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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

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ArcMap

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Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

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 Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts Messaging and script tools About geoprocessing script messages Using AMLs with script tools Data properties and access when scripting Describing data in a geoprocessing script Data access using cursors in a geoprocessing script Working with geodatabases in a geoprocessing script Scripting Object: Properties and methods

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 Europe Mexico World StreetMap USA Image data United States (census) United States (hydrography) United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States (transportation)

Extensions

3D Analyst ArcScan Getting started with ArcScan Raster tracing Batch vectorization Cell selection Raster cleanup About preparing raster data for vectorization Starting and stopping the raster cleanup session Using the raster cleanup commands Using the Raster Painting tools Vectorization options and settings 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 What are geostatistical interpolation techniques? Understanding different kriging models Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques Creating a Kriging map using defaults Understanding Ordinary Kriging Understanding Simple Kriging Understanding Universal Kriging Understanding output surface types Understanding transformations and trends Creating a map using Ordinary Kriging Creating a map using Simple Kriging Creating a map using Universal Kriging Understanding thresholds Understanding Indicator Kriging Understanding Probability Kriging Creating a map using Indicator Kriging Creating a map using Probability Kriging Understanding Disjunctive Kriging Creating a map using Disjunctive Kriging Understanding cokriging Creating a map using cokriging 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 Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst

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