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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop 9.0 What's new in ArcMap: other changes in version 9.0 What's new in ArcCatalog: other changes in version 9.0 What's new in ArcCatalog: General What's new in ArcCatalog: Data conversion tools What's new in ArcCatalog: Internet data What's new in ArcCatalog: Metadata What's new in ArcGIS Desktop extensions in version 9.0

Getting started

Desktop Administration

ArcCatalog

Getting started with ArcCatalog Building the Catalog 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 About tabular data sources Previewing the values in a table Changing how tables look Calculating statistics Sorting records in a table in ArcCatalog Finding values in a table Adding and deleting columns Creating new data sources from the values in a table Working with metadata About metadata Exploring an item's metadata Changing the default stylesheet Printing metadata Creating and updating metadata Writing documentation Importing and exporting metadata Editing metadata Using the FGDC metadata editor Using the ISO metadata editor Managing enclosures Requirements for publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service Adding information required by the ArcIMS Metadata Service Publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service Managing published metadata documents Changing a published document's properties 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 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

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Getting started with geocoding Understanding geocoding What is an address? The geocoding work flow The geocoding framework The process of geocoding Customization of the address locator Common geocoding tasks Preparing for geocoding Building an address locator Locating addresses Additional geocoding techniques Alternative searches The Alternate Name table tab The Alias Table dialog box Building an address locator for alternative searches Searching for an intersection Building a composite address locator 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 Exploring the address locator file Why change your address locator file? Changing default settings Changing default settings in the address locator template file Table schema and the locator file Accommodating alternative reference table schema Modifying the query Accommodating changes in the rule base files Using shapefiles and coverages as reference data ArcSDE address locator files

Linear referencing

Getting started with linear referencing Creating route data Displaying and querying routes and events Editing routes Creating and editing event data About creating and editing event data Creating event tables in ArcCatalog About overlaying event data Overlay events About aggregating event data Aggregating route events About transforming event measures Transforming event measures About locating features along routes Locating features along routes Editing event tables in ArcMap

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

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