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Documentation

The Geofabric is supplied with a Product Guide that documents each of the products and their relationships.

Download the Geofabric Product Guide (1.4Mb)

Product schemas, data dictionaries, data product specifications and tutorials are also available.

Product Schemas

• Geofabric product overview and relationships (161Kb)
• Surface Cartography (210Kb)
• Surface Network (163Kb)
• Surface Catchments (146Kb)
• Groundwater Cartography (192Kb)
• Hydrology Reporting Catchments (144Kb)
• Hydrology Reporting Regions (128Kb)

Data Dictionaries

• Surface Cartography (507Kb)
• Surface Network (274Kb)
• Surface Catchments (230Kb)
• Groundwater Cartography (458Kb)
• Hydrology Reporting Catchments (241Kb)
• Hydrology Reporting Regions (192Kb)

Data Product Specifications

• Surface Cartography (228Kb)
• Surface Network (217Kb)
• Surface Catchments (225Kb)
• Groundwater Cartography (258Kb)
• Hydrology Reporting Catchments (227Kb)
• Hydrology Reporting Regions (224Kb)

Tutorials

Calculate upstream drainage area with ArcHydro (550Kb)

Create subset of Geofabric data (2.1Mb)

Merge Geofabric surface hydrology products (682Kb)

Use Pfafstetter extend catchment attribution (726Kb)

Access water storage information (733Kb)

Calculate rainfall summary statistics for a derived catchment (974Kb)

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