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An Overview of Distributing Data with Geodatabases


Data distribution involves creating copies of data and distributing data between two or more geodatabases. To keep the copies in sync, data distribution also includes a means to apply edits made to each copy across all copies. This paper discusses cases where you will need to distribute your data and introduces the options available.

Data distribution involves creating copies of data and distributing data between two or more geodatabases. To keep the copies in sync, data distribution also includes a means to apply edits made to each copy across all copies. This paper discusses cases where you will need to distributeyour data and introduces the options available.

This paper reviews the options available for building systems to distributed data with ArcGIS. Anyone who needs to distribute data with ArcGIS should read this paper.

Keywords: geodatabase, replication, replicate

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