num_pages: 200
description: Geographic data models are digital frameworks that describe the location and characteristics of things in the world around us. With a geographic information system, we can use these models as lenses to see, interpret, and analyze the infinite complexity of our natural and man-made environments. With the geodatabase, a new geographic data model introduced with ArcInfo 8, you can extend significantly the level of detail and range of accuracy with which you can model geographic reality in a database environment.
language: English
title: Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design
titlecomplete: Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Esri Press