Preparing the geodatabase
In this section, we will use ArcCatalog to create the geodatabase. ArcCatalog is an
application that allows us to author geodatabases, browse through them, add and
delete datasets from a geodatabase, and so on. To create your first geodatabase,
perform the following steps:
1. Locate and run ArcCatalog; you can find it in the Start menu under the
ArcGIS folder, as explained in the previous chapter.
2. Once you start the application, make sure you can see the Catalog Tree
window. This is the folder view of your computer and where we will be
doing most of the work.
3. To show Catalog Tree, point to the Windows menu and then click on
Catalog Tree.
4. Next, you need to specify the folder where you will be creating your
TelZaViBa geodatabase.
5. Minimize ArcCatalog and create a new folder named C:\ArcGISByExample\
telzaviba using Windows Explorer. This is where the geodatabase will go
From Catalog Tree, right-click on the Folder Connections node and click
on Connect to Folder. This feature allows you to connect to your Windows
folder.
7. Browse to the new folder you just created, C:\ArcGISByExample\telzaviba,
and then click on OK.
8. Select the folder and then right-click on the empty view to the right, point
to New, and then click on File Geodatabase
This will create a file geodatabase in the specified folder with the default
name of Geodatabase.gdb and rename the new geodatabase to telzaviba.
The .gdb extension is automatically appended.
Now that we have created an empty geodatabase, it's time to create our first dataset.
The feature class will store the towers information.
In this section, we will use ArcCatalog to create the geodatabase. ArcCatalog is an
application that allows us to author geodatabases, browse through them, add and
delete datasets from a geodatabase, and so on. To create your first geodatabase,
perform the following steps:
1. Locate and run ArcCatalog; you can find it in the Start menu under the
ArcGIS folder, as explained in the previous chapter.
2. Once you start the application, make sure you can see the Catalog Tree
window. This is the folder view of your computer and where we will be
doing most of the work.
3. To show Catalog Tree, point to the Windows menu and then click on
Catalog Tree.
4. Next, you need to specify the folder where you will be creating your
TelZaViBa geodatabase.
5. Minimize ArcCatalog and create a new folder named C:\ArcGISByExample\
telzaviba using Windows Explorer. This is where the geodatabase will go
From Catalog Tree, right-click on the Folder Connections node and click
on Connect to Folder. This feature allows you to connect to your Windows
folder.
7. Browse to the new folder you just created, C:\ArcGISByExample\telzaviba,
and then click on OK.
8. Select the folder and then right-click on the empty view to the right, point
to New, and then click on File Geodatabase
This will create a file geodatabase in the specified folder with the default
name of Geodatabase.gdb and rename the new geodatabase to telzaviba.
The .gdb extension is automatically appended.
Now that we have created an empty geodatabase, it's time to create our first dataset.
The feature class will store the towers information.
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