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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Getting started

Desktop Administration

ArcCatalog

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 Using the Command Line window Introducing model building Using the ModelBuilder window

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

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

ESRI Data & Maps

Extensions

3D Analyst ArcScan ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Getting started with Geostatistical Analyst The principles of Geostatistical Analyst Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) Deterministic methods Deterministic methods for spatial interpolation How Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) interpolation works Creating a map using IDW How Global Polynomial interpolation works Creating a map using Global Polynomial interpolation How Local Polynomial interpolation works Creating a map using Local Polynomial interpolation How Radial Basis Functions (RBF) work Creating a map using Radial Basis Functions Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques Using analytical tools when generating surfaces Displaying and managing geostatistical layers Additional geostatistical analysis tools Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Network Analyst 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 About editing feature geometry Survey-aware feature classes Using the edit sketch Using COGO computations with the edit sketch Linking survey points to feature geometry Breaking links between survey points and features Updating features Analyzing and editing survey data Managing shared survey data Tracking Analyst

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