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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

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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

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Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

An overview of geoprocessing Getting started with geoprocessing An overview of geoprocessing in ArcGIS Introducing geoprocessing methods Working with data Results from running tools Saving and loading geoprocessing settings Keeping track of geoprocessing operations Sharing your geoprocessing work Working with toolboxes An overview of toolboxes Opening and docking the ArcToolbox window Locating system toolboxes Creating new toolboxes Managing toolboxes Copying and pasting toolboxes Dragging and dropping toolboxes Adding toolboxes Deleting and removing toolboxes Renaming toolboxes Refreshing toolboxes Viewing the location and alias of a toolbox Saving toolboxes within a map document Adding documentation to toolboxes Exporting toolbox documentation to an HTML file Toolbox Help: Referencing a compiled Help file Viewing documentation for toolboxes Rules for 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 An overview of the Command Line window Starting the Command Line window Working with the command line About variables Creating variables Managing variables Introducing model building 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

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 Getting started with Geostatistical Analyst The principles of Geostatistical Analyst Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) Deterministic methods Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques Using analytical tools when generating surfaces Using analytical tools when generating surfaces About determining neighborhood search size Determining neighborhood search size Semivariograms and covariance functions Empirical semivariograms and covariance functions Understanding measurement error Using the empirical data to estimate theoretical models: Crosscovariance models Anisotropy: Directional semivariograms and covariance functions Modeling semivariograms and covariance functions Box-Cox, Arcsine, and Log transformations Normal score transformation Using Box-Cox, Arcsine, and Log transformations Using normal score transformations (NST) Comparing normal score transformation to other transformations Implementing declustering to adjust for preferential sampling Performing declustering to adjust for preferential sampling About checking for the bivariate normal distribution Checking for bivariate normal distribution Removing trends from the data Removing global and local trends from the data: detrending Performing cross-validation and validation Performing cross-validation to assess parameter selections Comparing models Comparing one model with another Assessing decision protocol using validation Displaying and managing geostatistical layers Additional geostatistical analysis tools Additional geostatistical analysis tools Changing the parameters of a geostatistical layer: Method Properties Predicting values for specified locations Performing validation on a geostatistical layer created from a subset Maplex Military Analyst Getting started with Military Analyst Data Management Coordinate tool Terrain Analysis tools Geodesy tools The conversion tools MA catalog wireframe symbology Military Analyst in ArcGlobe Military Analyst tools reference Military Overlay Editor Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst 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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