal McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic Mercator Miller Cylindrical Mollweide New Zealand National Grid Orthographic Perspective Plate Carree Polar Stereographic Polyconic Quartic Authalic Rectified Skewed Orthomorphic Robinson Simple Conic Sinusoidal Space Oblique Mercator State Plane Coordinate System Stereographic Times Transverse Mercator Two-Point Equidistant Universal Polar Stereographic Universal Transverse Mercator Van der Grinten I Vertical Near-Side Perspective Winkel I Winkel II Winkel Tripel

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Customizing the user interface

Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

Comparing ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9 ArcView terminology ArcView GIS extensions at 9 Importing an ArcView GIS 3 project into ArcMap Importing an ArcView GIS 3 legend into ArcMap Working with tables in ArcView 9 New features and functionality beyond ArcView GIS 3 ArcView 9 and the geodatabase ArcView 9 import tools

Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

ESRI Data & Maps

Extensions

3D Analyst ArcScan ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Getting started with MOLE MOLE geodatabases Adding MOLE symbols in ArcMap Controlling the MOLE display Using MOLE with other ESRI products Adding MOLE symbols with the Coordinate tool Using MOLE layers in ArcGIS Tracking Analyst Creating a MOLE temporal layer in ArcGIS Tracking Analyst Using MOLE with ArcSDE Using MOLE with ArcIMS Sample MOLE mission planning map Exporting MOLE layers to ArcSDE Versioning with MOLE Using MOLE with ArcGlobe Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst Getting started with Tracking Analyst Working with temporal data Symbolizing temporal data Displaying temporal data Charting temporal data Creating and applying actions Working with real-time data About real-time data Setting up real-time connections in ArcCatalog Setting properties for tracking connections in ArcCatalog Setting properties for tracking services Applying actions to real-time data Applying custom VB actions in real time Adding real-time data in ArcMap

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