« 6. Metadata

6.1 Introduction to Metadata

Metadata is data about a GIS layer and includes information about who produced the GIS dataset, how it was created, the time period for which is this GIS dataset is relevant and so on. This tutorial provides information about metadata and how to view metadata in ArcGIS.

Resources:

1. Metadata Tutorial and Data for the Tutorial

2. Video: Viewing Metadata in ArcGIS