Let’s walk through how to convert a shapefile into a feature class for storage in the geodatabase you just made. Converting a shapefile to a feature class You’ll now be able to add feature classes, including those converted from existing shapefiles, to your geodatabase.

(You may need to right-click and navigate to Rename to change the geodatabase’s name)Ĭongratulations! You’ve successfully create a new file geodatabase. Give your geodatabase a name appropriate for your project.You’ve created a new file geodatabase! ArcCatalog names it New File Geodatabase.gdb by default, but also gives you the option to rename it.Right-click on the folder where you want to store your geodatabase, navigate to New>File Geodatabase.In this example, I’ll be using C: emp, but you can use whichever folder you’d like. In the ArcCatalog pane, navigate to a folder where you want to store your geodatabase.In ArcMap, open up the ArcCatalog pane.In short, you need to create a geodatabase: But before you can do that conversion, you need a place, a geodatabase, for your feature class to be stored. What you’ll really be doing through this process is converting a shapefile to a feature class that resides in a geodatabase. The data that are stored in a geodatabase are called feature classes. In fact, if you look at a geodatabase outside of ArcCatalog or ArcMap it will just look like a folder on your computer. While it has special functionality for spatial data, it serves the same purpose as any other file folder on your computer. When using a geodatabase it’s important to keep in mind that the geodatabase itself is just a container for data. Converting a shapefile into a feature classīy the end, you should be able to work with your layer as a feature class in a geodatabase.This will be broken into two larger parts: This little tutorial will walk you through how to convert a shapefile into a geodatabase feature class using ArcGIS. via Feature Class to Feature Class tool.Converting a shapefile to a feature class.Converting a shapefile into a geodatabase feature class Three methods using ArcGIS This gis tutorial was created by Ryan Cooper on Apfor GSCPC.

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