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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 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

ArcCatalog

ArcMap

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a 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 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 Spatial adjustment Editing geometric networks Editing relationships and related objects Editing annotation Editing dimension features

Geocoding

Getting started with geocoding Understanding geocoding Preparing for geocoding Building an address locator Locating addresses Additional geocoding techniques Keeping an address locator current Distributing your address locator Sharing elements of the geocoding framework Deciding to share an address locator Collecting address locator related files Making your address locator public Accessing distributed address locators Adjusting your address locator file Exploring the address locator file Why change your address locator file? Changing default settings Changing default settings in the address locator template file Table schema and the locator file Accommodating alternative reference table schema Modifying the query Accommodating changes in the rule base files Using shapefiles and coverages as reference data ArcSDE address locator files

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

ESRI Data & Maps

Extensions

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