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Technical Paper

Managing a Raster Database


This document guides you through the setup, maintenance and backup of a raster database. These management tasks are presented using a case study approach employing scenarios to illustrate the challenges faced by a GIS team. Each scenario describes a problem to solve, the logistics involved, and the choices made by various GIS team members. The ZIP file contains the white paper (in PDF format) and the sample scripts which are referenced in the paper. UPDATED 5/26/05

5/26/05: The Raster Loading Tools toolbox, referenced in the white paper, has been added to the ZIP file.

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