Create Indoors Database (Indoors)

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Available for an ArcGIS organization licensed with the Indoors extension.

Summary

Creates an Indoors geodatabase that conforms to the ArcGIS Indoors Information Model and contains the feature classes, fields, and tables required for maintaining indoor data for floor plan mapping, routing, space planning, and workspace reservations.

Usage

  • The target geodatabase must already exist.

  • When using an enterprise geodatabase, the connection file must connect directly to the database, and the connection must be established as the database owner.

  • The output of this tool can be used by the Import Floorplans To Indoors Geodatabase tool to import CAD floor plans to an Indoors workspace. The output can also be used by the Import BIM To Indoor Dataset tool to load BIM floor plans to an Indoors workspace.

  • The optional Create Indoors Network parameter creates the Network and PrelimNetwork datasets and feature classes to support routing between indoor spaces.

  • Use the Coordinate System parameter to set the spatial reference of the output Indoors database. Both a horizontal and a vertical coordinate system are required. If no spatial reference is set, the output Indoors database will use WGS84 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere) as the horizontal coordinate system and WGS84 as the vertical coordinate system.

    Note:

    When choosing a coordinate system:

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Target Geodatabase

The geodatabase that will contain the ArcGIS Indoors Information Model to manage indoor GIS information for use with Indoors apps.

Workspace
Create Indoors Network
(Optional)

Specifies whether a network dataset containing the indoor transportation network feature classes—Landmarks, Pathways, and Floor Transitions—will be created in the Indoors database.

  • Checked—A network dataset and feature classes will be created. This is the default.
  • Unchecked—A network dataset and feature classes will not be created.
Boolean
Coordinate System
(Optional)

The spatial reference of the output Indoors database. If no spatial reference is set, the output Indoors database will use WGS84 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere) as the horizontal coordinate system and WGS84 as the vertical coordinate system.

Spatial Reference

Derived Output

LabelExplanationData Type
Updated Geodatabase

The geodatabase in which the Indoors schema and data results will be generated.

Workspace

Environments

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: Requires Indoors
  • Advanced: Requires Indoors

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