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ArcCatalog Tutorial
• Exercise 1: Building a catalog of
geographic data
• Exercise 2: Exploring data and
adding it to a map
• Exercise 3: Managing a dataset

ArcCatalog lets you explore and manage your data. After connecting
to your data, use the Catalog to explore its contents. When you find the
data you want to use, you can add it to a map. Often, when you get data
fora project, you can’t use it right away; you may need to change its
projection or format, modify its attributes, or link geographic features
to attributes stored in another table. When the data is finally ready, you
should document its contents and the changes you have made. These
data management tasks can all be accomplished using tools that are
available in the Catalog.
The easiest way tofind out what you can do with ArcCatalog is to
complete the exercises in this tutorial.
• Exercise 1 shows you how to build your own catalog of geographic
data by adding data to and removing data from the Catalog.
• Exercise 2 illustrates how to explore and search for data and how to
add it to a map.
• Exercise 3 shows you how to define a data source’s coordinate system, modify its...