1. Building a Geodatabase using the ArcMarine Data Model
Paulo Serpa
GIS Training for Marine Resource Management
June 15, 2005
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
California Department of Fish and Game

2. What’s Covered A general overview of the ESRI geodatabase
An overview of the data that we will be modeling
A demonstration using the ArcMarine Data Model to build a geodatabase
An exercise in building a geodatabase

3. By the end of the Tutorial you will be able to:
List the basic elements of a geodatabase
Import an existing schema into a new database
Compare your data structure with that of an existing data model
Condition your data and schema to match
Load data
Create new relationships between data
Import additional schema and data from various sources
Create and load a Raster Catalog
Display your data using Dynamic Segmentation
Query data through relationships

4. Geodatabase Elements Feature Datasets Relationship Classes
Enforces common spatial reference
Feature classes – Polygon, Line, Point, Annotation, Route, Dimension, Route
Relationship Classes
Geometric Networks
Topology
Tables
Raster datasets
Raster Catalogs
Survey Datasets
Toolboxes
Behavior control
Attribute defaults, Attribute domains, Relationship rules, Topology rules

5. Sample Data
Our goal is to model the transect path of the ROV and the (video) observations that were made.
The ROV path and the observations on that path can be located in the X, Y and Z axes at discrete time intervals during a dive.

6. Demonstration and Exercise