Friday, February 29, 2008

ArcMap enhancement or New in ArcMap9.2

Enhanced map navigation
New Go To XY command for navigating to and annotating coordinate locations you type in.
Mouse wheel support for zooming, panning and re-centering map reduces need to switch tools while working.
Full set of keyboard shortcuts for map navigation and new menu of shortcuts when you right-click map.
New option to customize exactly where on your map the Full Extent button zooms out to.
Easier to specify scale with new customizable scale control including support for relative scale input.
New Viewer window makes it easy to view and work with your data at multiple scales simultaneously.
Enhanced Find dialog includes built-in web services for finding places and addresses.
New My Places dialog gives quick access to frequently used addresses, locations & extents from any map or globe.
Working with layers and querying features is easier
Group layers have their own transparency, contrast and brightness properties and support the Swipe tool.
Enhanced Identify tool includes ability to drag a box, sort and hide fields, etc.
Select By Attributes and other key dialogs have option to list field aliases instead of field names.
New Flicker command supports change detection and data comparison.
Map document improvements
Enhanced Measure tool adds area & feature measurement, snapping, running total, etc.
New Map Properties option lets you make relative paths be the default for all new map documents you create.
Better symbol drawing performance
Fill symbols with outlines in default ESRI style and others now draw up to 65% faster.
New ESRI_Optimized style provides additional fast drawing fill and line symbols.
Accessing map services from the web
Full datum transformation support greatly increases accuracy and reliability of ArcIMS image services in ArcMap.
ArcIMS image service authors can now choose to block access to geometry from ArcMap and other clients.
OGC WMS services are now projected on the fly in ArcMap. Secure WMS services are now supported.

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