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ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook
ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook: Over 60 hands-on recipes to help you become a more productive ArcGIS for Desktop user

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ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

Chapter 2. Editing Data

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Editing features in a geodatabase
  • Advanced editing in a geodatabase
  • Creating geodatabase topology
  • Editing geodatabase topology

Introduction

In the first part of this chapter, you will test different ArcGIS tools in order to add different types of feature geometry and their attribute values.

In Chapter 1, Designing Geodatabase, you constrained the attribute values using subtypes and domains. With the Validation option in an edit session, you can identify the invalid values in order to correct them.

You will continue to use the concept of validation in the feature geometry context in the second part of this chapter. You will constrain and administrate the spatial relationships between features with geodatabase topology. With the geodatabase topology, you will identify and fix the spatial errors from your Topo5k.gdb file geodatabase.

Editing features in a geodatabase

In ArcMap, a layer references the spatial datasets (for example, feature class and raster) that contain features with common geometry and attributes. A layer uses the dataset attributes to represent the features by one or more symbols. By default, a layer symbolizes features from a feature class using the subtype field.

The editing session in ArcGIS for Desktop is based on layers. When you start an edit session, you have to define the Feature Template that describes the type of feature that you intend to create. ArcGIS creates feature templates by default, based on the layer symbology. In the Creating Feature window, you can see the list of feature templates. You can create new types of features with the Organize Feature Templates option. Moreover, you can define a default attribute for one type of feature or for all types of features from a layer. When you create a new feature, the default attribute is automatically inherited. Choosing a default value works...

Advanced editing in a geodatabase

The Advanced Editing toolbar offers tools to reshape and replace geometry, correct the overshoot or undershoot errors, split line features in intersection, divide a line or curve based on specified lengths or percentages, and edit multipart features.

The COGO toolbar allows you to work with COoordinate GeOmetry. Coordinate geometry refers to directions or bearings, angles, and horizontal distances that generally came from a topographic survey and that describe a series of consecutive lines. Those lines can be straight lines or simple curves and are named as courses or 2-point line. A course has only two vertices. The survey measurements that describe the courses can be stored in a traverse file in the context of ArcGIS. From the topography point of view, a traverse is a classical method for a detail topographic survey of an area. In ArcGIS, in a closed traverse, the consecutive lines start from a known point and end at the same or another known point. In...

Creating geodatabase topology

In a map, topology refers to spatial relationships between features, such as:

  • Connectivity: This indicates that rivers from the WatercourseL feature class or roads from the RoadL feature class should be connected
  • Coincidence: This indicates that the water and roads from the Watercourse and Road polygon feature classes should be covered by the Hydrography and Transportation subtypes from the LandUse feature class
  • Adjacency: This indicates that parcels from LandUse have common edges and should not overlap or have gaps
  • Containment: This indicates that buildings from the Buildings feature class should be within the Other Terrain (Built-up area) subtype from the LandUse feature class

In the ArcGIS context, a topology is a collection of rules that define the spatial relationship between features within a feature class or between features of two or more feature classes belonging to the same feature dataset.

A topology is stored in a file geodatabase as an individual File...

Editing geodatabase topology

It's very important to have a comprehensive understanding of our dataset and the spatial relationships between features before choosing the right rules for a topology and the right solution to correct the errors. When you inspect the error, firstly identify the features involved, secondly understand what is causing the error from a geometrical point of view, and thirdly use the proper solution. There are different solutions to the same error:

  • Use a predefined fix
  • Combine a predefined fix with manual edits
  • Manually edit features

Note

For more details about the editing topology, please refer to the online ArcGIS Help (10.2) by navigating to Desktop | Editing | Editing topology at http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2.

Getting ready

In this section, we will display the topology layer in ArcMap, and test different methods to fix the topology errors identified in the previous recipe.

The main steps in editing a topology are:

  1. Open the topology in ArcMap.
  2. Symbolize...
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This book is a good companion to get you quickly acquainted with everything you need to increase your productivity with the ArcGIS Desktop. It would be helpful to have a bit of familiarity with basic GIS concepts. If you have no previous experience with ArcGIS, this book will still be helpful for you because it will help you catch up to the acquainted users from a practical point of view.

What you will learn

  • Design your geodatabase schema
  • Edit geometry and attributes of the features in a geodatabase
  • Get accustomed to working with Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
  • Create custom symbols and labels for a betterlooking map
  • Use geocode addresses and learn how to work with routes and events
  • Perform spatial analyses with the Spatial Analyst extension
  • Design a 3D representation of data with the 3D Analyst extension
  • Use the Data Interoperability tools to import and export your data
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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
1. Designing Geodatabase Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Editing Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Working with CRS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Geoprocessing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Working with Symbology Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Building Better Maps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Exporting Your Maps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Working with Geocoding and Linear Referencing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Working with Spatial Analyst Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Working with 3D Analyst Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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