This chapter was about building geodatabases. There are many different formats for organizing spatial data into feature classes, some of which are shapefiles, coverages and CAD files. Geodatabases is one of them. But unlike a shapefile, geodatabases, coverages and CAD files contain several feature classes.
Part a was a little difficult for me because the software would not allow me to import Coverage to Geodatabase Wizard. I had to play around a little and make a few changes (that I don’t even remember) to complete this exercise.
The next part of the exercise taught how to create feature classes and specifying the feature class geometry — point, line or polygon. Fields and domains are then added to store attribute information. A field is defined by a name, data type and properties that vary according to both. A domain is wither a list or range of valid values for an attribute. A domain can be applied to more than one field in a feature class and more than one feature class within a geodatabase.
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