2 Geographic Data Management

The first panel of the Simple

Data Loader wizard explains
what it does.

Browse to the dataset

containing the data to load, then
Add it to the list (you can load
multiple datasets of the same
type at one time).

To load data into one of the empty containers, right-click it, click Load,
and click Load Data. That opens the Simple Data Loader wizard.
This panel shows the
geodatabase and feature class
the data will be loaded into.

Heres where you specify which

attributes correspond to which
fields in the table (if the field
names arent the same).

The default is to load all the

features, but you can load a
subset of featuresselect Load
only the features that satisfy
a query, then use the Query
Builder button to specify the
selection criteria.

The final panel shows you a

summary of the data that will
be loaded. Click Back to make
changes, or click Finish to load
the data.

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Once the data is loaded, the feature class now contains features. The feature geography can be previewed in ArcCatalog, and the features can be
added to a map in ArcMap. The feature attribute table contains the attribute values for each feature.

Another way to copy the schema of a geodatabase is to use the Extract Data wizard in ArcMap. It allows you to
modify the spatial reference of the new schema you create and to set a map extent for the data you want to copy into
your geodatabase. This is useful because the spatial reference requirements of your new geodatabase will probably be
different from those of the source geodatabase.

The Extract Data Wizard is available

from the Distributed Geodatabase
toolbar in ArcMap. To open the
toolbar, click the View menu and
point to toolbars.

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