Getting Started with Geodatabase Topology (for ArcGIS 10)

GIS specialists, managers, data technicians, and others responsible for GIS data management, maintenance, and quality assurance.

Prerequisites

• Completion of ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality or Learning ArcGIS Desktop or equivalent knowledge is required.
• Getting Started with the Geodatabase (for ArcGIS 10) is recommended.

• Apply appropriate topology rules to model the spatial relationships in your data.
• Follow the process to create and validate a geodatabase topology.
• Use the Error Inspector to efficiently search for, view, and resolve topology errors.
• Correct topology errors using ArcGIS predefined fixes.
• Mark a topology error as an exception.

Introducing geodatabase topology

• Modeling real-world relationships
• Spatial relationships in your GIS
• Protecting relationships with rules
• Topology Rules Online Resource
• Choosing the right rule
• Identify topology errors

Working with geodatabase topology

• Building a topology
• Cluster tolerance
• Ranks
• Validating a topology
• Create a topology
• Resolving errors
• Topology status
• Use predefined fixes to correct errors

To complete course exercises, you need the following software:

• ArcGIS 10.0 for Desktop (ArcEditor or ArcInfo)