Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

Hussein Nasser

• Verlag: Packt Publishing
• Jahr: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781783988648
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Computer Science
• Thema: Desktop Applications

In Detail

ArcGIS is an industry standard for geospatial development and management. A geodatabase is the database used to store and manage the spatial data.

Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases offers a comprehensive working and practical experience for readers who are interested in knowing about ArcGIS. The initial chapters guide you through authoring geodatabases and creating a geodatabase schema and datasets. Then, the book focuses extensively on modeling and optimizing geodatabases.

Finally, you will be able to work comfortably with datasets, annotations, and relationship classes, making it easier to migrate from a legacy database to an ArcGIS geodatabase.

Approach

This is a solution-based book, showcasing the real power of ArcGIS Geodatabase by following a real-world, example-based approach

Who this book is for

This book is aimed at geospatial developers who want to work with ArcGIS geodatabases as well as manage them. Having knowledge of building a geodatabase from scratch isn't a must; Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases is ideal for those who want to use ArcGIS geodatabase for the first time, or for those who want to migrate from their existing legacy database to a geodatabase.

Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

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Table of Contents

Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Authoring Geodatabases

Bestaurants, the best restaurants in Belize

Designing the geodatabase schema

Creating the geodatabase

The spatial reference

Creating the feature classes

Editing the geodatabase in ArcMap

Summary

2. Working with Geodatabase Datasets

Working with feature classes

Adding new attributes

Modifying the properties of the attributes

Domains

Subtypes

Working with object tables and relations

Working with annotations

Importing other datasets

Importing shape files

Importing the CAD files

Importing coverage classes

Summary

3. Modeling Geodatabases

The entity relationship diagram for Bestaurants

The flaws in the current geodatabase

The proposed geodatabase model

Implementing the proposed model

Authoring the geodatabase

Creating geodatabase datasets

Assigning domains to the feature class

Adding subtypes to the new feature class

Enabling attachments in the feature class

Testing the new geodatabase in ArcMap

Summary

4. Optimizing Geodatabases

Geodatabase indexing

Attribute indexing

Adding an attribute index

Spatial indexing

Adding a spatial index

Using indexes effectively

Geodatabase compression

Compressing a file geodatabase

Using compression effectively

Compacting

Compacting a file geodatabase

Using compacting effectively

Summary

5. Programming Geodatabases

Using Python scripting

Creating a geodatabase

Creating a feature class

Adding and deleting fields

Copying features

Backing up the Bestaurants_Web geodatabase

A list of arcpy commands

Using the model builder

Creating a model

Creating a feature class

Running the model

Summary

6. Enterprise Geodatabases

The benefits of the enterprise geodatabase

Setting up a Microsoft SQL Server Express geodatabase

System requirements

Installing SQL Server Express

Configuring SQL Server Express

Enabling TCP remote pipe

Enabling the firewall's database port

Connecting to the database

Connecting to the database from a remote machine

Creating an enterprise geodatabase

Working with an enterprise geodatabase

Adding users

Creating a connection to the enterprise geodatabase

Migrating a file geodatabase to an enterprise geodatabase

Assigning privileges

Summary

Index

Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

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About the Author

Hussein Nasser is an Esri award-winning senior GIS solution architect at Electricity and Water Authority, Bahrain. He was the first author to write about the ArcGIS for Server technology after its complete revamp in Version 10.1. In 2007, Hussein won the annual ArcGIS for Server Code Challenge conducted at the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California, for using the AJAX techn...