Import From GIFD/TGD Metadata (Defense Mapping)

Summary

Imports feature-level metadata from Geospatial Intelligence Feature Database (GIFD) or Theatre Geospatial Database (TGD) geodatabases to the Topographic Features Data Management (TFDM) DatasetAreas and CollectionAreas feature classes.

Usage

• DatasetAreas must exist in the TFDM geodatabase.

• Before importing GIFD or TGD metadata, GIFD or TGD data should be split along the TFDM DatasetAreas boundaries.

• DatasetAreas features are updated based on the GIFD or TGD features that they contain. All feature classes in the GIFD or TGD data model have common metadata attributes. Some of the metadata values are hard-coded and some are mapped. For the mapped attributes, many GIFD or TGD values need to be considered for mapping to a single value in a DatasetAreas feature. To do this, statistics are compiled per DatasetAreas feature. For each attribute that is mapped, the majority value from the compiled statistics is used.

  DatasetAreas attribute	GIFD/TGD value
  AHA	25
  AVA	If Z_VALUE_TYPE = DTED1 derived OR Z_VALUE_TYPE = DTED2 derived OR Z_VALUE_TYPE = Reflective surface derived OR Z_VALUE_TYPE = Stereo derived OR Z_VALUE_TYPE = TIN derived, set AVA=20 and VDT=1. else, set AVA = -999999
  CPS	4
  EQC	Mapped from SCALE attribute
  ETS	56
  ETX	2.0
  HZD	300
  MDE	Mapped from CREATION_DATE attribute
  MEM	No Information
  RCG	Mapped from ORIGINATOR attribute (if GBR and CAN), else set RCG = 19.
  ZI002_CCN	Mapped from COMM_CPYRT_NOTICE attribute
  ZI002_CUI	2
  ZI002_CUX	LIMDIS

  List of DatasetAreas attributes updated by GIFD/TGD metadata values

• New CollectionAreas features are created as subtype 1, SPATIAL_MD_ENT_COLLECT_S.

• New CollectionAreas features are created with the following values from the GIFD or TGD geodatabase:

  CollectionAreas attribute	GIFD/TGD value
  ZI001_SSD	Mapped from ORIG_SOURCE_DATE attribute
  ZI001_SSY	Mapped from ORIGINATING_SOURCE
  ZI001_VSC	Mapped from Z_VALUE_TYPE

Syntax

ImportGIFDTGDMetadata_defense (in_workspace, in_dataset_areas)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_workspace	The workspace that stores the GIFD or TGD features. Feature-level metadata from this workspace will be exported to the TFDM DatasetAreas and CollectionAreas feature classes.	Workspace
in_dataset_areas	The DatasetAreas features to which the importer will write GIFD or TGD feature-level metadata. The tool also writes feature-level metadata to CollectionAreas features from the same workspace that stores in_dataset_areas features.	Feature Layer

Code Sample

ImportGIFDTGDMetadata example (stand-alone Python script)

The following script executes the ImportGIFDTGDMetadata function. This function updates attribute values of TFDM Features that intersect GIFD or TGD features.

# ImportGIFDTGDMetadata.py
# Description: Imports GIFD or TGD metadata into TFDM
# Date: October 2010

# Import arcpy and the defense mapping toolbox
import arcpy
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("defense")
arcpy.ImportToolbox(r'C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Defense Mapping Tools.tbx')

# variables for the TFDM feature layer and workspace
TGD_workspace = "C:\\data\\TFDM_Metadata_Tool_Data\\Export\\Export_Tactical_3_2.gdb"
DatasetAreas = "C:\\data\\tfdm.gdb\\LTDS\\DatasetAreas"
DatasetAreasLayer = "DatasetAreas"

# Make the TFDM feature layer
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(DatasetAreas, DatasetAreasLayer)

# Import GIFD/TGD Metadata
arcpy.ImportGIFDTGDMetadata_defense(TGD_workspace, DatasetAreasLayer)

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments

Licensing Information

ArcView: No

ArcEditor: Requires Defense Mapping

ArcInfo: Requires Defense Mapping