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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

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 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 About shapefiles, dBASE tables, and file types Creating new shapefiles and dBASE tables Adding and deleting attributes Creating and updating indexes Defining a shapefile's coordinate system 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 Basics of making maps Creating a new map Adding layers to a map Adding coverages, shapefiles, and geodatabases to a map Adding data from the Internet Adding data from a GIS server Adding TINs as surfaces Adding CAD drawings About coordinate systems and map projections Specifying a coordinate system About creating interactive maps Referencing data in the map Applying a coordinate transformation to a CAD layer About displaying layers About presenting attribute data About map scale Map layout About the map tools About World files Adding x,y coordinate data to a map 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 About looking at data with graphs Types of graphs Creating a graph Displaying a graph Modifying a graph Creating a static copy of a graph Managing graphs Saving and loading a graph Exporting a graph 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

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 Data Management toolbox Geocoding toolbox Geostatistical Analyst toolbox Linear Referencing toolbox Military Analyst toolbox Network Analyst toolbox Spatial Analyst toolbox Spatial Statistics toolbox Samples toolbox Environment Settings

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Getting started with geocoding An overview of geocoding Definition of the address locator 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 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

Getting started with linear referencing An overview of linear referencing The need for linear referencing About storing features as relative locations Segmented data Routes and measures Route locations and route events Linear referencing and topology Adding the Route Editing toolbar Accessing the Route Events Geoprocessing wizard Accessing the Create Routes wizard Accessing the Calibrate Routes wizard 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

Getting started with map projections Geographic coordinate systems Projected coordinate systems Geographic transformations 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

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

Getting started migrating from ArcInfo Workstation Creating your ArcInfo Workstation migration plan Phase 1: Requirements prior to migration from ArcInfo Workstation Phase 2: Designing the geodatabase when migrating from ArcInfo Workstation Phase 3: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation data Phase 4: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation processes

ESRI Data & Maps

Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps Canada Europe Mexico Mexico Cities Mexico Contours Mexico Municipalities Mexico Railroads Mexico Rivers and Streams Mexico Roads Mexico States Mexico Urban Areas Mexico Water Bodies World StreetMap USA About StreetMap USA Image data United States (census) United States (hydrography) United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States (transportation)

Extensions

3D Analyst ArcScan Getting started with ArcScan Raster tracing Batch vectorization Cell selection Raster cleanup Vectorization options and settings ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Getting started with MOLE MOLE geodatabases Adding MOLE symbols in ArcMap 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 Performing network analysis Migrating to ArcGIS Network Analyst Network Analyst tools reference Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Getting started with Survey Analyst Organizing survey data Visualizing survey data Using the Survey Explorer Using computations Editing feature geometry Analyzing and editing survey data Managing shared survey data Tracking Analyst

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