Managing Geospatial Data in ArcGIS
£995.00
Achieve simplified data management that supports your organisation’s needs.
This course takes you on an in-depth exploration of the geodatabase, the native data storage format for ArcGIS software. Best practices to create a geodatabase to centrally store and efficiently manage your organisation’s authoritative geospatial data are covered. You will develop skills needed to configure unique geodatabase features that ensure data integrity and accuracy over time and a thorough understanding of file and enterprise geodatabase capabilities.
Continuing professional development (CPD) is an integral part of applying for and maintaining Chartered Geographer accreditation. Attendance of this course will provide the attendee with 10 CPD points. Click here to find out more
Additional information
Venue | Virtual |
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Date | 27th March 2025 – 28th March 2025, 3rd June 2025 – 24th June 2025 |
- Why use a geodatabase? Types of data; advantages of using a geodatabase; exploring a geodatabase; lifecycle of a geodatabase.
- Improving data integrity with geodatabase structure. What is a schema? Working with ArcGIS Solutions; methods for improving data integrity; using a geodatabase to improve data integrity; work with subtypes and domains.
- Enforcing data integrity with contingent values. What are contingent values? Using contingent values; Managing contingent values.
- Associate nonspatial data with geographic data. Types of nonspatial data; considerations when designing a geodatabase; basics of cardinality; identify the type of cardinality; characteristics of relationship classes; workflow for creating a relationship class.
- Managing raster data. Sources of raster data; raster data management issues; storing rasters in a geodatabase; components of a mosaic dataset; advantages of mosaic datasets.
- Designing geodatabase topologies. What is geodatabase topology? Improve data quality with topology; using topology in your organisation; how topology works; identify topology rules for a workflow; workflow for validating topology.
- Building attribute rules. What are attribute rules? Types of attribute rules; workflow for building attribute rules; building batch calculation rules; building a constraint rule.
- Migration to an enterprise geodatabase. What is an Enterprise geodatabase? Types of geodatabases; comparing different geodatabase types; accessing an enterprise geodatabase.
Esri UK & Ireland will provide the following software to use during class:
- ArcGIS Pro 3.x
“The course was very well structured and insightful.” Darren, APHA
“This was a very useful and well delivered course, and although I am familiar with many of the areas touched on i learned lot of new methods of organising data “ Gemma, OSNI