ArcGIS Tips, Tricks, Rules for File Naming

Part 2 of the Organizing your GIS Data Series

ArcGIS has lots of arcane rules for naming files. No spaces. No special characters. No leading numerals. And, it's not just the file name you have to be careful about. A space in the name of a folder or a file path that is too long can bring ArcGIS crashing down. Worst of all it is often not apparent that the problem bringing ArcGIS to a stop is a bad file name. This lightning fast video will give you the tips, tricks, and rules to live by so that your GIS files are properly named, well organized, and logical.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Video Overview
00:58 - File Naming Rules
03:24 - Concise but Descriptive Names
05:00 - File Name Lengths