Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Class 5 - more geodatabases

INTRODUCTION

Today, we'll review the new geodatabase types available at 9.2 and continue with the ESRI Building Geodatabases tutorial.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Mostly a review from last class. We will be reviewing the different types of geodatabases available with ArcGIS 9.2 and the benefits of using geodatabases in your GIS work.


TERMS TO KNOW
  • File Geodatabse
  • Personal geodatabase
  • Scalable or ArcSDE geodatabase
  • Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
CLASS DISCUSSION

Based around 2 podcasts from the ESRI Instructional Series Podcast

ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE

Begin ESRI Building Geodatabase tutorial (Exercises 4 - 6)