Getting Started with the Geodatabase (for ArcGIS 10)

Description

This course introduces the structure and basic functionality of the geodatabase, the native data storage format for ArcGIS. You will learn how geodatabase components help organize data to meet your organization's needs, the steps to create a file geodatabase, and techniques to efficiently add both vector and raster data to a geodatabase. This course prepares you to take other courses that focus on more advanced geodatabase components.

Who Should Attend

• GIS managers, analysts, specialists, technicians, and others who need to access or maintain GIS data stored in a geodatabase.
• Anyone who needs to understand the geodatabase format.

Learn How To

• Understand how geodatabase components organize GIS data.
• Assess which type of geodatabase is most appropriate for your organization.
• Quickly create a file geodatabase.
• Create geodatabase components that make sense for your data.
• Efficiently load existing GIS data into a geodatabase.
• Create a mosaic dataset to store and manage collections of imagery.

To complete course exercises, you need the following software:

• ArcGIS 10.0 for Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo)

Note: One of the five course exercises requires the use of an ArcEditor or ArcInfo license of ArcGIS. ArcView users can complete all other course exercises.

Working with the geodatabase

• Types of geodatabases
• Advantages of using a geodatabase
• Components of a geodatabase
• Working with feature datasets
• Explore a geodatabase
• A closer look at mosaic datasets
• Explore a mosaic dataset

Building a geodatabase

• Evaluating existing data
• Defining geodatabase structure
• Creating a file geodatabase
• Adding data
• Case study
• Create a geodatabase and add initial data
• Add remaining data to your geodatabase
• Create a mosaic dataset

Familiarity with GIS concepts and ArcGIS Desktop 10 software is required. The free web course Getting Started with GIS provides the required level of knowledge.