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GIS Data Mangement-Introduction to Geodatabase (CMPSC 57)

1 Unit
Recommended for Success: CMPSC 4, 10
Lecture: 1 hour

Students who take this course will learn to use the ArcGIS Geodatabase format for management of spatial data. Students will be introduced to the concepts of database design and system architecture using ArcGIS software. Concepts covered include: introduction to the geodatabase; metadata; geodatabase vs. shapefile formats; overview of ArcGIS data models; feature datasets and feature classes; editing a geodatabase; personal geodatabase vs. multi-user geodatabase; domains and validation rules; and relationships and subtypes. Credit may be earned for only one of the following: CMPSC 57 or GEOGR 57. Offered for Pass/No Pass grading only. May be repeated three times.
Transfer: CSU

Spring 2013 CMPSC 57 Syllabus Instructor:  Mutch, E