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What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1

What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

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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 Exploring 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 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 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 IGPDispatch object Geoprocessor programming model 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

Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps Canada Canada FSA postal centroids Canada Highways Canada Indian Reserves Canada Major Cities Canada Middle Cities Canada Municipalities Canada National Parks Canada Provinces Canada Provincial Parks Canada Railways Canada Regional Municipalities Canada Telephone Area Code Boundaries Canada Water Bodies Europe Europe Cities Europe Countries Europe Ferries Europe Level 1 Provinces Europe Level 2 Provinces Europe Level 3 Provinces Europe Major Roads Europe Major Water Europe NUTS 0 Demographics Europe NUTS 1 Demographics Europe NUTS 2 Demographics Europe NUTS 3 Demographics Europe Places Europe Railroads Europe Railroad Stations Europe Roads Europe Urbanized Areas Europe Water Germany ZIP Code Areas (one-digit) Germany ZIP Code Areas (two-digit) Germany ZIP Code Areas (five-digit) Mexico World StreetMap USA Image data North America Digital Elevation Model North America Shaded Relief Global Digital Elevation Model (ETOPO2) Global Digital Elevation Model (GTOPO30) Global Imagery 150-meter Resolution Sample High-Resolution Images World at Night World Cloud Free WOrld Shaded Relief World Topography and Bathymetry World with Clouds World with Ice WorldSat Color Shaded Relief United States (census) United States 108th Congressional Districts United States 109th Congressional Districts United States Census Block Centroid Populations United States Census Block Groups United States Census Feature Class Codes (table) United States Cenus Tracts United States Census Urbanized Areas United States Cities United States Core Based Statistical Areas United States Counties United States Counties (generalized) United States County Boundaries United States Country Population Estimates 1990 (table) United States Country Population Estimates 2000 (table) United States National Atlas Cities United States National Atlas Urbanized Areas United States Populated Place Areas United States Populated Place Points United States States United States States (generalized) United States State Boundaries United States Telephone Area Code Boundaries United States ZIP Code Areas (three-digit) United States ZIP Code Areas (five-digit) United States ZIP Code Points United States (hydrography) United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States (transportation) United States Highways United States Major Highways United States Major Roads United States National Atlas Airports United States National Transportation Atlas Interstate Highways United States National Transportation Atlas Railroads United States TANA/GDT Airports United States TANA/GDT Transportation Terminals

Extensions

3D Analyst Getting started with 3D Analyst Understanding 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 Getting started with Geostatistical Analyst The principles of Geostatistical Analyst Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) Deterministic methods Creating a surface with geostatistical techniques Using analytical tools when generating surfaces Displaying and managing geostatistical layers What is a geostatistical layer? Viewing geostatistical layers in ArcCatalog Managing layers Representing a geostatistical layer Adding layers Saving and exporting geostatistical layers Setting the scales at which the geostatistical layer will be displayed Changing the symbology of a geostatistical layer Predicting values for locations outside the area of interest Data classification Classifying data Working with geostatistical layers in a map Additional geostatistical analysis tools Maplex Military Analyst Military Overlay Editor Getting started with MOLE About MOLE Installation and setup The Military Overlay Editor toolbar Adding the Military Overlay Editor toolbar Symbol ID code MOLE symbols MOLE layers The MOLE Symbol Editor Labels and MOLE attribute data The Layer Properties dialog box MOLE Symbol Editor MOLE geodatabases Adding MOLE symbols in ArcMap Controlling the MOLE display Using MOLE with other ESRI products 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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