Using ArcCatalog

Organizing your
data
With ArcCatalog, managing
maps and geographic data is as
easy as managing files with
Windows Explorer. Use the
standard Windows shortcuts
and drag and drop techniques to
copy, move, rename, and delete
items in the Catalog. These
features make it easy to
organize not only data sources
on disk, such as coverages and
shapefiles, but data stored in
databases as well.
Keep in mind that when you
delete a database connection,
you are deleting the connection
itself, not the database or its
contents. However, when you
delete a personal geodatabase,
you are deleting the Access
database file and all the data it
contains.
You can copy or move items,
such as database connections
and coordinate systems, to and
from their folders in the Catalog
tree and other folders on disk.
For example, you can place
ArcSDE geodatabase connections
and custom coordinate
systems in a shared folder on
the network so everyone in your
organization can access them.
Creating a new folder
1. Click the folder connection or
folder in which you want to
create a new folder.
2. Click the File menu.
3. Point to New and click Folder.
4. Type a new name for the
folder.
5. Press Enter.
Creating a new personal
geodatabase
1. Click the folder connection or
folder in which you want to
create a new personal
geodatabase.
2. Click the File menu.
3. Point to New and click
Personal Geodatabase.
4. Type a new name for the
personal geodatabase.
5. Press Enter.
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