Overview

This Service Pack contains performance improvements and maintenance fixes. Please download and install this required Service Pack at your earliest convenience to ensure the highest-quality experience when working with ArcGIS 9.3.1.

If you experience problems downloading the Service Pack, please contact ESRI Australia Connect to request a DVD of the Service Pack.

Microsoft SQL Server Issue
Please note, if you use Microsoft SQL Server, an issue has been found where after applying 9.3.1 SP1 you can no longer view data in Raster catalogs stored in SQL Server. Please see ESRI's Technical Article 37463 for more information. To fix this issue simply install the ArcSDE 9.3.1 SP1 SQL Server Raster Catalog and Raster Field Patch.

Overview

Create intuitive maps with ArcGIS 9.3.1's new, faster drawing map service.

• Produce significantly better looking maps
• Shorten map caching time
• Benefit from a significantly faster map service compared to ArcGIS 9.3

Use the new Map Service Publishing toolbar in ArcMap to help tune-up your map documents before publishing to ArcGIS Server.

• Review and respond to errors, unsupported content and warnings about items that will slow down your dynamic map services
• Preview your map document and estimated rendering time
• Save your map document to a map service definition (msd) format, which is optimised for performance in ArcGIS Server

Overview

Benefit from a new method for sharing ArcGIS data, eaily creating and disseminating your geographic information.

• Combine your layers (referencing feature or raster data) into a single layer package comprising both the layer file and data
• Easily share these layer packages with other users via files, email, or the new ArcGIS Online sharing facility

Share your work with others, and access maps from around the world using ArcGIS Online.

• Search for maps published by ESRI and other users
• Upload maps and register online map services
• Organise and control access to the maps you share
• Save web maps as items for others to share, discover and use
• Create mashups

Overview

Quickly start GIS projects with direct access to ready-to-use content.

• Access up-to-date multi-scale mapping content from Microsoft Virtual Earth, including aerial imagery, roads and hybrid (aerial with labels) imagery
• Overlay your operational data on top of this ready-to-use content 
• Connect directly to Virtual Earth content via ArcGIS Online
• Access Virtual Earth content from any Web applications built with ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Server SDKs

Overview

Extend the ArcGIS/ArcObjects framework by creating the following extensions in Java:

• Custom geoprocessing tools
• Server object extensions (SOEs) and utility objects for ArcGIS Server
• Class extensions for customised data behaviour in a geodatabase
• Custom renderers for customised rendering of data in ArcMap and ArcGIS Engine applications
• Plug-in data sources

ArcGIS 9.3.1 will also include:

• Tools for debugging, registering and deploying Java extensions for ArcGIS
• Support for Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE)
• Wizards to generate boilerplate code based on the developer's specification
• Autodeploy feature