Learning ArcGIS Pro

Chapter 7. Editing Spatial and Tabular
Data
One of the favorite questions I am often asked from administrators, directors, and elected
officials is “when will our GIS be done?” The honest answer is never. All the layers of
information we store in a GIS are changing. New roads are built. Parcels are split and sold.
New sewer lines are installed and more. All of these changes need to be incorporated into
our GIS databases. To do this, you must be able edit your GIS data.
ArcGIS Pro allows you to edit your GIS data. You can add new features or modify
existing features. You can also edit the structure of your GIS database. With ArcGIS Pro,
you can create new feature classes, add new attribute fields, create new tables, add
domains, and so on. It also supports editing of both 2D and 3D data.
ArcGIS Pro is still very much a work in progress. There are some data structures, such as
topologies, geometric networks, and the Parcel Fabric, which cannot be edited with the
current version of ArcGIS Pro, which is 1.1. It is expected that over time, as ArcGIS Pro
continues to mature, that these limitation will be removed.
In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
How to create and manage feature templates
How to create update spatial and tabular data
Know which data types can be edited
How to make changes to your geodatabase schema