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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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