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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

An overview of the new functionality in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0

Introducing the new geoprocessing framework

What's new in labeling

What's new in annotation

What's new in raster data

What's new in the geodatabase

What's new in geocoding

What's new in coordinate systems

What's new in application development and deployment

What's new in ArcGIS Desktop licensing
What's new in ArcMap: other changes in version 9.0
What's new in ArcCatalog: other changes in version 9.0
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop extensions in version 9.0
Getting started
Desktop Administration

Administering the ArcGIS License Manager

Checking license availability

Viewing and changing the license manager

Common license manager problems and how to solve them

Setting the software product

Registering ArcView or ArcEditor and extensions

Evaluating an ArcGIS extension
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

About folders and file types

Managing folder connections

Geodatabases and their contents

Creating and accessing geodatabases

Creating spatial database connections

Adding OLE DB connections

About GIS servers and services

Connecting to GIS servers

Working with database connections

Hiding folders and items

Changing a data format's properties

Working with file types
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
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
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference

Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide

An overview of commonly used tools

Licensing for geoprocessing tools
3D Analyst toolbox

An overview of the 3D Analyst toolbox

Understanding 3D data

Concepts of surface analysis

Working with TIN surfaces

Working with raster surfaces

3D visualization
3D Analyst Conversion toolset
Functional Surface toolset
Raster Interpolation toolset
Raster Math toolset
Raster Reclass toolset
Raster Surface toolset

An overview of the Raster Surface toolset

Creating contours in 3D Analyst

Calculating slope in 3D Analyst

Determining aspect in 3D Analyst

Producing a hillshade in 3D Analyst

Understanding cut/fill volumetric analysis in 3D Analyst

Performing a viewshed analysis in 3D Analyst
Tools
TIN Creation toolset
TIN Surface toolset
Analysis toolbox

An overview of the Analysis toolbox

Comparison poster of Overlay and Extract Tools

Analysis toolbox sample applications
Extract toolset
Overlay toolset
Proximity toolset
Statistics toolset
Business Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Business Analyst toolbox
Analysis toolset
Customer Setup toolset
Modeling toolset
Reports toolset

An overview of the Business Analyst Reports toolset
Tools
Segmentation Analysis toolset

An overview of the Segmentation Analysis toolset
Tools
Segmentation Profiles toolset
Store Setup toolset

An overview of the Store Setup toolset
Tools
Thematic Maps toolset
Trade Areas toolset

An overview of the Trade Areas toolset
Tools
Cartography toolbox
Conversion toolbox
Coverage toolbox
Data Management toolbox
Geocoding toolbox
Geostatistical Analyst toolbox
Linear Referencing toolbox
Military Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Military Analyst toolbox
Utilities (Military Analyst)
Tools
Network Analyst toolbox
Spatial Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Spatial Analyst toolbox

Solving problems in Spatial Analyst

Understanding raster data

Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst

Spatial Analyst toolbox sample applications
Conditional toolset
Density toolset
Distance toolset

An overview of the Distance toolset
Extraction toolset

An overview of the Extraction toolset
Generalization toolset

An overview of the Spatial Analyst Generalization toolset
Groundwater toolset
Hydrology toolset
Interpolation toolset
Local toolset
Map Algebra toolset
Math toolset

An overview of the Math toolset
Multivariate toolset

An overview of the Multivariate toolset
Neighborhood toolset
Overlay toolset (Spatial Analyst)
Raster creation toolset
Reclass toolset
Surface toolset
Zonal toolset

An overview of the Zonal toolset
Spatial Statistics toolbox
Samples toolbox
Environment Settings
General settings
Coverage settings
Geodatabase settings
Raster Analysis settings
Raster Geodatabase settings

Pyramid

Raster statistics

Compression

Tile size
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
Messaging and script tools
Data properties and access when scripting

Describing data in a geoprocessing script

Data access using cursors in a geoprocessing script

Working with geodatabases in a geoprocessing script
Scripting Object: Properties and methods

IGPDispatch object

Geoprocessor programming model
Properties and Methods
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
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers