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Focus on Raster Data Management


Organizations worldwide spend billions of dollars annually to collect and store spatial data from remote sensing, surveying, global positioning system (GPS) technology,and fast scanning devices that can quickly turn legacy paper-based map data into digital data sets. ArcSDE now makes it possible to store raster and vector data together in a relational database management system, enabling enterprise-wide data dissemination. This brochure describes raster data management, and offers several case s

Organizations worldwide spend billions of dollars annually to collect and store spatial data from remote sensing, surveying, global positioning system (GPS) technology,and fast scanning devices that can quickly turn legacy paper-based map data into digital data sets. ArcSDE now makes it possible to store raster and vector data together in a relational database management system, enabling enterprise-wide data dissemination. This brochure describes raster data management, and offers several case studies.

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