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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Getting started

What is ArcGIS Desktop? ArcGIS geodatabase ArcGIS geoprocessing ArcGIS geovisualization ArcGIS Desktop extensions GIS data structure types Data types supported in ArcGIS

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

An overview of ArcReader Table of contents, data frames, and layers Getting help in ArcReader Starting ArcReader Opening a map in ArcReader Controlling the look and feel of ArcReader Viewing a map in data view and layout view Using the ArcReader table of contents Working with data frames and layers Moving around on the map Moving around a 3D globe Using spatial bookmarks Opening the magnifier window Exploring data and features on a map ArcReader messages Printing from ArcReader Closing and exiting ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Getting started with editing in ArcMap An overview of editing in ArcMap The structure of vector datasets The sketch construction tools Shortcut keys for editing in ArcMap Adding the editing toolbars Adding the data you want to edit Starting and stopping an edit session Selecting features Moving features Rotating features Deleting features Copying and pasting features Setting the number of decimal places displayed for measurements About editing your geodatabase in ArcMap Creating new features Using a digitizer 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 Splitting lines and polygons Trimming lines Extending lines Flipping lines Dividing lines with points Reshaping lines and polygons using a sketch Adding and deleting vertices Moving vertices Changing the properties of a sketch Scaling features Clipping features Stretching a feature's geometry proportionately Smoothing and generalizing features Editing topology Editing attributes Viewing attributes Adding attributes Deleting attributes Modifying attributes Copying and pasting attributes Editing with default values and attribute domains About updating data using SQL 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

Getting started with geocoding Understanding geocoding Preparing for geocoding Building an address locator Locating addresses Additional geocoding techniques Keeping an address locator current Updating your reference data Versioned data and the geocoding index Rebuilding geocoding indexes Distributing your address locator Adjusting your address locator file

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 Getting started with 3D Analyst An overview of 3D Analyst Enabling the 3D Analyst extension Adding the 3D toolbars What can you do with 3D Analyst in ArcMap? What can you do with 3D Analyst in ArcCatalog? What can you do with ArcScene? Starting ArcScene from ArcCatalog What can you do with ArcGlobe? Choosing graphics cards for use with 3D Analyst Understanding 3D data About 3D data Feature data and 3D 3D data in ArcCatalog Previewing and navigating 3D data Surfaces and surface models TIN surfaces Raster surfaces Display environments in 3D 3D layer properties About 3D layer properties Creating 3D features Defining the z-values for a layer Converting z units to x,y units Offsetting the heights in a layer Controlling when a layer is rendered Using the 3D Effects toolbar Displaying surfaces Displaying features and graphics Interactive tools on the 3D Analyst toolbar Animation 3D graphics and text About 3D graphics and text The 3D Graphics toolbar Digitizing 3D text Changing properties of selected graphic elements Changing defaults for the way graphics appear Working with graphics layers 3D symbology ArcGlobe ArcScan ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Getting started with MOLE About MOLE Installation and setup The Military Overlay Editor toolbar Adding the Military Overlay Editor toolbar Symbol ID code MOLE symbols MOLE layers The MOLE Symbol Editor Labels and MOLE attribute data The Layer Properties dialog box MOLE Symbol Editor MOLE geodatabases Adding MOLE symbols in ArcMap Controlling the MOLE display Using MOLE with other ESRI products Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst

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