Editing geodatabase topology

It's very important to have a comprehensive understanding of our dataset and the spatial relationships between features before choosing the right rules for a topology and the right solution to correct the errors. When you inspect the error, firstly identify the features involved, secondly understand what is causing the error from a geometrical point of view, and thirdly use the proper solution. There are different solutions to the same error:

• Use a predefined fix
• Combine a predefined fix with manual edits
• Manually edit features

Note

For more details about the editing topology, please refer to the online ArcGIS Help (10.2) by navigating to Desktop | Editing | Editing topology at http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2.

Getting ready

In this section, we will display the topology layer in ArcMap, and test different methods to fix the topology errors identified in the previous recipe.

The main steps in editing a topology are:

1. Open the topology in ArcMap.
2. Symbolize...