GIS Lecture: Geodatabases and Aerial Photography
Outline ArcCatalog Functions Geodatabases Aerial Photography
ArcCatalog Functions
ArcCatalog Open ArcCatalog
ArcCatalog basic functions Copy, paste, rename, etc. View and edit properties View and edit metadata Create new files
View and edit properties Projections, fields, etc.
View & edit metadata
Create new files Geodatabases, shapefiles, tables, etc.
Geodatabases
Geodatabases Manage features, tables, images inside a database management system (DBMS)
Creating New Data
Import Data Into Geodatabase Shapefiles, Excel tables, aerial photos
Export Data From Geodatabase
Aerial Photography
Orthophotography Digital imagery in which distortion from the camera angle and topography have been removed, thus equalizing the distances represented on the image This is a clipped portion of the SE quadrant of Lombard, IL. Projection: UTM (16N), NAD83 Source date: 17-APR-98
Scanned Paper Documents Paper (historic) maps Scanned maps and raster images Need to be georeferenced Convert to vector features
Georeferencing overlay the raster on vector layer(s) identify common locations Georeferencing toolbar add control points fits your raster to its proper location!
Summary ArcCatalog Functions Geodatabases Aerial Photography