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What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

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ArcCatalog

Getting started with ArcCatalog Building the Catalog About folders and file types Managing folder connections Geodatabases and their contents Creating and accessing geodatabases Creating spatial database connections Adding OLE DB connections About GIS servers and services Connecting to GIS servers Working with database connections Hiding folders and items Changing a data format's properties Working with file types 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 Working with maps and layers Working with shapefiles Working with CAD data About CAD data Defining a coordinate system for CAD data Supported AutoCAD entities and MicroStation elements 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

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 About styles Finding the styles you need Creating new symbols and map elements Modifying symbols and map elements Saving the current styles Organizing style contents Creating line symbols Creating fill symbols Creating marker symbols Creating text symbols Working with color Working with color ramps Working with tables Looking at data with graphs Creating reports Querying maps Analyzing geometric networks Working with rasters in ArcMap Working with ArcPad Working with StreetMap data GPS Support Tablet PC

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Getting started with linear referencing Creating route data Displaying and querying routes and events Editing routes Creating and editing event data

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

Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps Canada Canada FSA postal centroids Canada Highways Canada Indian Reserves Canada Major Cities Canada Middle Cities Canada Municipalities Canada National Parks Canada Provinces Canada Provincial Parks Canada Railways Canada Regional Municipalities Canada Telephone Area Code Boundaries Canada Water Bodies Europe Mexico World StreetMap USA About StreetMap USA Image data United States (census) United States 108th Congressional Districts United States 109th Congressional Districts United States Census Block Centroid Populations United States Census Block Groups United States Census Feature Class Codes (table) United States Cenus Tracts United States Census Urbanized Areas United States Cities United States Core Based Statistical Areas United States Counties United States Counties (generalized) United States County Boundaries United States Country Population Estimates 1990 (table) United States Country Population Estimates 2000 (table) United States National Atlas Cities United States National Atlas Urbanized Areas United States Populated Place Areas United States Populated Place Points United States States United States States (generalized) United States State Boundaries United States Telephone Area Code Boundaries United States ZIP Code Areas (three-digit) United States ZIP Code Areas (five-digit) United States ZIP Code Points United States (hydrography) United States Drainage Systems United States Lakes United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas United States National Atlas Water Feature Lines United States Rivers (generalized) United States Rivers and Streams United States Water Bodies United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States (transportation)

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