Editing feature attributes

A GIS database is only as good as the information it stores. Just like feature shapes, feature attributes may change over time. You need to be able to update your attribute data to reflect changes in the real world.

To edit feature attributes, you follow the same process used for editing feature shapes. You work in ArcMap in an edit session. You select the features whose attributes you want to edit, make the edits, then save them.

ArcMap provides tools that make the work of editing feature attributes easy and fast. In this topic, you will learn how to use some of these tools.