Database Design

Designing Geodatabases : Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling

Format: Paperback
Author: David Arctur
ReleaseDate: 28 September, 2004
Publisher: Esri Press
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mindshare is being sold here, not the book
The book is part of ESRI's ongoing way to publicise geodatabases, and hence ultimately drive demand for their products. The subject is considerably more specialised that designing a relational data base. So keep in mind that what is really being sold here is not the book but mindshare. Yours.

The text has extensive explanations as to what you might need in a geodatabase, as well as what is technically feasible to put in it. It also suggests that you consider what you want your users to be able to do. And use this in no small way to drive the design requirements. Software developers will recognise this as the gathering of scenarios from stakeholders. So you probably should canvas your potential users, if this is at all possible.