1. The document describes steps to create a geodatabase with feature datasets and feature classes in ArcGIS including setting a coordinate system, creating feature classes for points, lines, and polygons, adding attribute fields, and starting an editing session to draw features on a map. 2. Key steps include creating a personal geodatabase in an ArcCatalog folder, making feature datasets within it, adding feature classes designating geometry types, and populating attribute tables before and during editing. 3. Features can then be separated into individual layers, geometry calculated, and symbols customized for map display.

1. Creating Geodatabase with Feature dataset and feature classes
1. Opena map that has alreadybeengeoreferencedusing‘adddata’inArcMap.
2. OpenArc Catalog.Create a foldertocreate the database in.
3. Right click the folder->New ->Create Personal Geodatabase
4. Right click the createdGeodatabase ->New -> Create Feature Dataset.Setgeographicco-
ordinate systemWGS84.

2. 5. Right click on the newfeature datasetfolder->New ->Create feature class
6. Give feature classdetails –point,line orpolygon.

3. 7. Give fieldvariablesforthe feature class,alongwithrelevantdatatype.
8. The createdfeature layerwill appearonthe Control Panel (inthe leftwindow)
9. Close the catalogwindow,tostart drawingline feature.
10. Rightclickon ‘layers’inControl Panel ->SelectAttributetable.

4. 11. Openeditortool andselect‘Startediting’ ->clickon‘create feature’ andselectfeature you
added.
12. Draw the feature onthe map. Double clicktoenddrawing.(Zoomtoget a closerview anddraw
accurately)

5. 13. Go to attribute table ->editfieldcategory.
14. Whendone editing, go to Editor Tool bar and give save edit-> Stop edit.
15. To start editingagain,clickon‘StartEdit’.
16. To create anotherfeature,saypolygonfeature, click‘stopediting’,then gotoArc Catalog,right
clickFeature datasetyoucreatedand create new feature class – polygonfeature.Give asmany
fieldnamesasnecessary.

6. 17. While drawingpolygonfeature,toretrace linesalreadydrawnaspart of a new polygon,select
‘trace’feature.
18. Aftercompletingdrawingall features,‘save edit’and‘Stopedit’.
19. To separate the polygonintoseparate polygonfeatures:
20. Rightclickon the polygonlayerin‘Control Panel’ ->openattribute table ->selectthe polygon to
separate -> thenrightclickon the polygonlayertoseparate in‘Control Panel’ ->select‘data’ -
>select‘exportdata’andgive folderinwhichtosave in,and name of file.Save as.shpfile.

7. 21. Likewise,lineandpointlayerscanbe separatedintoindividual layersandassignedcolorsand
labels.
22. To calculate area,go to attribute table,rightclickon ‘Area’field->select‘Calculate Geometry’,
give unitsasrequired- usuallysq.meters.

9. 23. To save,select‘Save as’inArcMap.
24. To re-openmap,opensavedArcdocumentfile using‘Open’ asforanynormal file.
25. To give differentcolors/symbolstodifferentpartsof a single polygonorline feature,rightclick
the layer,openproperties ->symbologytab -> categories ->show all values,andselectfield
name that youwant to showinmap. Thenclickon symbol tochange symbol andcolors.