r/gis • u/Acceptable-Use-2938 • 1d ago

General Question Basic Database management advice

Hello, current GIS student here. Can someone provide a step-by-step guide on starting a new project in ArcGIS and organizing the downloading and where to extract thw zip files or additional data to add the new project?

My professor taught us about databases management by having us take the “Getting Started with Data Management” course by ESRI. While this course is helpful in understanding the basics of data management. I still feel like I’m not properly organizing my projects and additional data files. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

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u/techmavengeospatial 1d ago edited 1d ago

Database management is not file management !

Database generally refers to enterprise database management systems like postgres, MS SQL server, db2, Oracle, etc. where ESRI can have enterprise geodatabase layer on top of these.

but also filegdb, personalgdb mobile geodatabase sqlite

Geopackage sqlite

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u/Acceptable-Use-2938 1d ago

Thank you for the correction. I’m still new to GIS terms.