ARC MARINE: THE ARCGIS MARINE DATA MODEL

Geodatabase
Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Layer Map Use Data Source Representation Spatial Relationships Map Scale and Accuracy Symbology and Annotation Shorelines Interface between land and water, shoreline change analyses for erosion/accretion, hazards, planning Derived from coastal survey maps, nautical charts, aerial photos, LIDAR Linear features Can be animated/modeled based on map units to represent tidal variance Typical map scales range from 1:5000 to 1:20,000; locational accuracy typically 10 m Line symbology drawn with varying weights annotated with VDatum; national cartographic standards often used Tracks and Cruises Shiptracks during a cruise, tracks of vehicles towed from a ship or deployed from a ship untethered, autonomous Shipboard or vehicle GPS logs storing time, date, and position Linear features Tracks have a direction with time stamps along route, particularly keep sampling stations Typical map scales range from 1:24,000 to 1:50,000; locational accuracy ~10 m Line symbology drawn with varying weights and patterns, annotated with date/time and ship/vehicle Time Duration Features Fisheries or algal bloom trawls, marine protected area boundaries, habitats, drifter tracks, oil spills Derived from survey maps/charts, legal definitions, clipping/masking; various measuring devices Linear and polygonal features Size, shape, area and direction change over time; may be animated Typical map scale is 1:24,000; locational accuracy ~10 m Line and polygon symbology with varying weights, patterns and fills TimeSeries Locations Variations in time of variables measured at fixed observations stations at sea and onshore Fixed or moored measuring devices such as hydrophones, acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP), ocean bottom seismometers (OBS), tide gauges Point features Points can be related to center of a grid cell or associated to a time series or numerical model Typical map scales range from 1:10,000 to 1:24,000; locational accuracy ~10 m Point marker symbology with associated instrument attributes Instantaneous Measured Points Variations in space of variables measured at a given moment in time through the water column Instrument casts such as conductivity-temp-depth (CTD), expandable bathythermograph (XBT), sound velocity profile (SVP), fish density, etc. Point features, vertical profiles Points can have varying depths associated to a single location, as well as multiple measurements Typical map scales range from 1:10,000 to 1:24,000; locational accuracy ~10-50 m Point marker and linear symbology annotated with associated instrument attributes Location Series Observations Tracking a series of recorded instances of a given species with varying time intervals Telemetry recorders and transmitters, animal/bird sightings, ship-mounted ADCP Multipoint features, often with line symbols to establish animal track Multipoints can have varying depths associated to multiple locations, grouped into a series based upon ID Typical map scales range from 1:10,000 to 1:24,000; locational accuracy ~10-50 m Point and line symbology annotated with species type Survey Transects Geomorphic, sediment transport, or hydrodynamic analyses along profiles or cross-sections, subsurface profiling Derived from bathymetry, scientific mesh, one-dimensional hydrological models; measured by sub bottom profilers Interpolated, linear profile view of a surface or subsurface Cross-sections perpendicular to shoreline or flowline; profiles at varying azimuths to align with surface control point or baseline Typical map scale is 1:24,000; locational accuracy ~10 m Line symbology for surface; often for subsurface tone, contrast and balance of grayscale according to data values Scientific Mesh Mapping output of finite element models, hydrodynamic and hydrologic models, sea surface temperatures Numerical models and satellite data sets Regularly or irregular spaced point features, scalars or vectors; raster, TIN model Attribute values can be used to create interpolated surfaces of magnitude with point values representing direction Map scale varies and locational accuracy can range from 1 m to 1 km depending on data Rendered with graduated point symbols to reflect magnitude, rotated to represent direction; may be animate Mesh Volumes Pelagic or open water environment Derived features from scientific meshes, point data from stationary, fixed, suspended, or floating devices Extended cube or hexagonal pillars stacked to represent volumetric areas Volumes can be related to mesh points between varying depths, or from bathymetry to sea surface Map scale varies and locational accuracy depends on data type and resulting volume calculation May be polygonal with varying 3D base heights; applied transparency Bathymetry and Backscatter Terrain analysis, benthic habitat classification, morpho-tectonic interpretation, cartographic background Interpolation of irregularly- or regularly-spaced single or multibeam soundings, LIDAR Raster with depth or backscatter intensity, TIN surface model Coincident with point from which it was derived, or interpolated; if raster, each cell has a depth, if TIN each face joins to form surface Typical map scales and locational accuracies for shallow regions are 1:2400/1 m, or 1:20,000-1:50,000/100 m for deep ocean Usually shown with graduated colors; may be overlain with contours
Table Mesh
Field name
OBJECTID MeshID TotalPoints NoOfPointsI NoOfPointsJ NoOfPointsK Type

