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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

Getting started with ArcCatalog An overview of ArcCatalog Starting ArcCatalog Browsing through the Catalog What's in the Catalog? Repositioning the Catalog tree Stopping ArcCatalog Building the Catalog Managing the Catalog's contents 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 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 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

Geoprocessing tool reference

Building a geodatabase

Editing in ArcMap

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 Adjusting your address locator file

Linear referencing

Getting started with linear referencing Creating route data Displaying and querying routes and events Editing routes Creating and editing event data About creating and editing event data Creating event tables in ArcCatalog About overlaying event data Overlay events About aggregating event data Aggregating route events About transforming event measures Transforming event measures About locating features along routes Locating features along routes Editing event tables in ArcMap

Map projections

Getting started with map projections An overview of map projections Geographic coordinate systems Projected coordinate systems Geographic transformations Supported map projections

Writing geoprocessing scripts

Customizing the user interface

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

Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps Canada Europe Mexico World StreetMap USA Image data United States (census) United States (hydrography) United States Drainage Systems United States Lakes United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas United States National Atlas Water Feature Lines United States Rivers (generalized) United States Rivers and Streams United States Water Bodies United States (landmarks) United States (other) United States National Atlas Federal and Indian Land Areas United States National Atlas Federal Land Lines United States National Atlas Public Land Survey U.S. State Plane Zones (NAD 1927) U.S. State Plane Zones (NAD 1983) USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:100,000) USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:24,000) USGS Topographic Quadrangle Series Indexes (1:250,000) United States (transportation)

Extensions

3D Analyst ArcScan Getting started with ArcScan Raster tracing Batch vectorization Cell selection Raster cleanup Vectorization options and settings ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension Business Analyst Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Military Analyst Getting started with Military Analyst Data Management Coordinate tool Terrain Analysis tools Geodesy tools The conversion tools MA catalog wireframe symbology Military Analyst in ArcGlobe Military Analyst tools reference Military Overlay Editor Network Analyst Publisher Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Tracking Analyst Getting started with Tracking Analyst Working with temporal data Symbolizing temporal data Displaying temporal data Charting temporal data Creating and applying actions Working with real-time data

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