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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Getting started

What is ArcGIS Desktop? ArcGIS geodatabase ArcGIS geoprocessing ArcGIS geovisualization ArcGIS Desktop extensions GIS data structure types Data types supported in ArcGIS

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 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 Searching for items Working with maps and layers About maps, layers, and graphs Opening a map from ArcCatalog Adding data to maps Creating a layer Creating a group layer Repairing the data sources in a layer Joining attributes to the layer's data 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 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

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Getting started with building a geodatabase Creating new items in geodatabases Importing data Topology Subtypes and attribute domains An overview of subtypes and attribute domains Browsing the attribute domains of a geodatabase Creating new attribute domains Modifying and deleting attribute domains Associating default values and domains with tables and feature classes Creating subtypes Modifying and deleting subtypes Defining a relationship class Geometric networks Managing annotation Dimensioning Working with a versioned geodatabase An overview of versioning Integrating versioning with your organization's work flow Registering data as versioned Creating and administering versions in ArcCatalog Working with versions in ArcMap Editing and conflict resolution Editing a version Versioning scenarios Disconnected editing Building geodatabases with CASE tools Building a raster 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 Distributing your address locator Adjusting your address locator file

Linear referencing

Map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Customizing the user interface

Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

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

Extensions

3D Analyst Getting started with 3D Analyst An overview of 3D Analyst Enabling the 3D Analyst extension Adding the 3D toolbars What can you do with 3D Analyst in ArcMap? What can you do with 3D Analyst in ArcCatalog? What can you do with ArcScene? Starting ArcScene from ArcCatalog What can you do with ArcGlobe? Choosing graphics cards for use with 3D Analyst Understanding 3D data About 3D data Feature data and 3D 3D data in ArcCatalog Previewing and navigating 3D data Surfaces and surface models TIN surfaces Raster surfaces About raster data in 3D Analyst The composition of a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Raster encoding in 3D Analyst Assigning attributes to a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Coordinate space and the raster dataset in 3D Analyst The resolution of a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Discrete and continuous data in 3D Analyst Representing features in a raster dataset in 3D Analyst Display environments in 3D 3D layer properties Displaying surfaces Displaying features and graphics Interactive tools on the 3D Analyst toolbar Animation 3D graphics and text 3D symbology ArcGlobe ArcScan ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Getting started with Survey Analyst An overview of Survey Analyst What can you do with Survey Analyst? Enabling the Survey Analyst extension Adding the survey toolbars to ArcMap Organizing survey data The survey dataset The survey project Creating survey datasets Creating survey projects Survey points, measurements, and spatial reference Importing survey measurements and points Using scalar references and defining measurement units Previewing survey data in ArcCatalog Exploring survey properties and metadata in ArcCatalog 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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