Simple feature class MeshElement

Field name
Shape OBJECTID FeatureID FeatureCode Node1ID Node2ID Node3ID Node4ID Shape_Length Shape_Area

Geometry Polygon Contains M values No Contains Z values No

Allow Data type nulls

Geometry Object ID Long integer String Long integer Long integer Long integer Long integer Double Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Relationship class ParameterHasData

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin table

Feature dataset MarineFeatures Simple feature class FeatureArea Line feature class FeatureLine
Table VectorQuantity

Forward label MeasuredData Backward label Parameter

Destination table

0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0

Name Parameter Primary key ParameterID Foreign key ParameterID

NameMeasuredData

No relationship rules defined .

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer Long integer Long integer Long integer Long integer Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

Relationship class MeshPointHasVectors

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin feature class

Forward label VectorQuantity Backward label MeshPoint

Destination table

Relationship class ParameterHasVectors

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin table

Field name
OBJECTID FeatureID ParameterID XComponent YComponent ZComponent TimeValue

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer Long integer Double Double Double Date Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 0 0 0 0

Point feature class FeaturePoint Point feature class InstantaneousPoint Line feature class ProfileLine Line feature class Shoreline

Forward label Vector Backward label Parameter

Destination table

MeshType

Relationship class MeshHasPoints

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin table

Forward label MeshPoint Backward label Mesh

Destination feature class

Simple feature class MeshPoint

Field name
Shape OBJECTID FeatureID FeatureCode IPosition JPosition KPosition MeshID PointType

Geometry Point Contains M values No Contains Z values Yes

Name MeshPoint Primary key FeatureID Foreign key FeatureID

NameVectorQuantity

No relationship rules defined .

Name Mesh Primary key MeshID Foreign key MeshID

NameMeshPoint

Allow Data type nulls

Geometry Object ID Long integer String Long integer Long integer Long integer Long integer Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Table Parameter
Field name
OBJECTID ParameterID Name Description Type Unit SignificantDigits

Name Parameter Primary key ParameterID Foreign key ParameterID

NameVectorQuantity

No relationship rules defined .

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer String String Long integer String Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 255 255

0 0 0 0

No relationship rules defined .

0 255 0 0 0 0 0
Relationship class MeshPointHasScalars
Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin feature class

ParameterType

0 255 0

Table ScalarQuantity
Relationship class ParameterHasScalars
Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin table

Forward label ScalarQuantity Backward label MeshPoint

Destination table

Field name
OBJECTID FeatureID ParameterID DataValue TimeValue

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer Long integer Double Date Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 0 0

Simple feature class TimeDurationArea Point feature class TimeSeriesPoint

Forward label Scalar Backward label Parameter

Destination table

Subtypes of MeshPoint
Subtype field PointType Default subtype 1 Subtype Code 2 1 Subtype Description NodePoint GridPoint List of defined default values and domains for subtypes in this class Field name No values set No values set Default value Domain

Name MeshPoint Primary key FeatureID Foreign key FeatureID

NameScalarQuantity

No relationship rules defined .

Name Parameter Primary key ParameterID Foreign key ParameterID

NameScalarQuantity

0 0

No relationship rules defined .

Point feature class Track Feature dataset ModelMeshPoints Point feature class MeshElement Point feature class MeshPoint

Mesh Elements

Table Cruise
Field name
OBJECTID CruiseID Code Name Type Status Description StartDate EndDate ShipName

Relationship class CruiseHasTracks

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer String String String String String Date Date String Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 255 100 100 60 100 8 8 100

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None

Origin table

Forward label Track Backward label Cruise

Destination feature class

Simple feature class Track

Field name
Shape OBJECTID FeatureID FeatureCode StartDate EndDate VehicleID CruiseID TrackID Name Method Description LocalDesc Shape_Length

Geometry Polyline Contains M values Yes Contains Z values Yes

Relationship class MeshPointHasScalars Relationship class MeshPointHasVectors

Simple feature class FeatureArea
Field name Allow Data type nulls
Object ID Geometry Long integer String Double Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Geometry Polygon Contains M values No Contains Z values No

Allow Data type nulls

Geometry Object ID Long integer String Date Date Long integer Long integer Long integer String String String String Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Name Cruise Primary key CruiseID Foreign key CruiseID

NameTrack

No relationship rules defined .

