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Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design Michael Zeiler
Publisher: ESRI Press

I liked it because it had (among other things) good discussions of coordinate systems, map projections, and levels of model abstraction and basic database design. Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design. Organizations map and model our world. Geodatabase to be effective, you need to properly design and maintain your data model. Esri's GIS software tools and methodologies enable these organizations to effectively analyze and manage their geographic information and make better decisions. 1879102625 Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design Michael Zeiler Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Alas, I received a number of complaints from Some other titles that are not only well written, but beautifully illustrated, are The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Concepts and Modeling Our World, both by Michael Zeiler, and The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Vols. All geographic information systems (GIS) are built using formal models that describe how things are located in space. A data model or schema is how you represent real-world features in your geodatabase. A formal model is an abstract and well-defined system of concepts.