The ArcCatalog application provides a catalog window that is used to organize and manage various types of geographic information. This topic introduces ArcCatalog.

ArcCatalog is like a library for your GIS data. Like any good library, you can collect, store and manage your content. It's where you write metadata too.

ArcCatalog makes it easy to start consolidating your spatial data into a coherent library that’s distributed across the network. If you’re a data administrator, the Catalog can help you create …

To access data, you create a connection to its location (such as a folder on your C: drive). Collectively, the connections you create are called the Catalog. The interface consists of the …

ArcCatalog is similar to Windows Explorer, except it was designed by ESRI to transfer ESRI and other database documents without corrupting their file structure.

ArcCatalog is an application that helps you create, organize, and manage all of your ArcGIS content, such as geodatabases, maps, globes, layers, geoprocessing models, Python scripts, …

Nov 30, 2025 · ArcCatalog is an application in Esri's ArcGIS suite primarily used for organizing, managing, documenting, and searching for geographic information. It allows users to browse …

ArcGIS Desktop, including ArcMap & ArcCatalog, is being retired and transitioning to updated user types with a new role-based licensing model. Learn more about the migration.

The ArcCatalog XML uses Esri-specific tags and needs to be translated to standard tags that are readable by the Commons or by other metadata harvesters such as Data.gov.

ArcCatalog provides an integrated and unified view of all the data files, databases, and ArcGIS documents available to you. ArcCatalog is also used to document and manage metadata and …