multiuser geodatabases & replication: join the party

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Resource Information Management Conference – 4/22/2010

Multiuser Geodatabases &

Replication: Join the Party

Peter LindstromGIS Specialist

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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Yet AnotherGeodatabase Variety

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File ServerShared Folder

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Geodatabase

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Geodatabase

Database ServerSQL Instance

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Version

Geodatabase

SQL Database

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Version

Geodatabase

SQL Database

Database ServerSQL Instance

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Version

Geodatabase

SQL Database

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Version

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Version

Geodatabase

SQL Database

Annotation(s)Cadastral Fabric(s)Dimension(s)Feature Class(es)Feature Dataset(s)Geometric Network(s)Network Dataset(s)Raster Catalog(s)Raster Dataset(s)Relationship Class(es)Schematic Dataset(s)Survey Dataset(s)Table(s)Terrain(s)Toolbox(es)Topology(ies)

Version

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Yet AnotherGeodatabase Variety

…And Yet, Just Another Geodatabase

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Requirements

• Hardware: any server, workstation possible too if it can be left on

• DBMS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Express (free) or Standard ($614)

• GIS: ArcGIS & Enterprise ArcSDE 9.2+• IT Security: SQL admin rights,

service account in Active Directory

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Benefits

• Multi-user viewing & editing• Fast & bandwidth efficient• Replication a form of backup• Mirrors in remote offices• Grassroots standards development• Easier and/or automatic data sharing• Access to services provided by

others

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Potential Services

• Base data development• Off-site backups and/or archiving• Posting for internal/public

download• Internal/public web maps• Internal/public map services• Data conversion between

standards

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Potential Obstacles & Pitfalls

• IT staff• Schema changes• Can’t add feature classes to

existing replicas – must re-create

• SDE service reliability/direct connection compatibility

• Backups

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Who’s Doing This?

• Carlsbad Caverns NP• Chihuahuan Desert Network• Intermountain Region GIS• Redwoods NP• Resource Information Services

Division• National Historic Trails (Santa Fe,

NM)

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Who’s Doing This?

• Zion NP

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Resources

• ArcGIS Desktop Online Help• Enterprise GIS Subcommittee• RIM Sharepoint – PGIS –

Document Archive – CAVE 2.4 SOPs