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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 Quick ArcMap tips and tricks What's new in ArcMap: Geoprocessing What's new in ArcMap: Printing maps What's new in ArcMap: Table of contents What's new in ArcMap: Map documents What's new in ArcMap: Data frames What's new in ArcMap: Layers What's new in ArcMap: Group layers What's new in ArcMap: Selection What's new in ArcMap: Tables What's new in ArcMap: Identify tool What's new in ArcMap: Symbology What's new in ArcMap: Elements What's new in ArcMap: Editing What's new in ArcMap: Internet data What's new in ArcMap: Linear referencing What's new in ArcMap: GPS support What's new in ArcMap: Miscellaneous What's new in ArcCatalog: other changes in version 9.0 What's new in ArcGIS Desktop extensions in version 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

ArcCatalog

Getting started with ArcCatalog Building the Catalog Managing the Catalog's contents Exploring an item's geography Previewing an item's geographic data Exploring data in Geography view Creating thumbnails Exploring 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 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

An overview of geoprocessing Getting started with geoprocessing Working with toolboxes Working with toolsets and tools Specifying environment settings An overview of environment settings Specifying settings for the application Specifying environment settings for a model Specifying environment settings for a process Specifying general settings Specifying coverage settings About coverage precision Specifying geodatabase settings Specifying raster geodatabase settings Specifying raster analysis settings Using the Command Line window Introducing model building An overview of model building What is a model? What is the ModelBuilder window? About building models A model building example Creating a new model Using the ModelBuilder window

Geoprocessing tool reference

Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide An overview of commonly used tools Licensing for geoprocessing tools 3D Analyst toolbox An overview of the 3D Analyst toolbox Understanding 3D data Concepts of surface analysis Working with TIN surfaces Working with raster surfaces 3D visualization 3D Analyst Conversion toolset An overview of the 3D Analyst Conversion toolset Converting rasters and TINs Converting TINs to features Tools Functional Surface toolset Raster Interpolation toolset An overview of the Raster Interpolation toolset Understanding raster interpolation Implementing Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) in 3D Analyst Applying a spline interpolation in 3D Analyst Performing trend analysis in 3D Analyst Using Kriging in 3D Analyst Raster Interpolation toolset sample applications Tools Raster Math toolset An overview of the Raster Math toolset Mathematical operations and functions in 3D Analyst Tools Raster Reclass toolset Raster Surface toolset TIN Creation toolset An overview of the TIN Creation toolset Creating and editing TINs Tools TIN Surface toolset An overview of the TIN Surface toolset Measuring aspect Understanding slope Working with contours Tools Analysis toolbox An overview of the Analysis toolbox Comparison poster of Overlay and Extract Tools Analysis toolbox sample applications Extract toolset Overlay toolset Proximity toolset Statistics toolset Business Analyst toolbox Cartography toolbox Conversion toolbox An overview of the Conversion toolbox From Raster toolset To CAD toolset To Coverage toolset An overview of the To Coverage toolset Working with coverages and INFO tables Tools To dBASE toolset To Geodatabase toolset An overview of the To Geodatabase toolset Understanding geodatabases When to use the Import from CAD tool Importing coverage and CAD annotation Tools To Raster toolset An overview of the To Raster toolset Converting features to raster data Converting a DEM to a raster dataset Tools To Shapefile toolset An overview of the To Shapefile toolset Tools Coverage toolbox Data Management toolbox Geocoding toolbox An overview of the Geocoding toolbox Geocoding toolbox sample applications Tools Geostatistical Analyst toolbox Linear Referencing toolbox An overview of the Linear Referencing toolbox Understanding Linear Referencing Creating route data Creating and editing event data Linear Referencing sample applications Tools Calibrate Routes (Linear Referencing) Create Routes (Linear Referencing) Dissolve Route Events (Linear Referencing) Locate Features Along Routes (Linear Referencing) Make Route Event Layer (Linear Referencing) Overlay Route Events (Linear Referencing) Transform Route Events (Linear Referencing) Military Analyst toolbox Network Analyst toolbox Spatial Analyst toolbox Spatial Statistics toolbox An overview of the Spatial Statistics toolbox Modeling spatial relationships Spatial Statistics toolbox sample applications Analyzing Patterns toolset Mapping Clusters toolset An overview of the Mapping Clusters toolset Tools Measuring Geographic Distributions toolset Utilities toolset An overview of the Utilities toolset Tools Samples toolbox Environment Settings

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Getting started with editing in ArcMap Creating new features Using a digitizer About digitizing An overview of preparing to digitize Registering the paper map Digitizing features on a paper map Creating features from other features Copying parallel line features Creating buffers Mirroring features Creating and exploding multipart features Combining features from different layers Intersecting features Editing existing features Splitting lines and polygons Trimming lines Extending lines Flipping lines Dividing lines with points Reshaping lines and polygons using a sketch Adding and deleting vertices Moving vertices Changing the properties of a sketch Scaling features Clipping features Stretching a feature's geometry proportionately Smoothing and generalizing features Editing topology Editing attributes Spatial adjustment Editing geometric networks Editing relationships and related objects Editing annotation Editing dimension features

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 Keeping an address locator current Distributing your address locator Sharing elements of the geocoding framework Deciding to share an address locator Collecting address locator related files Making your address locator public Accessing distributed address locators 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

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

Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

ESRI Data & Maps

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 Adding MOLE symbols with the Coordinate tool Using MOLE layers in ArcGIS Tracking Analyst Creating a MOLE temporal layer in ArcGIS Tracking Analyst Using MOLE with ArcSDE Using MOLE with ArcIMS Sample MOLE mission planning map Exporting MOLE layers to ArcSDE Versioning with MOLE Using MOLE with ArcGlobe Network Analyst Getting started with Network Analyst Network dataset concepts What is a network dataset? Network elements Understanding connectivity Understanding the network attribute Types of evaluators used by a network Turns in the network dataset Setting Directions Designing the network dataset Building and editing the network dataset 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 Getting started with Spatial Analyst Understanding raster data About raster data in Spatial Analyst The composition of a raster dataset Raster encoding Assigning attributes to a raster dataset Coordinate space and the raster dataset The resolution of a raster dataset Discrete and continuous data Floating point and integer data Representing features in a raster dataset Solving spatial problems Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst The Raster Calculator Analysis concepts in Spatial Analyst Spatial Analyst functional reference Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst

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