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    Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases
    Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases
    Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases
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    Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

    By Hussein Nasser

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    This is a solution-based book, showcasing the real power of ArcGIS Geodatabase by following a real-world, example-based approach.
    This book is aimed at geospatial developers who want to work with ArcGIS geodatabases as well as manage them. Having knowledge of building a geodatabase from scratch isn't a must; Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases is ideal for those who want to use ArcGIS geodatabase for the first time, or for those who want to migrate from their existing legacy database to a geodatabase.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJun 25, 2014
    ISBN9781783988655
    Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases
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    Hussein Nasser

    Hussein Nasser is an Esri award-winning senior GIS solution architect working in the GIS field since 2006. He is the author of three books in the ArcGIS technology: Administering ArcGIS for Server, Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases, and Building Web Applications with ArcGIS, all by Packt Publishing. In 2007, he won the first place at the annual ArcGIS Server Code Challenge, conducted at the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California. In 2014, he started the IGeometry YouTube channel, where he periodically publishes educational GIS videos.

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      Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases - Hussein Nasser

      Table of Contents

      Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

      Credits

      About the Author

      About the Reviewers

      www.PacktPub.com

      Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more

      Why subscribe?

      Free access for Packt account holders

      Preface

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Downloading the example code

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. Authoring Geodatabases

      Bestaurants, the best restaurants in Belize

      Designing the geodatabase schema

      Creating the geodatabase

      The spatial reference

      Creating the feature classes

      Editing the geodatabase in ArcMap

      Summary

      2. Working with Geodatabase Datasets

      Working with feature classes

      Adding new attributes

      Modifying the properties of the attributes

      Domains

      Subtypes

      Working with object tables and relations

      Working with annotations

      Importing other datasets

      Importing shape files

      Importing the CAD files

      Importing coverage classes

      Summary

      3. Modeling Geodatabases

      The entity relationship diagram for Bestaurants

      The flaws in the current geodatabase

      The proposed geodatabase model

      Implementing the proposed model

      Authoring the geodatabase

      Creating geodatabase datasets

      Assigning domains to the feature class

      Adding subtypes to the new feature class

      Enabling attachments in the feature class

      Testing the new geodatabase in ArcMap

      Summary

      4. Optimizing Geodatabases

      Geodatabase indexing

      Attribute indexing

      Adding an attribute index

      Spatial indexing

      Adding a spatial index

      Using indexes effectively

      Geodatabase compression

      Compressing a file geodatabase

      Using compression effectively

      Compacting

      Compacting a file geodatabase

      Using compacting effectively

      Summary

      5. Programming Geodatabases

      Using Python scripting

      Creating a geodatabase

      Creating a feature class

      Adding and deleting fields

      Copying features

      Backing up the Bestaurants_Web geodatabase

      A list of arcpy commands

      Using the model builder

      Creating a model

      Creating a feature class

      Running the model

      Summary

      6. Enterprise Geodatabases

      The benefits of the enterprise geodatabase

      Setting up a Microsoft SQL Server Express geodatabase

      System requirements

      Installing SQL Server Express

      Configuring SQL Server Express

      Enabling TCP remote pipe

      Enabling the firewall's database port

      Connecting to the database

      Connecting to the database from a remote machine

      Creating an enterprise geodatabase

      Working with an enterprise geodatabase

      Adding users

      Creating a connection to the enterprise geodatabase

      Migrating a file geodatabase to an enterprise geodatabase

      Assigning privileges

      Summary

      Index

      Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

      Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases

      Copyright © 2014 Packt Publishing

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      Author

      Hussein Nasser

      Reviewers

      Hani M. Basheer

      Frank Donnelly

      Venkatesh Merwade

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      Acquisition Editor

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      About the Author

      Hussein Nasser is an Esri award-winning senior GIS solution architect at Electricity and Water Authority, Bahrain. He was the first author to write about the ArcGIS for Server technology after its complete revamp in Version 10.1. In 2007, Hussein won the annual ArcGIS for Server Code Challenge conducted at the Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California, for using the AJAX technology with ArcGIS for Server, which was not implemented back then. His eight-year career as a GIS architect at the leading Middle Eastern engineering company Khatib & Alami involved implementing various utility GIS systems based on the Esri technology across the Middle East. After this, Hussein decided to move to a more focused environment at Electricity and Water Authority, Bahrain, his homeland, where he could channel his expertise to develop a robust GIS utility solution and fully integrate it with the e-government project, which would help Bahrain march towards the smart grid. Beyond GIS, Hussein is fascinated by acute research topics. Among the papers he is currently working on are The Human API: A Software Interface to Prevent Cancer, Global Economic Crisis and Natural Disasters Quantum Detector, and the Stock Market and the Moon Phases.

      To Nada: May all our dreams come true.

      About the Reviewers

      Hani M. Basheer is a GIS expert and Oracle certified professional DBA. He graduated in the year 2001 as a surveying engineer with a technical postgraduate diploma in Esri GIS. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Esri products.

      Throughout his career, he has worked on several enterprise GIS projects in Egypt and Saudi Arabia; he worked with the Egypt SDI project, which is a project to establish a GIS system for the NARSS and EMRA authorities in Egypt. He moved to Saudi Arabia in 2007 to work with a leading GIS company, FarsiGeoTech, which deals with many GIS projects. Hani moved to National Water Company in 2010 to establish a GIS unit, GIS model, geodatabase, and GIS application to manage the water and waste water utility networks of Jeddah city.

      Hani has over 10 years of experience as a technical trainer for GIS products. During this period, he has delivered many successful training sessions in the Middle East to different sectors such as petroleum, mining, education, electricity, and municipalities.

      Throughout his career, he has worked with most Esri products. He worked with Oracle databases and earned four DBA OCPs. He has also worked with SAN storage, GPS, and GPS CORS systems.

      He really liked this book. While reviewing, he found it interesting enough to complete it from start to end. He also felt that the writer succeeded in providing knowledge to the readers in an easy way. He guarantees the readers that they will get the best out of their GIS career by reading this book.

      I would like to thank my wife, Wegdan, for her love and support. I also want to acknowledge my loving family, who are always there for me.

      Frank Donnelly is a Geospatial Data Librarian at Baruch College, City University of New York, where he assists students and faculty with finding and processing data and using GIS. He holds master's degrees in both Geography and Library and Information Science. He has been using GIS for over 15 years and has extensive experience working with the US Census data. He has built several spatial databases using ArcGIS personal geodatabases and open source SpatiaLite, including a geodatabase for studying New York City neighborhoods, which is freely available on his college's website. He has recently published papers on the geography of public libraries in the United States and the use of the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey for research.

      Venkatesh Merwade is an associate professor at the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University. His research and teaching interests include solving water resources issues by using GIS, computer modeling, and hydrologic information systems. His online tutorials, which are available at his website for free, on GIS applications and hydraulic and hydrologic modeling are used by students, researchers, and practitioners around the world to address water resource issues. He has co-authored two chapters in Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources, Esri Press; one chapter in GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling, Esri Press; and one chapter in Gravel Bed Rivers 7: Developments in Earth Surface Processes, Wiley.

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