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Geodatabase Exercise in Class 12

A Geodatabase is a centralized system for managing geospatial data, offering advanced capabilities beyond traditional shapefiles. It allows users to create and configure domains to ensure data consistency and manage feature datasets for better organization of spatial data. The document provides detailed instructions on creating geodatabases, configuring domains, and managing feature classes within ArcGIS Pro.

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Geodatabase Exercise in Class 12

A Geodatabase is a centralized system for managing geospatial data, offering advanced capabilities beyond traditional shapefiles. It allows users to create and configure domains to ensure data consistency and manage feature datasets for better organization of spatial data. The document provides detailed instructions on creating geodatabases, configuring domains, and managing feature classes within ArcGIS Pro.

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15.

Geodatabases

A "Geodatabase" is a centralized container for storing, organizing, and managing geospatial


data, allowing advanced data management, and offering functions that go beyond
traditional shapefile archives. It facilitates the integration, query, and analysis of
geographical information in a coherent and structured format.

15.1. Creating a Geodatabase

To create a geodatabase, when creating a new project in ArcGIS Pro, one is automatically
created (refer to section 5.1). However, one can also check the current geodatabase or
create a new one. To do this, go to the View tab > Windows > Catalog View. Next to the
current "Maps" and "Layouts" the "Catalog" tab will be created. Now, in the "Contents"
panel, go to "Database" (or navigate to the location where you want to create the
geodatabase on your computer), right-click on the desired location, select "New File
Geodatabase" name it, for example, "City" and click "Save" see Figure 127. The
geodatabase will be created in the specified location and will be ready to store and manage
your geospatial data.

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Figure 127. Creation of a new "Geodatabase".


15.2. Creating and Configuring Domains

Domains are predefined sets of allowed values that can be assigned to a field in a
geodatabase. These act as constraints to ensure that the entered data is consistent and
adheres to established standards. Domains are essential for maintaining information
integrity, especially when different fieldworkers collect data.

Table 11 provides a detailed view of domains, showing a list of six domains with coded
values that determine the name, field type, code, and description for a set of objects. For
example, take the domain "POP_DESC": it is established as a "short" numerical field and
houses three specific codes. Thus, any layer associated with this domain will be limited to
those three codes, ensuring uniformity, and minimizing input errors. In a GIS, domains
serve as effective barriers against inconsistencies. Despite human recognition of word
variants as equivalent, ArcGIS Pro considers them different. This is evidenced in words like
"Hydrography", which can have multiple representations (Hydrography, hydrography,
HYDROGRAPHY), and without an appropriate domain, would be categorized separately.
To configure the domains in the geodatabase, right-click on "City.gdb" and select
"Domains". In the emerging domain window, it is necessary to enter all the domains listed
in Table 11.

Configure the fields as follows, as shown in Figure 128:

Domain Name: Enter the domain name.

Description: Provide a description for the domain. Special characters, accents, and
spaces can be included without issues.

Field Type: Choose the appropriate field type as applicable.

In the continuous right panel, two fields will be presented for filling:
Code: Enter the corresponding code(s) for the domain.

Description: Provide a description for each code.

Figure 128. Configuration of the domains of a "Geodatabase".

15.3. Create and Manage a "Feature Dataset"

A "Feature Dataset" in ArcGIS Pro is comparable to folders or directories in Windows


Explorer; it serves as an organizational container for entity classes that share the same
spatial coordinate system. Just as grouping files into a folder, creating a "Feature Dataset"
allows grouping entity classes with similar geometric properties. This structure facilitates
the management and integrated analysis of these datasets.

To establish a "Feature Dataset", navigate to the desired geodatabase, right-click, and


select "New > Feature Dataset". During this process, you will need to assign a name and
determine the coordinate system, as shown in Figure 129. Continuing with the exercise
proposed in this section, proceed to create the "Feature Datasets" indicated below:

A_HUMAN_CONCENTRATION

B_HYDROGRAPHY

C_ROAD_AXIS

D_RELIEF

Is it better to have layers as Shapefiles or in a Geodatabase?

Geodatabases offer better organization and advanced capabilities, whereas Shapefiles are
universal and easily shareable.
Figure 129. Creation of a "Feature Dataset".

15.4. Creating and Managing "Feature Class" (Points, Lines, and Polygons)

Section 7.1 introduced a general procedure for creating a "Feature Class" without delving
into the advanced capabilities of "Geodatabases." This section details the process of
configuring various "Feature Class" according to the specifications presented in Table 12.
To create the "Feature Class" named "POPULATE_P" within the geodatabase called
"City.gdb", right-click on "A_HUMAN_CONCENTRATION" and choose "New > Feature
Class". In the first page, enter the name " POPULATE_P " in the "Name" field, and specify
the corresponding geometry "Point" in "Feature Class Type". In the second page, set up
the fields according to Table 12, specifying the extension for text fields "Length". If a field
requires a domain, select the appropriate one in "Domain" at the bottom, as shown in
Figure 130. It is essential that the data types of fields and domains are compatible; a "Text"
domain will not associate with a "Short" field. In the third page, define the coordinate
system "WGS 1984 UTM Zone 17S". From the fourth to the sixth page, keep the default
values, and finally select "Finish". This method is applied in the same way for other
"Feature Classes" indicated in Table 12.

Figure 130. Creation of fields and assignment of domains to a "Feature Class".


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