This page explains what is NEW or DIFFERENT about the latest version of the ArcGIS 8.x MassGIS Data Viewer.

• Newest Version
• DataViewer button
• LYR Files
• Enter Point
• Add Your Own Data

• The newest version of the ArcGIS 8.x Data Viewer is Version 2.
  Version 1: Januray - April 2003
  Version 2: May 2003 - present
  
  If you have an older version of the Data Viewer, you can download the newest Data Viewer, along with the most recent documentation and lyr files.
  

• The DataViewer button contains the same functionality as the A (Browse to data) and Z (Zoom to data) buttons in the ArcView 3.x Data Viewer. The screen that pops up after clicking the DataViewer button contains all the functionality for the Data Viewer in three sections: Browse, Zoom and a new section, Search.
  Search allows for finding specific data, based on keywords. This can help save time, rather then looking through all the levels in the Browse section to locate the data in which you are interested.

• To control the display of data within ArcGIS 8.x, lyr files are used. Lyr files store all the properties of the layer, including data source, connection info, symbology info, any joins/relate infor, and any definition queries.

• There is the Enter Point feature in the Zoom section. In the Category (first menu), one of the options is Enter point, which will bring up a new screen that lets the user enter coordinates in a variety of systems to place a point on the map in NAD 83 meters. The coordinates can be in NAD27(feet), NAD83(feet or meters), UTM(meters) and Latitude/Longitude(decimal degrees or degrees minutes seconds). After you enter the coordinates a red X is placed at the coordinate point on the map.

• Incorporate your own spatial data into the Data Viewer. All you need is to create an lyr file from your data. The first screen that appears after clicking the DataViewer button is the browse section. In the bottom right corner of that section is a new button called 'Add Lyr'. Clicking this button will bring up a form for adding your own data to the Data Viewer.

Please let me know, since what you're experiencing could be a bug.  Also, I'm happy to answer any questions or take any comments or suggestions! 

You can reach me at: 
E-mail: Susan.Brunton@state.ma.us
Phone: (617) 626-1033
Fax: (617) 626-1249

Last Updated 6/12/2003
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