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 8 8

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Table Cruise Relationship class CruiseHasTracks Table MarineEvent Table MeasuredData Table Measurement Relationship class MeasurementHasData Table MeasuringDevice Relationship class MeasuringDeviceHasData Table Mesh Relationship class MeshHasPoints Table Parameter Relationship class ParameterHasData Relationship class ParameterHasScalars Relationship class ParameterHasVectors

0 0

0 0

100 100 100 100 0 0

OBJECTID Shape FeatureID FeatureCode Shape_Length Shape_Area

0 255 0 0 0 0

Simple feature class FeatureLine

Field name
OBJECTID Shape FeatureID FeatureCode Shape_Length

Geometry Polyline Contains M values Yes Contains Z values No

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Geometry Long integer String Double Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Table MarineEvent
Field name
OBJECTID MarineEventID FeatureID FromLocation ToLocation DataValue

Simple feature class TimeDurationArea

Allow Data type nulls
Object ID Long integer Long integer Double Double String Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Geometry Polygon Contains M values Yes Contains Z values Yes

0 255 0 0

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 0 0

Field name
OBJECTID Shape FeatureID FeatureCode SeriesID StartDate EndDate Shape_Length Shape_Area

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Geometry Long integer String Long integer Date Date Double Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8

0 0 255

Simple feature class ProfileLine

Field name OBJECTID Shape FeatureID FeatureCode Shape_Length Allow Data type nulls Object ID Geometry Long integer String Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Default value

Geometry Polyline Contains M values Yes Contains Z values Yes

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Simple feature class Shoreline

Field name
Shape OBJECTID FeatureID FeatureCode VDatum Shape_Length

Geometry Polyline Contains M values Yes Contains Z values No

Marine Areas

The

Thematic Layers

0 255 0 0

Allow Data type nulls

Geometry Object ID Long integer String Double Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 255 0 0 0 0

Relationship class ProfileLineHasSurveyKeys

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin feature class

Forward label SurveyKey Backward label ProfileLine

Destination table

Name ProfileLine Primary key FeatureID Foreign key FeatureID

NameSurveyKey

No relationship rules defined .

Marine Lines

Simple feature class TimeSeriesPoint

Field name
Shape OBJECTID FeatureID FeatureCode CruiseID
Relationship class TSTypeHasTimeSeries
Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin table

Geometry Point Contains M values No Contains Z values No

Allow Data type nulls

Geometry Object ID Long integer String Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Relationship class ProfileLineHasSurveyKeys Table ScalarQuantity Table Series Table SurveyInfo Relationship class SurveyInfoHasPoints
Relationship class MeasuringDeviceHasData
Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None
Origin table

0 255 0

Description Field type Long integer Split policy Default value Merge policy Default value
Code

TSIntervalUnitType
Table TSType
Allow Data type nulls
Object ID Long integer Long integer Yes Yes

Coded value domain

Forward label TimeSeries Backward label TSTypeInfo

Destination table

Table TimeSeries
Field name
OBJECTID FeatureID TSTypeID TSDateTime TSValue

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Description

Second Minute Hour Day Week Month Year

Table SurveyInfo
Field name
OBJECTID SurveyID StartDate EndDate Description DeviceID TrackID

Relationship class SurveyHasSurveyKeys

Name TSType Primary key TSTypeID Foreign key TSTypeID

NameTimeSeries

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer Long integer Date Double Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 0 0

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer Date Date String Long integer Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 0 0 0

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None

Origin table

Forward label SurveyKey Backward label SurveyInfo

Destination table

Table SurveyKey
Field name
OBJECTID SurveyID FeatureID

No relationship rules defined .

Name SurveyInfo Primary key SurveyID Foreign key SurveyID

NameSurveyKey

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0

Field name
OBJECTID TSTypeID Variable Units IsRegular TSInterval DataType Origin

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer String String Long integer Long integer Long integer Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 255 255

0 0

0 0

8 8 255

No relationship rules defined .

