Geodata is information about geographic locations that is stored in a format that can be used with a geographic information system (GIS).
Geodata can be stored in a database, geodatabase, shapefile, coverage, raster image, or even a dbf table or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The following is a list of geodata that can be used with Esri GIS software along with links to topics describing them:
Database | Databases and ArcGIS |
Geodatabase | What is a geodatabase? |
Raster image | What is raster data? |
Tabular data such as dbf tables and Excel spreadsheets | Tabular data sources |
Shapefile | What is a shapefile? |
Coverage | What is a coverage? |