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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

ArcMap

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Customizing the user interface

Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

Comparing ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9 ArcView terminology ArcView GIS extensions at 9 Importing an ArcView GIS 3 project into ArcMap Importing an ArcView GIS 3 legend into ArcMap Working with tables in ArcView 9 New features and functionality beyond ArcView GIS 3 ArcView 9 and the geodatabase ArcView 9 import tools

Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

ESRI Data & Maps

Extensions

3D Analyst ArcScan ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Getting started with Geostatistical Analyst The principles of Geostatistical Analyst Overview of the interpolation techniques implemented in Geostatistical Analyst Understanding deterministic methods Analyzing the surface properties of nearby locations Visualizing polynomial interpolation Visualizing Radial Basis Functions Random processes with dependence Geostatistical solutions Searching neighborhood Kriging in Geostatistical Analyst Creating the empirical semivariogram Binning the empirical semivariogram Empirical semivariograms for different directions Choosing the lag size Modeling a semivariogram Understanding a semivariogram: the range, sill, and nugget Fitting a model to the empirical semivariogram Accounting for directional influences Combining semivariogram models Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) Deterministic methods Deterministic methods for spatial interpolation How Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) interpolation works Creating a map using IDW How Global Polynomial interpolation works Creating a map using Global Polynomial interpolation How Local Polynomial interpolation works Creating a map using Local Polynomial interpolation How Radial Basis Functions (RBF) work Creating a map using Radial Basis Functions Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques Using analytical tools when generating surfaces Displaying and managing geostatistical layers Additional geostatistical analysis tools Maplex Getting started with Maplex Using Maplex to set label positions Label fitting strategies Resolving label conflicts Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Getting started with MOLE MOLE geodatabases Adding MOLE symbols in ArcMap Working with force elements and tactical graphics Working with MOLE symbols in ArcMap Symbology rendering in MOLE Controlling the MOLE display Using MOLE with other ESRI products Network Analyst Getting started with Network Analyst Network dataset concepts Designing the network dataset Building and editing the network dataset Creating a network dataset Building network datasets The network dataset layer Displaying network datasets Identifying network elements Editing network datasets Creating a turn feature class Migrating turn data Creating a new turn feature Editing turn features Adding and removing turn feature class fields Other edits affecting turns Performing network analysis Types of network analyses Network analysis work flow Network locations Load locations from a feature layer Finding the best route Finding a service area Finding the closest facility Creating an OD cost matrix Network Analyst solver behavior Routing with hierarchy Routing with time windows Migrating to ArcGIS Network Analyst Network Analyst tools reference Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst

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