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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

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Desktop Administration

ArcCatalog

ArcMap

ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

Geoprocessing tool reference

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 Viewing attributes Adding attributes Deleting attributes Modifying attributes Copying and pasting attributes Editing with default values and attribute domains About updating data using SQL Spatial adjustment Editing geometric networks Editing relationships and related objects About editing relationships and related objects Editing relationships and related objects Editing annotation Editing dimension features

Geocoding

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 About 3D layer properties Creating 3D features Defining the z-values for a layer Converting z units to x,y units Offsetting the heights in a layer Controlling when a layer is rendered Using the 3D Effects toolbar 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 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 Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst Getting started with Tracking Analyst An overview of Tracking Analyst Enabling the Tracking Analyst extension Adding the Tracking Analyst toolbar to ArcMap Working with temporal data About temporal data Simple and complex temporal events Adding temporal data in ArcMap Adding temporal data with date conversion Adding a tracking shapefile from ArcView GIS 3 Adding complex temporal data Temporal layer properties Displaying the most current temporal event Setting temporal offset for a layer Saving and exporting temporal data Symbolizing temporal data About symbolizing temporal data Symbolizing point data Symbolizing line data Symbolizing polygon data Symbolizing tracks Displaying temporal data Charting temporal data Creating and applying actions About actions Applying actions to layers in ArcMap Working with real-time data About real-time data Setting up real-time connections in ArcCatalog Setting properties for tracking connections in ArcCatalog Setting properties for tracking services Applying actions to real-time data Applying custom VB actions in real time Adding real-time data in ArcMap

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