If you are going to implement ArcGIS for Maritime: Charting, there are a few geodatabase storage options.
- File geodatabases—Stored as folders in a file system. Each dataset is held as a file that can scale up to 1 TB in size. The file geodatabase is recommended over personal geodatabases.
- Personal geodatabases—All datasets are stored within a Microsoft Access data file, which is limited in size to 2 GB.
- Enterprise geodatabases—Also known as multiuser geodatabases, these are stored in a relational database. Maritime Charting supports either SQL Server Enterprise or Oracle 11g for geodatabase storage.
Geodatabase | Storage environment |
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Nautical Information System (NIS) | Enterprise geodatabase |
Product library |
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S4 paper chart production database | File geodatabase |
DNC production database | Esri personal geodatabase |
IENC and ENC products don't need a production database; they can be exported directly from the NIS database. See steps for setting up the NIS database in one of the following enterprise geodatabases.