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May 2008 - Posts

Friday, May 30, 2008 2:13 PM

Five reasons why you should be using the File Geodatabase

There are many options to the GIS user when deciding what data store to use to store geographic data. At ArcGIS 9.2 we introduced a new type of geodatabase, the File Geodatabase. While all types of geodatabases have their strengths and weaknesses, we
Posted by brentardenpierce | 7 Comments
Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:57 PM

Road Ahead - New workflow for mosaicking raster datasets

The following post was written by Simon Woo, a product engineer on the geodatabase team specializing in Raster support in the geodatabase. Previous versions of ArcGIS have provided various mosaicking workflows. We’ve tried to make the mosaicking experience
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Friday, May 16, 2008 9:41 AM

Road Ahead - PostgreSQL database support at ArcGIS 9.3

The following post was written by Kasia Tuszynska, a product engineer on geodatabase team specializing in PostgreSQL and the geodatabase. The release of ArcGIS 9.3 will see an addition to the list of databases supported by ArcSDE. PostgreSQL 8.3.0 is
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Monday, May 12, 2008 1:53 PM

Road Ahead - Version Changes Viewer

Ever connect to a version of a Geodatabase and ask "How is this Version different" ? At ArcGIS 9.3 we added the Version Changes Viewer to the Versioning Toolbar to answer this very question. The Version Changes Viewer provides the capability to view the
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:00 AM

Geodatabase Essentials – Enterprise Geodatabases

Derek Law has written an article titled Enterprise Geodatabase 101 which was recently posted on ArcUser Online. The article provides a general overview of the enterprise geodatabase looking at key features, architecture, and implementation. It is geared
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