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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

An overview of the new functionality in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1 Compatibility and migration to ArcGIS 9.1 What's new in geoprocessing for version 9.1 What's new in ArcMap for version 9.1 What's new in linear referencing for version 9.1 What's new in geodatabases for version 9.1 What's new in raster data for version 9.1 What's new in WMS services for version 9.1 Introducing the new ArcGIS Network Analyst extension What's new in ArcGIS Schematics extension for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS Publisher extension and ArcReader for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS StreetMap for version 9.1 What's new in ArcPress for ArcGIS for version 9.1 What's new in ArcScan for ArcGIS extension for version 9.1 What's new in Maplex for ArcGIS extension for version 9.1 What's new in ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension for version 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Getting started

Desktop Administration

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 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 About CAD data Defining a coordinate system for CAD data Supported AutoCAD entities and MicroStation elements Working with coverages Working with rasters in ArcCatalog

ArcMap

ArcReader

An overview of ArcReader Table of contents, data frames, and layers Getting help in ArcReader Starting ArcReader Opening a map in ArcReader Controlling the look and feel of ArcReader Viewing a map in data view and layout view Using the ArcReader table of contents Working with data frames and layers Moving around on the map Moving around a 3D globe Using spatial bookmarks Opening the magnifier window Exploring data and features on a map ArcReader messages Printing from ArcReader Closing and exiting ArcReader

Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

An overview of geoprocessing Getting started with geoprocessing An overview of geoprocessing in ArcGIS Introducing geoprocessing methods Working with data Results from running tools Saving and loading geoprocessing settings Keeping track of geoprocessing operations Sharing your geoprocessing work Working with toolboxes Working with toolsets and tools Specifying environment settings Using the Command Line window An overview of the Command Line window Starting the Command Line window Working with the command line About variables Creating variables Managing variables Introducing model building Using the ModelBuilder window

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

Geocoding

Linear referencing

Map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts Accessing tools within a geoprocessing script Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts About batch processing with geoprocessing scripts Messaging and script tools Data properties and access when scripting Scripting Object: Properties and methods

Customizing the user interface

Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9

Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

ESRI Data & Maps

Extensions

3D Analyst ArcScan 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 What are geostatistical interpolation techniques? Understanding different kriging models Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques Creating a Kriging map using defaults Understanding Ordinary Kriging Understanding Simple Kriging Understanding Universal Kriging Understanding output surface types Understanding transformations and trends Creating a map using Ordinary Kriging Creating a map using Simple Kriging Creating a map using Universal Kriging Understanding thresholds Understanding Indicator Kriging Understanding Probability Kriging Creating a map using Indicator Kriging Creating a map using Probability Kriging Understanding Disjunctive Kriging Creating a map using Disjunctive Kriging Understanding cokriging Creating a map using cokriging 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 Getting started with Spatial Analyst Understanding raster data 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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