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Arcgis® 9 Using Arccatalog Copyright © 1999, 2003–2005 ESRI All Rights Reserved ArcGIS® 9 Using ArcCatalog Copyright © 1999, 2003–2005 ESRI All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. The information contained in this document is the exclusive property of ESRI. This work is protected under United States copyright law and other international copyright treaties and conventions. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as expressly permitted in writing by ESRI. All requests should be sent to Attention: Contracts Manager, ESRI, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100, USA. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. 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Attribution.pmd 1 02/18/2005, 3:00 PM 1 Introducing ArcCatalog 1 Contents What can you do with ArcCatalog? 2 Tips on learning ArcCatalog 6 2 Quick-start tutorial 7 Exercise 1: Building a catalog of geographic data 8 Exercise 2: Exploring data and adding it to a map 12 Exercise 3: Managing shapefiles 29 3 Catalog basics 37 Starting ArcCatalog 38 The ArcCatalog window 39 Browsing through the Catalog 40 Repositioning the Catalog tree 43 Getting help 45 Stopping ArcCatalog 49 4 What’s in the Catalog? 51 Folders and file types 52 Maps, layers, and graphs 53 Shapefiles, dBASE tables, and text files 54 Coverages and INFO tables 55 Geodatabases 56 Raster data 58 TIN datasets 60 CAD drawings 61 VPF data 62 SDC data 63 XML documents 64 Address locators 65 ArcIMS servers 66 ArcGIS servers 67 iii Toc.pmd 3 02/24/2005, 11:57 AM Search results 68 Coordinate systems 69 Toolboxes 70 5 Building the Catalog 71 Adding folder connections 72 Adding spatial database connections 73 Adding OLE DB connections 75 Working with database connections 76 Connecting to GIS servers 78 Hiding folders and items 81 Changing a data format’s properties 82 Adding file types 84 5 Managing the Catalog’s contents 87 Viewing an item’s contents 88 Working in Details view 90 Changing the columns you see 92 Exploring an item’s properties 95 Organizing your data 96 Converting data to a different format 98 7 Exploring an item’s geography 99 Previewing an item’s geographic data 100 Exploring geographic data 103 Creating thumbnails 106 8 Exploring the values in a table 107 Previewing the values in a table 108 Changing how tables look 109 Calculating statistics 113 Sorting records in a table 114 iv USING ARCCATALOG Toc.pmd 4 02/24/2005, 11:57 AM Finding values in a table 116 Adding and deleting columns 118 Creating new data sources from the values in a table 120 9 Working with metadata 123 Exploring an item’s metadata 124 Changing the default stylesheet 127 Creating and updating metadata 128 Importing and exporting metadata 130 Writing documentation 132 Editing metadata 134 Using the FGDC metadata editor 135 Using the ISO metadata editor 137 Adding enclosures 138 Requirements for publishing to an ArcIMS Metadata Service 140 Preparing metadata for publication 144 Publishing to an ArcIMS Metadata Service 149 Managing published documents 150 Changing a published document’s properties 151 10 Searching for items 153 Searching for items 154 Searching with geographic criteria 156 Searching with temporal criteria 158 Searching with keywords 161 Exploring the results of your search 162 Modifying the search results 163 11 Working with maps and layers 165 Opening a map 166 Adding data to maps 167 CONTENTS v Toc.pmd 5 02/24/2005, 11:57 AM Creating layers 168 Setting a layer’s properties 173 12 Working with shapefiles 177 Creating new shapefiles and dBASE tables 178 Adding and deleting attributes 180 Creating and updating indexes 182 Defining a shapefile’s coordinate system 184 13 Working with coverages 191 Creating a new coverage 192 Creating a new INFO table 193 Generating topology 194 Defining a coverage’s coordinate system 196 Modifying a coverage’s tics and extent 200 Setting a coverage’s tolerances 203 Maintaining attributes 204 What is a relationship class? 210 Creating a coverage relationship class 212 14 Working with rasters 215 Raster dataset properties 216 Exploring geodatabase raster catalogs 217 Changing raster dataset previewing properties 220 Choosing which raster dataset formats appear in ArcCatalog 221 Defining a raster dataset’s coordinate system 223 Creating raster dataset pyramids 227 Creating raster dataset statistics 229 Additional raster file information 230 vi USING ARCCATALOG Toc.pmd 6 02/24/2005, 11:57 AM 15 Customizing ArcCatalog 233 Basic user interface elements 234 Customizing toolbars 235 Changing a toolbar’s contents 238 Changing a command’s appearance 243 Creating shortcut keys 246 Creating and running macros 248 Creating custom commands with VBA 251 Working with UIControls 253 Adding custom commands 254 Updating the ArcID module 255 Changing VBA security 256 Using the ArcObjects Developer Help system 257 Glossary 259 Index 283 CONTENTS vii Toc.pmd 7 02/24/2005, 11:57 AM Toc.pmd 8 02/24/2005, 11:57 AM Introducing ArcCatalog 1 IN THIS CHAPTER Welcome to ESRI® ArcCatalog™ software, which makes accessing and managing geographic data easy. First, you add connections to the • What can you do with ArcCatalog? geographic data you work with to the Catalog. You can connect to folders on local disks, to shared folders and databases that are available on the • Tips on learning ArcCatalog network, or to geographic information system (GIS) servers. After building your Catalog, you can search for the data you need and explore the search results using the different views that are available. In ArcCatalog, you can work with all data the same way regardless of the format in which it is stored. Several tools are also available to help you organize and maintain your data. For a cartographer, it’s never been easier to ensure you’re adding the right data to your maps. And, whether you’re an analyst managing your personal data holdings or an administrator managing those of a large organization, ArcCatalog simplifies the job. 1 What can you do with ArcCatalog? After connecting to a folder, database, or GIS server, you can buttons on the Standard toolbar. Switch your view from large browse through its contents with the Catalog. You can look for icons to small icons, or list properties and metadata for each item the map you want to print, draw a coverage or page using the to help you decide which is the right one to use. Thumbnail view values in a table, find out which coordinate system a raster uses, lists snapshots illustrating the geographic data contained in each or read about why it was created. Accessing and using informa- item in the folder, database, or GIS server. tion in ArcCatalog is a simple process. When you’ve found the data you want to use, add it to a map in Explore the data ArcMap™ or analyze it using the tools in ArcToolbox™. You Thumbnails give you a quick look at the contents of an item, but might find data that you don’t need any longer or that must be you may want to check whether or not a specific feature in a altered. The Catalog makes it easy to reorganize your data and coverage has been updated. Select an item that contains data in modify its properties. the Catalog tree, then examine its data using the Preview tab. Browse for maps and data Look at geographic data with Geography view. Buttons and tools on the Geography toolbar let you zoom and pan to explore the Select a folder, database, or GIS server in the Catalog tree, then features in a computer-aided design (CAD) drawing, cells in a examine the list of geographic data it contains in the Contents tab. You can change the appearance of the Contents list using Thumbnails provide an overview of data in the selected folder.
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