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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

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

Getting started with ArcCatalog Building the Catalog Managing the Catalog's contents Exploring an item's geography Previewing an item's geographic data Exploring data in Geography view Creating thumbnails Exploring the values in a table Working with metadata Searching for items Working with maps and layers Working with shapefiles Working with CAD data Working with coverages Working with rasters in ArcCatalog About raster data Properties of raster datasets Exploring geodatabase raster catalogs Tabular raster catalogs Initial display properties of a raster Setting the default band for a raster Defining a raster's coordinate system Calculating statistics for your raster dataset Creating raster pyramids Mosaicking rasters Raster display performance tuning Performance tuning for rasters in ArcSDE Choosing which raster formats will appear in ArcCatalog Supported raster formats Technical specifications for raster formats Pixel depth capacity

ArcMap

Getting started with ArcMap Creating maps Managing layers Symbolizing your data Working with text Working with graphics Laying out and printing maps Working with styles and symbols Working with tables About tables Opening a layer's attribute table Adding a table to a layout Loading existing tabular data onto a map Displaying tabular data Controlling a table's appearance Locating and viewing specific records in a table Sorting records in a table Selecting records in a table Exporting records Summarizing data in a table Adding and deleting fields in a table Editing attributes Making field calculations Working with date fields About joining attribute tables Joining attribute tables Looking at data with graphs Creating reports About reports Creating a simple report Setting the report type and size Working with fields Organizing report data Adding report elements Controlling the presentation of a report Saving and loading a report Using Crystal Reports Querying maps About querying maps Identifying features Displaying a Web page or document about a feature Making hyperlinks with relative pathnames Selecting features interactively Using Select by Attributes Using Select by Graphics About building an SQL expression SQL reference Selecting features according to their location Specifying how selected features highlight Displaying information about selected features Exporting features The Buffer Wizard versus ArcToolbox buffer tools How the Buffer Wizard works with coordinate systems Adding the Buffer Wizard to the Tools menu Using the Buffer Wizard to create buffers around features Using the Buffer Wizard to buffer from selected graphics Joining the attributes of features by their location Using selection layers Analyzing geometric networks Working with rasters in ArcMap Working with ArcPad An overview of ArcPad Adding the ArcPad toolbar About managing data in ArcPad Getting data for ArcPad Checking in edits from ArcPad Undoing a checkout for editing Working with StreetMap data GPS Support Getting started with ArcMap GPS Support Adding the GPS toolbar Connecting to a GPS device Simulating a connection to a GPS device Using the GPS Position window Changing the display options Keeping the current location in the view Adding a destination Writing GPS locations to a log Tablet PC An overview of Tablet PC ArcGIS and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition About the Tablet toolbar Adding the Tablet toolbar Pen tool Highlighter tool Eraser tool Finish Ink Sketch command Clear Ink Sketch command Add Ink to Edit Sketch command Recognize Ink Graphic command Reactivate the Selected Ink Graphic command Find Ink Graphic command Tablet Options button

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide An overview of commonly used tools Licensing for geoprocessing tools 3D Analyst toolbox Analysis toolbox Business Analyst toolbox Cartography toolbox Conversion toolbox Coverage toolbox An overview of the Coverage toolbox What is a coverage? About the coverage extent What are TICs? Coverage resolution Understanding attributes in a coverage How coverages are stored Coverage data limitations Summary of coverage feature classes Analysis toolset Conversion toolset Data Management toolset Data Management toolbox Geocoding toolbox Geostatistical Analyst toolbox Linear Referencing toolbox An overview of the Linear Referencing toolbox Understanding Linear Referencing Creating route data Creating and editing event data Linear Referencing sample applications Tools Military Analyst toolbox Network Analyst toolbox Spatial Analyst toolbox An overview of the Spatial Analyst toolbox Solving problems in Spatial Analyst Understanding raster data Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst Spatial Analyst toolbox sample applications Conditional toolset Density toolset Distance toolset Extraction toolset Generalization toolset Groundwater toolset Hydrology toolset Interpolation toolset Local toolset Map Algebra toolset Math toolset Multivariate toolset Neighborhood toolset Overlay toolset (Spatial Analyst) Raster creation toolset Reclass toolset Surface toolset Zonal toolset Spatial Statistics toolbox An overview of the Spatial Statistics toolbox Modeling spatial relationships Spatial Statistics toolbox sample applications Analyzing Patterns toolset Mapping Clusters toolset Measuring Geographic Distributions toolset Utilities toolset Samples toolbox Environment Settings

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Getting started with map projections An overview of map projections Geographic coordinate systems Projected coordinate systems About projected coordinate systems About map projections Projection types Planar projections Conic projections Cylindrical projections Other projections Projection parameters Geographic transformations Geographic transformation methods Equation-based methods Grid-based methods Supported 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 Europe Mexico World StreetMap USA Image data United States (census) United States (hydrography) United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States (transportation)

Extensions

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