Forward label MeasuredData Backward label MeasuringDevice

Destination table

Table SurveyKey Relationship class SurveyHasSurveyKeys Table TimeSeries Table TSType Relationship class TSTypeHasTimeSeries

AHBoolean TSIntervalType TSDataType TSOrigins

0 0 0 0

Coded value domain

Description Field type Split policy Long integer Merge policy Default value Code 1 Default value 2 3

Table MeasuringDevice
Field name
OBJECTID DeviceID Name Description VehicleID

Name MeasuringDevice NameMeasuredData Primary key Foreign key DeviceID DeviceID No relationship rules defined .

ParameterType

Relationship class SurveyInfoHasPoints

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None Forward label SurveyPoint Backward label SurveyInfo
Destination feature class

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer String String Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 100 100 0

Description

Origin table

Other Scalar Vector

Name SurveyInfo Primary key SurveyID Foreign key SurveyID

Name Instantaneous Point

No relationship rules defined .

Coded value domain

Description Field type Split policy Long integer Merge policy Default value Code 1 Default value 2 3

MeshType

Simple feature class FeaturePoint

Field name
Description

Geometry Point Contains M values No Contains Z values No

Table Vehicle
Field name
OBJECTID VehicleID Name Type

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Geometry Long integer String Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer String String Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 100 100

Linear Area Volume

OBJECTID Shape FeatureID FeatureCode

Simple feature class InstantaneousPoint

Field name
Shape OBJECTID FeatureID FeatureCode CruiseID TimeValue ZValue SurveyID SeriesID PointType

Geometry Point Contains M values No Contains Z values No

Table Measurement
Field name
OBJECTID MeasurementID FeatureID FeatureClass ZLocation XLocation YLocation

Relationship class MeasurementHasData

0 255

Allow Data type nulls

Geometry Object ID Long integer String Long integer Date Double Long integer Long integer Long integer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer Long integer String Double Double Double Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0

Type Simple Cardinality One to many Notification None

Origin table

Forward label MeasuredData Backward label Measurement

Destination table

Table MeasuredData
Field name
OBJECTID MeasurementID ParameterID DeviceID DataValue

Table VectorQuantities
Allow Data type nulls
Object ID Long integer Long integer Long integer Double Yes Yes Yes Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0 0 0 0

Name Measurement Primary key MeasurementID Foreign key MeasurementID

NameMeasuredData

Table Vehicle

0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

No relationship rules defined .

Coded value domain

Description Field type Split policy Long integer Merge policy Default value Code 1 Default value 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 99

TSIntervalType

Table Series
Field name
Description

Allow Data type nulls

Object ID Long integer Yes

Default value

Domain

Precision Scale Length

0

OBJECTID SeriesID

1Minute 2Minute 3Minute 4Minute 5Minute 10Minute 15Minute 20Minute 30Minute 1Hour 2Hour 3Hour 4Hour 6Hour 8Hour 12Hour 1Day 1Week 1Month 1Year Other

Subtypes of InstantaneousPoint
Subtype field PointType Default subtype 1 Subtype Code 3 1 2 Subtype Description Survey Instant LocationSeries List of defined default values and domains for subtypes in this class Field name No values set No values set No values set Default value Domain

Marine Points

Time Series and Measurements

Coded value domain

Description Field type Split policy Long integer Merge policy Default value Code 1 Default value 2

TSOrigins

Feature Points
Description

Instantaneous Points
Instant
Subtype

Measurement Points
Location Series
Subtype

Common Marine Data Types

Feature Lines
ProfileLine ID X, Y M 1,M2 Z1,Z2... Examples: Time Duration Line Track Feature Line ID X1,Y1,X2,Y2... M1,M 2... Examples: cable, pipeline, sea wall, ocean front, EEZ or legal boundaries NOT enclosing an area Shoreline shoreline type, VDatum
Topology
Features

Inside the geodatabase

Recorded Generated

Coded value domain

Description Field type Split policy Long integer Merge policy Default value Code 1 Default value 0

AHBoolean

Description

True False

ID X,Y Z Examples: marker buoy, transponder, other fixed geography

Time Series Point ID fixed X,Y, Z or DZ m1...m 2 t 1...tinfinity Examples: current meter, moored ADCP at DZ, obs. buoy, hydrophone, OBS at single Z

geodatabase elements are managed in standard DBMS tables using standard SQL data types.These are some of the structural elements of a geodatabase that you will use to develop your geographic data model.
Feature dataset Contains spatially-related feature classes together with the topology and network objects that bind them. Feature classes in a feature dataset have a spatial reference. Feature class A table with a shape field containing point, line, or polygon geometries for geographic features. Each row is a feature.
Predefined fields ObjectID Shape User-defined fields

