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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

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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 The Contents tab Working in Details view Changing the columns in Details view Modifying the default settings for exploring contents Exploring an item's properties Organizing your data Converting data to a different format Exploring an item's geography Exploring the values in a table About tabular data sources Previewing the values in a table Changing how tables look Calculating statistics Sorting records in a table in ArcCatalog Finding values in a table Adding and deleting columns Creating new data sources from 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 Working with CAD data Working with coverages About coverages and INFO tables Creating a new coverage Creating a new INFO table Generating topology Defining a coverage's coordinate system Modifying a coverage's tics Modifying a coverage's extent Setting a coverage's tolerances Maintaining attributes About relationships and relationship classes Creating a coverage relationship class Working with rasters in ArcCatalog

ArcMap

Getting started with ArcMap 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 An overview of working with text Adding new text to a map Working with data frame contents in layout view Organizing annotation into groups About labeling Displaying labels Prioritizing and positioning labels Specifying the text of labels About building label expressions Using text formatting tags About annotation Using feature-linked annotation A comparison of annotation groups vs. geodatabase annotation About coverage annotation pseudo items Displaying geodatabase annotation Displaying CAD and VPF annotation About editing CAD and VPF annotation Displaying coverage and SDE 3 annotation About editing coverage and SDE 3 annotation Displaying MapTips Working with graphics Laying out and printing maps Working with styles and symbols Working with tables About tables Opening a layer's attribute table Adding a table to a layout Loading existing tabular data onto a map Displaying tabular data Controlling a table's appearance Locating and viewing specific records in a table Sorting records in a table Selecting records in a table Exporting records Summarizing data in a table Adding and deleting fields in a table Editing attributes Making field calculations Working with date fields About joining attribute tables Joining attribute 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 Geometric networks and ArcMap Opening a geometric network Symbolizing network features Adding network features Enabling and disabling features Adding the Utility Network Analyst toolbar About the Utility Network Analyst toolbar Flow direction in a network Displaying flow direction Setting flow direction About tracing on networks Tracing operations Working with rasters in ArcMap Working with ArcPad Working with StreetMap data GPS Support Tablet PC An overview of Tablet PC ArcGIS and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition About the Tablet toolbar Adding the Tablet toolbar Pen tool Highlighter tool Eraser tool Finish Ink Sketch command Clear Ink Sketch command Add Ink to Edit Sketch command Recognize Ink Graphic command Reactivate the Selected Ink Graphic command Find Ink Graphic command Tablet Options button

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

An overview of geoprocessing Getting started with geoprocessing Working with toolboxes Working with toolsets and tools Specifying environment settings An overview of environment settings Specifying settings for the application Specifying environment settings for a model Specifying environment settings for a process Specifying general settings Specifying coverage settings About coverage precision Specifying geodatabase settings Specifying raster geodatabase settings Specifying raster analysis settings Using the Command Line window Introducing model building An overview of model building What is a model? What is the ModelBuilder window? About building models A model building example Creating a new model Using the ModelBuilder window

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

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

3D Analyst Getting started with 3D Analyst An overview of 3D Analyst Enabling the 3D Analyst extension Adding the 3D toolbars What can you do with 3D Analyst in ArcMap? What can you do with 3D Analyst in ArcCatalog? What can you do with ArcScene? Starting ArcScene from ArcCatalog What can you do with ArcGlobe? Choosing graphics cards for use with 3D Analyst Understanding 3D data About 3D data Feature data and 3D 3D data in ArcCatalog Previewing and navigating 3D data Surfaces and surface models TIN surfaces Raster surfaces About raster data in 3D Analyst The composition of a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Raster encoding in 3D Analyst Assigning attributes to a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Coordinate space and the raster dataset in 3D Analyst The resolution of a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Discrete and continuous data in 3D Analyst Representing features in a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Display environments in 3D About display environments in 3D The camera, the observer, and the target Creating a scene Managing scene viewers Changing the viewer settings Navigating through a scene using the Fly tool Navigating through a globe using the Walk tool Setting 3D bookmarks Scene properties Changing the vertical exaggeration Using animated rotation Changing the background color Changing the scene illumination Changing the scene extent Changing the scene coordinate system Viewing in stereo mode Saving a scene Exporting a scene Printing a scene 3D layer properties Displaying surfaces Displaying features and graphics Interactive tools on the 3D Analyst toolbar Animation 3D graphics and text About 3D graphics and text The 3D Graphics toolbar Digitizing 3D text Changing properties of selected graphic elements Changing defaults for the way graphics appear Working with graphics layers 3D symbology About 3D symbology About 3D symbols About 3D styles Using the 3D Symbol Property Editor Altering the placement of a 3D symbol Offsetting a 3D symbol Scaling the size of 3D symbols Using 3D styles to assign symbology Symbolizing points with 3D symbols Symbolizing lines with 3D symbols Symbolizing polygon fills with 3D symbols Saving the current styles in 3D Analyst Organizing 3D style contents Creating and modifying 3D symbols and elements ArcGlobe ArcScan ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Getting started with Maplex An overview of labels and annotation Better labeling with label classes and label expressions Using text formatting tags for labeling Using the map cache to improve geodatabase labeling performance Labeling features of a layer Labeling features of a layer using label classes Creating label classes based on symbology classification Creating label expressions Managing the labels on your map Label placement properties Enabling the Maplex Labeling Engine Setting label placement properties using the Label Manager Setting label ranking Locking the labels in an area Showing unplaced labels Changing the label placement quality Using Maplex to set label positions Label fitting strategies Resolving label conflicts Feature priority Preventing labels from overlapping certain feature classes Setting labels to be background labels Removing duplicate labels within a given radius Making sure all of the labels for a label class are placed 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 Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Getting started with Survey Analyst 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 About editing feature geometry Survey-aware feature classes Using the edit sketch Using COGO computations with the edit sketch Linking survey points to feature geometry Breaking links between survey points and features Updating features Analyzing and editing survey data About modeling survey object dependencies About analyzing and editing survey data About computation networks About survey points and coordinates Analyzing and computing the active network Survey point and coordinate analysis Scenarios for point and coordinate analysis Editing survey objects 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 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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