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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Getting started

Desktop Administration

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 Working with metadata Searching for items About search results Finding items using the Search tool Searching with geographic criteria Searching with temporal criteria Searching with keywords Exploring the results of your search Modifying the search results 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

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

An overview of geoprocessing Getting started with geoprocessing 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 Introducing model building Using the ModelBuilder window

Geoprocessing tool reference

Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide An overview of commonly used tools Licensing for geoprocessing tools 3D Analyst toolbox An overview of the 3D Analyst toolbox Understanding 3D data Concepts of surface analysis Working with TIN surfaces Working with raster surfaces 3D visualization 3D Analyst Conversion toolset An overview of the 3D Analyst Conversion toolset Converting rasters and TINs Converting TINs to features Tools Functional Surface toolset Overview of the Functional Surface toolset Understanding the shape of a surface Analyze Visibility Create 3D features Find the volume contained in a surface Tools Raster Interpolation toolset Raster Math toolset An overview of the Raster Math toolset Mathematical operations and functions in 3D Analyst Tools Divide (3D Analyst) Float (3D Analyst) Int (3D Analyst) Minus (3D Analyst) Plus (3D Analyst) Times (3D Analyst) Raster Reclass toolset Raster Surface toolset An overview of the Raster Surface toolset Creating contours in 3D Analyst Calculating slope in 3D Analyst Determining aspect in 3D Analyst Producing a hillshade in 3D Analyst Understanding cut/fill volumetric analysis in 3D Analyst Performing a viewshed analysis in 3D Analyst Tools TIN Creation toolset TIN Surface toolset An overview of the TIN Surface toolset Measuring aspect Understanding slope Working with contours Tools Analysis toolbox Business Analyst toolbox Cartography toolbox Conversion toolbox An overview of the Conversion toolbox From Raster toolset To CAD toolset To Coverage toolset To dBASE toolset To Geodatabase toolset To Raster toolset To Shapefile toolset Coverage toolbox Data Management toolbox Geocoding toolbox Geostatistical Analyst toolbox An overview of the Geostatistical Analyst toolbox Understanding geostatistical analysis Working with a geostatistical layer Creating a grid from a geostatistical layer Geostatistical Analyst toolbox sample applications Tools Linear Referencing toolbox Military Analyst toolbox Network Analyst toolbox Spatial Analyst toolbox Spatial Statistics toolbox Samples toolbox Environment Settings

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts Accessing tools within a geoprocessing script Running tools in a geoprocessing script Using environment settings Access to licensing and extensions in a geoprocessing script Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts Messaging and script tools Data properties and access when scripting Scripting Object: Properties and methods

Customizing the user interface

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

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