ArcGIS: ArcCatalog

1. ArcGIS: ArcCatalog

2. Agenda • The ArcCatalog Interface • General ArcCatalog • Navigating directories • Preview data • View metadata • Advanced ArcCatalog • Modifying the interface • Modifying the Catalog Tree • Modifying the Contents Window • Working with Previews • Modifying Metadata • Searching for Data

3. The ArcCatalog Interface

4. Toolbars • Standard Toolbar: navigating directories, cut and paste, shortcuts to ArcMap and ArcToolbox • Geography Toolbar: navigating in the Geography Preview window • Location Toolbar: directory location • Metadata Toolbar: change the Metadata Stylesheet, shortcuts for creating, editing, and updating

5. Catalog • Directory Structure • Connected Folders • Other data sources • Database servers • Database connections • GIS services • My hosted services • Interoperability connections

6. Contents/Preview/Description • Contents tab • Preview tab • Description tab

7. General Use • Navigate • Data management • Preview • View metadata

8. Navigation • Icons indicate data directories and data type • Work in Catalog or Contents Tab • See Directories containing Spatial Data • Drag data to other applications

9. Data Management • Options for moving data • Drag and drop • Cut and paste • Menus, buttons • Work in catalog or “Contents” • Data conversion • Right click to see export options • Several export formats available • Option to create Layer (.lyr) file • Create New items • Folders • Spatial/tabular data files • Geodatabases and related items

10. Preview • Geographic vs Table • Use the drop down menu at the bottom of the window to toggle between the geography and table views • Navigation • Use the tools on the Geography toolbar to navigate around the preview window • Layers and maps vs raw data • Layers and Map Document will display their symbology in the preview while Raw data is assigned default or random symbology for previews

11. Viewing Metadata and Description • Types of Metadata • In the ESRI Style, click on specific items to see more detail, tabs expose different types of data (Description, Spatial, and Attribute).

12. Advanced Use • Modifying the interface • Modifying the Catalog • Modifying the “Contents” • Modifying Metadata • Working with previews • Searching for data

13. Modifying the Interface (exercise 1) • Add/remove toolbars • Resize/reposition toolbars • Remove/add catalog • Resize/reposition catalog

14. Modifying the Catalog (exercise 2) • Adding folder connections • Connect to folder button • File menu • Click and drag • Adding/removing other top level entries • Click +/-

15. Modifying the “Contents” (exercise 3) • Standard toolbar options • Large icons • List • Details • Thumbnails • Right click on “Standards”

16. Modifying Metadata • Validate metadata • Export metadata • Metadata properties

17. Working the previews (exercise 4) • Navigating • Use the tools on the Geography toolbar to zoom in/out, and pan around the image. You can also identify features with the identify tool. • Making thumbnails • Click on the Create Thumbnail button to make a thumbnail for a dataset. Once created, this can be displayed in the Contents window and in the metadata. • Table tools • In the table preview you can click on columns, rows or cells to select them. You can also right-click on a field header to reveal basic sorting tools.

18. Searching for Data • The search dialog can be opened from the Standard Toolbar. Several types of are possible: • Name and location – Basic file name search. Provide a name or part of a name and/or a directory location to look • Geography – Provide a location either by bounding coordinates or through definition on a map and the search will return anything within or overlapping the bounds given • Date – Provide a time period and search based on data created or modified, or dates found in the metadata • Tools – Search useful tools here. • Search results are returned to the bottom of the Catalog below the “Search Results” icon.