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JanelleHarrison
GISG114Spring20115/20/2011
GeodatabaseProject
INTRODUCTION
Myfilegeodatabasedesignisabasedonpracticalworkexperienceasan
archaeologistfortheNationalParksService.OriginallyIwasgoingtodesigna
geodatabasespecificallyforhistoricstructuresbutthatisnotpracticaleventhough
anumberofpeoplethatworkforDeathValleyNationalParkcouldbenefitform
havingthatdataaccessibleviaageodatabase,butdonothaveclearancetoall
sensitivearchaeologicaldatasocannotaccessthisgeodatabase.Iconcludedthatin
therealworldsituation,withtheparknowhavinganewsevereupandrunning
ArcGIS10,themostpracticalwaytosolvethisproblemwouldbetocreatean
ArcSDEsothatallthedatacouldbestoredinonelocationandpermissionscouldbegrantedfordifferentlevelsofaccess.Thehydrologistandthebotanistandthe
archaeologistcouldallhavelevelsofdataaccesssetsothattherewouldbesomedata,non-sensitivedata,availabletootheremployees.Soindesigningthisproject
geodatabaseIkeptthisinmind.ThenetworkdoescrashalotinDeathValleysoI
knoweveryonewouldwantafilegeodatabasetoworkinlocallybutthenthedatacouldbeuploadeddailytotheArcSDEgeodatabaserunningonthenewserver.
DESIGN
Mygeodatabasedesigntakesintoaccountthefactthatanythingwerecordinthe
fieldcanberecordedasapointlineorpolygon.Therecanbeapointonabuilding,a
lineorapolygonsoeachdatasetcontainsafeatureclassforeachgeometry.Because
theNationalParksServicehasastandardizedcodesystemforrecordkeepingsuch
asassigninganASMIS(archaeologicalsitemanagementinformationsystem)IDto
eachsite,andassigningaWACCNumber(WesternArchaeologicalConservation
Center)numberorIDtomostsitesand,thateverysitewillbegiveastatePrimary
numbertheseattributeswerecreatedasdomainswithaTEXTvalueassignedto
them.
IcreatedfarmorethantheassignmentaskedforbutIfeltIneededtocompleteornearlycompletethegeodatabaseIthoughtwouldbemostfunctionalfortheworkI
didatDeathValleyNP.Inearlycompletedalltheconceptualdomainsandsubtypes
thatIwantedtoincludeacceptIdidnotaddtheNationalRegisterEligiblycodeddomainandsubtype(yet)thatImentionedinmyPowerpoint.Withsometime,in
thenearfuture,Iwilladdthisdomainandthecodes.
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thedesignofmyfeaturedatasetsaretogiveapersonworkingIthefieldaquick
guidetorecordingtheresourcesasperthestatesrequirementswithouthavingto
typeintextoneachandeverythingrecorded.ThedropdownmenuscreateconsistencyandIknowforafactthatmyformerco-workerswouldappreciatethis
designgreatlyasmostofthemhatetousethetechnologybecauseitssotimeconsumingandcomplicated-anditshouldnthavetobe!
CONCLUSION
IttookmeawhiletosynthesizethedesignofmygeodatabasebutonceIfiguredit
outIwasabletodesignageodatabasethatIfeelisveryuserfriendlyandwillonlyafewdomainmodificationshereandthere,itsageodatabasedesignthatcouldbe
usedasastandardizeddesignforalltheNationalParksinCalifornia.
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