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CHAPTER 1: OBJECT MODELING AND GEODATABASES

• Modeling objects with GIS
• The progress of geographic data models
• The geodatabase, store of geographic data
• Features in an object-oriented data model
• Serving geographic data
• Accessing geographic data
• Building data models
• Guide to reading UML object diagrams
• Technology trends

CHAPTER 2: HOW MAPS INFORM

• The utility of maps
• How maps present information
• The parts of a map
• Presenting geography with layers
• Drawing features with symbols
• Drawing feature layers
• Classifying attribute values
• Displaying thematic, spectral, and picture data
• Visualizing surfaces with TIN layers

CHAPTER 3: GIS DATA REPRESENTATIONS

• The fundamentals of a GIS
• The diverse applications of GIS
• Three representations of the world
• Modeling surfaces
• Modeling imaged or sampled data
• Modeling discrete features
• Comparing spatial data representations

CHAPTER 4: THE STRUCTURE OF GEOGRAPHIC DATA

• The catalog and connections to data
• The geodatabase, datasets, and feature classes
• ArcInfo workspaces and coverages
• Shapefiles and CAD files
• Maps and layers
• Comparing the structure of vector datasets
• Comparing feature geometry in vector datasets

CHAPTER 5: SMART FEATURES

• The qualities of features
• Steps to making features smart
• Designing the geodatabase
• Storing data in tables
• The shape and extent of features
• Attributes: qualities of an object
• Adding simple behavior with subtypes
• Validating attributes
• Relationships among objects
• Extending object classes
• The geodatabase object model

CHAPTER 6: THE SHAPE OF FEATURES

• Geometry and features
• Constructing geometry
• Testing spatial relationships
• Applying topological operators
• Geometry object model

CHAPTER 7: MANAGING WORK FLOW WITH VERSIONS

• Using versions
• Long transactions and the geodatabase
• The fundamentals of versions
• Editing versioned geodatabases
• Types of work flow

CHAPTER 8: LINEAR MODELING WITH NETWORKS

• Modeling infrastructure
• The network model
• How features connect
• Network features
• Network flow
• Analysis on a network
• Network object model

CHAPTER 9: CELL-BASED MODELING WITH RASTERS

• Representing geography with rasters
• Using raster data
• Raster data model
• Raster display and analysis
• The spatial context of rasters
• Raster formats
• Raster object model

CHAPTER 10: SURFACE MODELING WITH TINS

• Representing surfaces
• Structure of a TIN
• Modeling surface features

CHAPTER 11: FINDING LOCATIONS

• Using locations
• Converting locations to map features
• Converting x,y locations
• Converting addresses
• Converting place names
• Converting postal zones
• Converting route locations

CHAPTER 12: GEODATABASE DESIGN GUIDE

• Purpose and goals of design
• Overview of design steps

Step 1: Model the user’s view
Step 2: Define entities and relationships
Step 3: Identify representation of entities
Step 4: Match to geodatabase data model
Step 5: Organize into geographic data sets

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