What type of data does a "Feature Class" in ArcGIS Pro contain?

A "Feature Class" in ArcGIS Pro is essential for organizing and managing spatial data within a geodatabase. Specifically, it contains geographic features that are represented as points, lines, or polygons. This allows users to model various real-world entities, such as roads, rivers, buildings, and land parcels, providing the foundational layer of spatial analysis and mapping.

Feature Classes are designed to hold vector data, which captures the geometric representation of these features. Each geographic feature stored in a Feature Class can have associated attributes that describe characteristics about the feature, thereby enabling users to conduct various types of analyses and visualizations based on the spatial characteristics and associated data.

While infrastructure and utilities data, raster image files, and textual metadata are important for GIS work, they do not define the core purpose of a Feature Class. Infrastructure data might be stored within a Feature Class, but it is not exclusive to it. Raster data is a different data type that involves pixel-based imagery rather than vector representation. Similarly, while metadata can be linked to features for descriptive purposes, it does not constitute the primary data type stored within a Feature Class. Therefore, the defining characteristic of a Feature Class is its ability to represent geographic features through vector data.