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ArcGIS Desktop Data Search Guide

The ArcCatalog Search tool allows users to search for geospatial data and maps by specifying criteria like the data name, type, location, date, and keywords. Searches are saved and results are added to the search list as data matching the criteria is found. Good metadata is essential for the search tool to effectively evaluate what data satisfies the search criteria.

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ArcGIS Desktop Data Search Guide

The ArcCatalog Search tool allows users to search for geospatial data and maps by specifying criteria like the data name, type, location, date, and keywords. Searches are saved and results are added to the search list as data matching the criteria is found. Good metadata is essential for the search tool to effectively evaluate what data satisfies the search criteria.

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Using ArcGIS Desktop

Searching for data and maps


The ArcCatalog Search tool will look on disks, in databases, and on GIS servers for data that matches criteria you
specify. Your search is saved in ArcCatalog. As data is found that satises your criteria, shortcuts to those data sources

are added to the searchs list of results. You can modify the searchs criteria and run the search again. The Search tool

uses metadata to evaluate whether a data source satises your criteria. Having good metadata documentation is essential
for nding useful data.

Right-click a folder or drive in the


Catalog tree and click Search to open
the Search dialog box.

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Use the Name & location tab to specify the name
of a dataset (wildcards can be used); the specic

data type, or types, youre searching for, such as


shapeles or rasters; and the location to search.

Remove the current box

Use the Geography tab to dene the geographic

area in which to search. Draw a box on the map (by


clicking and dragging the cursor). Use the buttons
to zoom and pan the display. Alternatively, enter the
coordinates of the bounding box. Rene your search

by choosing a location from within the box, using the


drop-down arrow.

Choose the map to display

Use the Date tab to search for data created or


published before or after a given date or within a date
range.

Use the Advanced tab to search other entries in the


metadata, such as keywords, the data theme type,
or the source. Use the dropdown arrows to create a
query; then add it to the list.

When youve entered all your criteria, enter a name for the
search (the default is My Search). Then click Find Now
(available from any of the tabs) to begin the search.

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