Data Types for ArcGIS

Pro
• With ArcGIS Pro, you can create, edit, and manage
the spatial data in your projects. You can work with
a wide variety of data types and visualize them as
layers in 2D and 3D.
• You can: Edit, create, use templates, work with
topology, create geodatabases, design subtypes,
domains and fields,
• Manage many different types of data including
CAD, excel, imagery, KML, lidar, TIN etc.
• Very versatile program which accepts a lot of
different data types
• ArcGIS Pro uses and integrates a wide variety of
data types. These include feature- and raster-
based spatial data—including images and
remotely sensed data—tabular data, architectural
drawings, lidar, web services, and more.

• In ArcGIS Pro you can also use the data you have
in spreadsheets and databases, and combine it
with public data, live data feeds, or data shared
by other organizations
 Data Types -
Feature and Raster
based used by
ArcGIS Pro
BIM - Building information
modeling (BIM) is the process of
creating and managing 3D, 4D,
and 5D information for a
construction project
Feature Classes - Feature classes
are homogeneous collections of
common features, each having
the same spatial representation
(such as points, lines, or
polygons)
3D Objects -A 3D object feature Annotation – Annotation or Big data connections - (BDC)
class stores and manages 3D labels is text is stored in allows you to quickly connect to
geometry type features in a
geodatabase.
annotation feature classes in a
geodatabase
data sources to visualize and
analyze large datasets.
CAD - Computer-aided design Excel - You can open Microsoft
Dimensions - Dimensions are a
(CAD) is a system of hardware Excel tables directly in ArcGIS
special kind of geodatabase
and software used by design Pro and work with them in the
annotation for showing specific
professionals to design and same way as other tabular data
lengths or distances on a map
document real-world objects. sources.
KML - KML (formerly known as
Feature Datasets - A feature
Imagery and Raster - manage, Keyhole Markup Language) is an
dataset is a collection of related
analyze, visualize, and share XML-based file format for
feature classes that share a
your raster data. displaying information in a
common coordinate system.
geographic context.
 Data Types Con’t
• Lidar and LAS datasets -Lidar (light detection and ranging) is an optical remote-sensing
technique that uses laser light to densely sample the surface of the earth, producing highly
accurate x,y,z measurements.
• NetCDF -NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a file format for storing multidimensional
scientific data (variables) such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, and direction
• Relationship classes - provides many ways to associate features and records with each other in
a geodatabase.
• Shapefiles -vector data storage format that stores the location, shape, and attributes of
geographic features with the same geometry type (such as point, line, and polygon) and the
same spatial reference.
• Tables -there are many geoprocessing tools that allow you to perform tasks such as data
conversion and management on tables and attribute data.
• Terrain datasets - dataset is a multiresolution, TIN-based surface built from measurements
stored as features in a geodatabase. They're typically made from lidar, sonar, and
photogrammetric sources.
• TIN - A triangular irregular network (TIN) layer is commonly an elevation surface that represents
height values across an extent
• Topology- Using a topology provides a mechanism to perform integrity checks on your data and