1. GIS Lecture: Geodatabases and Aerial Photography

2. Outline
ArcCatalog Functions
Geodatabases
Aerial Photography

3. ArcCatalog Functions

4. ArcCatalog
Open ArcCatalog

5. ArcCatalog basic functions
Copy, paste, rename, etc.
View and edit properties
View and edit metadata
Create new files

6. View and edit properties
Projections, fields, etc.

7. View & edit metadata

8. Create new files
Geodatabases, shapefiles, tables, etc.

9. Geodatabases

10. Geodatabases
Manage features, tables, images inside a database management system (DBMS)

11. Creating New Data

12. Import Data Into Geodatabase
Shapefiles, Excel tables, aerial photos

13. Export Data From Geodatabase

14. Aerial Photography

15. Orthophotography
Digital imagery in which distortion from the camera angle and topography have been removed, thus equalizing the distances represented on the image
This is a clipped portion of the SE quadrant of Lombard, IL. Projection: UTM (16N), NAD83
Source date: 17-APR-98

16. Scanned Paper Documents
Paper (historic) maps
Scanned maps and raster images
Need to be georeferenced
Convert to vector features

17. Georeferencing overlay the raster on vector layer(s)
identify common locations
Georeferencing toolbar
add control points
fits your raster to its proper location!

19. Summary
ArcCatalog Functions
Geodatabases
Aerial Photography