Building a Geodatabase using the Arc Marine Data

Building a Geodatabase using the Arc. Marine Data Model Paulo Serpa GIS Training for Marine Resource Management June 15, 2005 Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission California Department of Fish and Game

What’s Covered • A general overview of the ESRI geodatabase • An overview of the data that we will be modeling • A demonstration using the Arc. Marine Data Model to build a geodatabase • An exercise in building a geodatabase

By the end of the Tutorial you will be able to: • List the basic elements of a geodatabase • Import an existing schema into a new database • Compare your data structure with that of an existing data model • Condition your data and schema to match • Load data • Create new relationships between data • Import additional schema and data from various sources • Create and load a Raster Catalog • Display your data using Dynamic Segmentation • Query data through relationships

Geodatabase Elements • Feature Datasets – Enforces common spatial reference • Feature classes – Polygon, Line, Point, Annotation, Route, Dimension, Route • • • Relationship Classes Geometric Networks Topology Tables Raster datasets Raster Catalogs Survey Datasets Toolboxes Behavior control – Attribute defaults, Attribute domains, Relationship rules, Topology rules

Sample Data • Our goal is to model the transect path of the ROV and the (video) observations that were made. • The ROV path and the observations on that path can be located in the X, Y and Z axes at discrete time intervals during a dive.

Demonstration and Exercise