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- In the Catalog pane, right-click Folders and select Add Folder Connection.
- In the left column, click My Computer. In the right column, click C:/ > Users > gistrain.ADRICE and single click on Downloads. Click OK.
- In the Catalog pane, expand Downloads.
- Fully expand all folders and geodatabases in the Downloads folder.
- Your 'Folders' directory should look like the below.
Importing and Exporting Data in the Project Geodatabase
For this tutorial, we are working with vector data which is a spatial data format that uses points, lines, and polygons to represent real features on the Earth's surface. Vector data is ideal for discrete themes with definite boundaries. A Feature Class is a vector storage format that represents a homogeneous collection of common features. There are two types of Feature Classes: a Shapefile feature class and a Geodatabase feature class. A Shapefile feature class is an open source format. Its file extension is .shp and its icon is green. A Geodatabase feature class is an Esri proprietary format. A Geodatabase feature class must be stored inside a Geodatabase (.gdb) and its icon is white. To better organize our project, we will import data into our Project Geodatabase.
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