Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Summary
This chapter was lengthy and full of practical exercises. You have acquired new skills and
tools that will allow you to do more on the geodatabase. You added new attributes, worked
with domains and subtypes, and even created a relationship class that links multiple data-
sets together. You were able to create annotation classes that are useful for labeling maps.
Finally, you learned how to import and convert other data files into your geodatabase and
make them consistent in a single spatial reference so that you have a single geodatabase to
manage, which will have all your data. So far, we have been creating datasets without pay-
ing attention to efficiency and optimization factors.
In the next chapter, we will discuss best practices for modeling the geodatabase in order to
achieve an optimal and consistent design.
