Data Management

Tip of the Day – Use Descriptive Database Table Names

2017/11/08

Discussion Today’s tip came to me after I was trying to link some tables into my database, from another database. What I saw in that database looked something like this: ce410ap sf200xp jj310fe Repeat this for a couple of hundred tables. This structure, I feel, is a holdover from the old days of taking a …

Data Database Tip of the Day

Tip of the Day – Use a strict directory structure for file-based data

GetSpatial

2017/04/18

Today’s Tip Define and stick with logical directory structure for file-based data Discussion In every mapping related job I’ve worked, one issue that always arises is data management. Unless you have a spatial database implemented already, the likelihood is that the majority of your data is in some file-based format. Heck, even if you have …

Data GIS Tip of the Day