Geodatabases

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Hands-on Exercises from Textbook

Chapter 14: Building Geodatabases

Exercise 14a, p. 374: Creating a Personal Geodatabase
- Show map at Step 14, p. 380.
Exercise 14b, p. 381: Creating Feature Classes
- There is no output to show for 14b, but you need to do it to get to 14c.
Exercise 14c, p. 388: Adding Fields and Domains
- Show Feature Class Dialog box as shown at Step 16. p. 394. This exercise is not turned in.

Be prepared to answer the following questions from Ormsby, Chapter 14 (Building Geodatabases)

CHAPTER 14: BUILDING GEODATABASES

1. What does a geodatabase function as? Pp. 372-373
2. How do you create a .mdb file? Pp. 374-378
3. How do you add features to an existing .mdb file? 
Pp. 378-380
4. How do you make file extensions show if they aren't? P. 375
5. What is a spatial domain? Pp. 391-393. 
6. What is precision? P. 381
7. What is a spatial reference? P. 381
8. How do you create a feature class? Pp. 381-388
9. How do you add fields to a feature class you just created, 
or to an existing one? Pp. 389-391
10.  How do you create a domain? Pp. 391-393 
11. How do you apply a domain to a feature class? 
Pp. 391-395

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