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 CommitteeContent 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? 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