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- In the Catalog pane, right-click Folders and select Add Folder Connection.
- In the 'Add Folder Connection' window, click Computer in the left column and single-click Downloads in the right column. Click OK.
- In the Catalog pane, expand Downloads and ensure it looks as shown below. (If you followed Option 3 for obtaining the tutorial data and downloaded the data from this wiki page, you will only see four shapefiles listed.)
Importing and
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exporting data in the
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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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