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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

ArcCatalog

ArcMap

ArcReader

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 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 Using the ModelBuilder window

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 Copying parallel line features Creating buffers Mirroring features Creating and exploding multipart features Combining features from different layers Intersecting features Editing existing features Editing topology Editing attributes Spatial adjustment Editing geometric networks Editing relationships and related objects Editing annotation Editing dimension features About editing dimension features Creating dimension features Modifying a dimension feature's geometry and style

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Getting started with linear referencing Creating route data About route data Creating route feature classes About merging linear features to create routes Creating routes from existing lines About calibrating route measures using points Calibrating routes with points Special considerations for geodatabases Migrating route data to a geodatabase Displaying and querying routes and events Editing routes Creating and editing event data

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

Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps Canada Canada FSA postal centroids Canada Highways Canada Indian Reserves Canada Major Cities Canada Middle Cities Canada Municipalities Canada National Parks Canada Provinces Canada Provincial Parks Canada Railways Canada Regional Municipalities Canada Telephone Area Code Boundaries Canada Water Bodies Europe Europe Cities Europe Countries Europe Ferries Europe Level 1 Provinces Europe Level 2 Provinces Europe Level 3 Provinces Europe Major Roads Europe Major Water Europe NUTS 0 Demographics Europe NUTS 1 Demographics Europe NUTS 2 Demographics Europe NUTS 3 Demographics Europe Places Europe Railroads Europe Railroad Stations Europe Roads Europe Urbanized Areas Europe Water Germany ZIP Code Areas (one-digit) Germany ZIP Code Areas (two-digit) Germany ZIP Code Areas (five-digit) Mexico World StreetMap USA Image data United States (census) United States (hydrography) United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States National Atlas Federal and Indian Land Areas United States National Atlas Federal Land Lines United States National Atlas Public Land Survey U.S. State Plane Zones (NAD 1927) U.S. State Plane Zones (NAD 1983) USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:100,000) USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:24,000) USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:250,000) United States (transportation)

Extensions

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