ID X,Y, Z or DZ t, m1...m 2
CTD, XBT, SVP casts at DZ, fish density , tide gauge , etc. at surface or a single Z

ID DX,Y, DZ m1...m 2 t1...t 2

telemetry , bird/ mammal sighting, ship mounted ADCP

Table A collection of rows, each containing the same fields. Feature classes are tables with shape fields.
Predefined fields ObjectID User-defined fields

Examples:

Examples:

Coded value domain

Description Field type Split policy Long integer Merge policy Default value Code 1 Default value 2 3 4 5 6

TSDataType

Description

Instantaneous Cumulative Incremental Average Maximum Minimum

Sounding
Subtype

Survey
Subtype

E.g., single beam bathy

Coded Value Domains

E.g., aerial coastal survey , LIDAR, SCUBA/free swim obs

measurement from an instrument in the field(m)

ID X1,Y1,X2,Y2... M1,M2... Z1,Z2... for abstracting data from , m1,m2... building profile from , t1,t2... measuring change along ... Examples: seismic reflection , transit ship track , bathy profile, cross-section, ROV or sub track, algal bloom trawl , sed transport line ADCP tracks, where M is GIS geometry measure, rather than a ARGO drifter

Rows

Domain Columns Defines a set or range of valid values for a field.

Code Description

0 1 2

Relationship class Associates objects from a feature class or table to objects in another feature class or table. Relationship classes can optionally have user-defined fields.
Primary key Foreign key

Marine Areas
Feature Area ID X1,Y1,X2,Y2...X1,Y1 Z m Examples: Marine boundaries (e.g.,sanctuary , MPA), habitats, patches, lava flows, clipping, masking Time Duration Area ID X1,Y1,X2,Y2...X1,Y1 Z m t1...tn Examples: No-take zones, oil spills , harmful algal bloom

Marine Rasters/Grids/Meshes
Regularly Interpolated Surfaces row1,col1...rown, coln Zr,c1...Zr,cn
multipoint

Derived or Placeholder
Object Class

Integrity rules that define the behavior of geographically-integrated features.

Feature class Rank Rules

Irregularly Interpolated Surfaces row1,col1...rown, coln Zr,c1...Zr,cn

multipoint

MeshVolume ID X1,Y1,Z1,X2,Y2,Z2 ...X1,Y1,Z1 m or m1...mn t or t 1...tn ncols,nrows,nlayers in scientific mesh ,

multipatch

Animations, Movies, Video X1,Y1,Z1,X2,Y2,Z2 ...X1,Y1,Z1 t1...tn Examples: U/W video footage, outputs from atm . or circulation models that are animated & georegistered so other data may be overlain

Geometric network Metadata document Rules for managing connectivity among features in a set of feature classes. Can be associated with every dataset in the geodatabase.
XML

The dynamic and multidimensional nature of marine data can be captured in many ways. Some of the sensors and collection techniques produce high-resolution data with submeter accuracy. The amount of data collected presents a challenge, some sensors will produce one gigabyte of data per survey/day, while others stream a gigabyte per hour.
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Examples: multibeam bathy, sidescan, LIDAR, SST, climatology, scientific mesh, re-analyzed products
(images such as GeoTIFF, BIL, etc.)

Examples: TINs, bathymetry, sidescan, LIDAR, scientific mesh for finite element model, etc.

Survey dataset Contains survey measurements which are used to calculate coordinates linked to feature geometries in survey-aware feature classes.
Survey points XZ Coordinates Y Measurements Computations

Raster dataset Contains rasters which represent continuous geographic phenomena.

A diagram of common marine data types (see "Examples" in red), that was developed as part of the fundamental conceptual framework of Arc Marine, in order to develop more appropriate data structures for representing and relating marine and coastal GIS features. Headings in italics are some of the abstract feature classes in Arc Marine, while other headings are feature classes or subtypes. "m" denotes a measurement in the field, whereas "M" is a GIS geometry measure, "t" is time.