Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Concepts

by Michael Zieler, Michael Zeiler

Overview

Modeling Our World presents a complete survey of the geodatabase information model. Updated to reflect recent changes in ArcGIS software, this book explains how to use geodatabase structural elements to promote best practices for data modeling and powerful geographic analyses; how to use rules and data properties in the geodatabase to ensure spatial and attribute integrity; how to manage your organizations work flow; how to scale geodatabases from small projects up to multiple departments across a large organization.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589482784
Publisher:	Esri Press
Publication date:	08/01/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Michael Zieler is a designer for ESRI. He has more than 20 years of experience diagramming GIS concepts, building data models, and programming. Zeiler authored the first edition of Modeling Our World and Inside ARC/INFO (OnWord Press, 2000).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Object Modeling and Geodatabases

Chapter 2: How Maps Inform

Chapter 3: GIS Data Representations

Chapter 4: The Structures of Geographic Data

Chapter 5: Smart Features

Chapter 6: The Shape of Fetures

Chapter 7: Managing Work Flow with Versions

Chapter 8: Linear Modeling With Networks

Chapter 9: Cell-Based MOdeling with Rasters

Chapter 10: Surface Modeling with Tins

Chapter 11: Finding Locations

Chapter 12: Geodatabase Design Guide

Index