Jeff,

This won't help the non-IRE members who are on the list, but go to
IRE.org and go to their resources page. Go to the tipsheet search and
search my last name and the word geodatabase. After you login using your
IRE membership number, you'll be able to download a tipsheet I did for
the Atlanta conference last summer on how to create your very own maps
using the functionality of geodatabases in ArcGIS 8/9 and the map
editing functions in ArcMap. It's pretty easy stuff once you get
started. I'd post it here for everyone but the PDF is 8 megs and likely
to choke most people's e-mail servers.

Matt

Matthew Waite
St. Petersburg Times

Roberts, Jeff wrote:

>Our graphics dept. has asked me to approximate the boundaries of a large
>area of the state in Arcview so we can estimate the population of that area.
>Is there a tool in Arview 8.3 that will let me draw a new polygon by placing
>points on a map of the state? I've checked my books and ESRI's website but
>haven't found the answer yet.
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>Thank you.
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