ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Introducing ArcCatalog: Tools for Metadata and Data Management

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Overview of ArcGIS All ArcGIS products share common applications: ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ArcMap Primary display application Perform map-based tasks –Displaying –Editing –Querying –Analyzing –Charting –Reporting

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ArcCatalog A window into your database Browse your data Manage your data Create/view data documentation (metadata)

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ArcToolbox Geographic processing functions Management, analysis, and conversion

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Browse data Search for data Manage data Create data Manage metadata Define coordinate system, projection Using ArcCatalog

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Three ways to view data Contents Preview Metadata A

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 The Contents tab List Large icons Details Thumbnails –Data –Layers –Maps

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 The Preview tab Geography or Table view

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 The Metadata tab Create and display metadata in a variety of ways

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Browsing: data types Shapefile Table Coverage Geodatabase Layer Map Document Raster Raster layer TIN CAD data

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Searching for data Search by file name, type, location, date modified, or metadata element

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Creating and maintaining data Add attribute fields to tables Design and create Geodatabases Define coordinate system/map projection

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Metadata What is metadata? How is it used? Metadata tools in ArcCatalog Display metadata in different styles

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 What is metadata? Information about data They describe the content, quality, condition, and other characteristics of data Like a catalog record for a book

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 How are metadata used? Help potential users find and evaluate data Organize and maintain an organization's investment in data Provide information to data catalogs and clearinghouses

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Metadata includes… Identification –Title, Themes, Creation date, Restrictions Data Quality –Accuracy, Completeness, Logical consistency Spatial Data Organization –Vector, Raster, Type of elements, Number Spatial Reference –Coordinate system, Projection, Datum Entity and Attribute Information –Features, Attributes, Attribute values Distribution –Distributor, Formats, Media, Online, Price Metadata Reference –Metadata creation date, Responsible party

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Metadata in ArcCatalog ArcCatalog includes tools to create and edit metadata in FGDC standard Metadata can be imported or exported Metadata updated automatically (auto-update can be turned off)

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Metadata in ArcCatalog Files are stored in XML (Extensible Markup Language) Stored alongside spatial data or inside GeoDatabase and automatically copied, moved or deleted along with the spatial data

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Stylesheets

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Metadata in ArcCatalog When creating or editing metadata, ArcGIS automatically provides information where appropriate –Coordinate system –Bounding coordinates –Spatial Data description (data types) –List of attribute fields

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Metadata Editor

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Metadata Editor Designed for FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) Meets minimum requirements Extends FGDC standards to allow properties to be updated automatically (ESRI Profile of CSDGM)

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 The Metadata Standard Developed between 1992 – 1994 Beginning in 1995, federal agencies ‘required’ to document data Goal is to facilitate data sharing, reduce duplication of efforts, support development of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 More information about the standard… Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Workbook

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Customized Editors Possible to create customized metadata editor to follow other standards, such as ISO, Dublin Core ESRI working on Metadata Editor designed for ISO standard

ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference – July 6-8, 2001 Questions…? Thank you for your time!