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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

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

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

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Getting started with map projections Geographic coordinate systems Projected coordinate systems Geographic transformations Supported 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

3D Analyst ArcScan ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Getting started with Maplex Using Maplex to set label positions Labeling point features Opening the placement properties dialog box for advanced labeling Selecting a point label placement style Setting an offset distance Setting label alignment using numeric field Setting user defined zones for point label placement Labeling Lines Placing labels for line features Offsetting a line feature label Setting label orientation Setting up repeat label Setting up the spread characters parameter Labeling streets Setting up street labeling Setting up spread words parameter Labeling polygons Selecting a polygon placement style Placing labels outside of polygons in case of conflict Avoiding interior polygons Stretching a label inside a polygon Advanced label placement settings Setting the unplaced label color Connecting line segments for labeling Allowing labels to be cut off by the map border Aligning the reading direction of North-South oriented labels Rotating labels with the data frame Labeling multipart polygons Buffering labels to reduce overlap Label fitting strategies Resolving label conflicts Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Getting started with Spatial Analyst Understanding raster data Solving spatial problems Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst The Raster Calculator Analysis concepts in Spatial Analyst Spatial Analyst functional reference Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst Getting started with Tracking Analyst Working with temporal data Symbolizing temporal data About symbolizing temporal data Symbolizing point data Symbolizing line data Symbolizing polygon data Symbolizing tracks Displaying temporal data Charting temporal data Creating and applying actions Working with real-time data

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