ArcGIS 9.3 Desktop
General Enhancements
- The new ArcGIS Desktop Resource Center makes it easy to access online resources such as documentation, help, support pages, forums, blogs, best practices information, and key data services such as ArcGIS Online basemaps.
- A new Convert Graphics to Features function allows you to create features by drawing graphics without using the editor.
- Bookmarks are much easier to access and can be reordered, sorted, exported, and loaded between different maps.
The new Bookmarks pull-down menu in ArcGIS 9.3 - The ability to export layers to KML files is now built into ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 for all users, and you can now specify pop-ups for your KML features containing feature attributes, URLs, etc.
- The labeling process can be temporarily paused to increase performance while you assemble your map or do analysis.
- ArcGIS 9.3 supports geospatial information in Adobe Acrobat 9 PDF. ArcGIS 9.3 users can author a map and export it to Adobe Acrobat 9 PDF with increased interaction capabilities. Learn more.
- Field aliases and definition queries are now retained when you join tables, and you can now sort tables on multiple fields.
- The new Address Inspector tool lets you click on the map and get the address for that location (reverse geocoding).
- Markups created in ArcReader can be loaded into ArcMap as a guide for editing data.
- A new error-reporting system automatically tracks errors and sends reports to ESRI.
