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Geodatabases
ArcCatalog
ArcCatalog is one of the three components of the ArcGIS
software. The other two are ArcMap and ArcToolbox.
Main menu
Standard View Type
toolbar
Catalog
Tree Display
Preview
Type
Folder Connection
To access the data in a
folder or geodatabase, a
connection has to be
established.
To establish the
connection, click on the
Connect to Folder button.
Multi-user Geodatabases:
Require ArcSDE and a DBMS ( Data Base Management Systems).
Can be read and edited by multiple users at the same time.
Can store raster data.
Personal Geodatabases
Importable Data Types:
Coverages
Shapefiles
CAD drawings
INFO tables
DBF tables
Feature Class
Geometric
Network
Relationship Class
Table
Feature Class
A feature class is a collection
of geographic objects in
tabular format that have the
same behavior and the same
attributes. All feature classes
have a field named Shape.
Annotation
Line
Point
Polygon
Tables
A table (or object class) is a collection of non-spatial objects in tabular format
that have the same behavior and the same attributes. All object classes have a
field called ObjectID, sometimes also called FID or OID.
Tables can be stored at the root level of geodatabases but not inside feature
datasets.
State Name
and code
State
Population
Relationships
Relationship between spatial and non-spatial objects
Spatial data
Non-spatial data
Relationships
Relationship between two spatial objects
Spatial data
Spatial data
Relationship Class
A relationship class is an association
between two object classes (i.e.,
feature classes or tables).
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