Labeling
I'm creating Mapbooks for a pipeline and I would like to lable the pipeline and a buffer that is around the pipeline. What I would like to do is automatically label the pipeline and both sides of the...
View ArticleArcGIS 9.3 - Using a Map Package - activate a particular layer - prompts for...
Hi, I am wondering if anyone has experienced this issue, and what possible causes might be ? I have created a Map Package, storing the .pmf and associated file geodatabase files locally to my desktop....
View ArticleArcGIS 10.x SMB2 resulting in poor performance?
I have been investigating reports by some of our users regarding poor ArcGIS 10.x performance off and on ever since it was first deployed. I have been able to identify some problems with our WAN...
View ArticleCan 10 work with 10.1 projects? I assume 10.1 can work with 10 projects.
Student at our institution have projects written with 10.0 which we assume can be read and worked with 10.1. Many students have the student version of 10.1 but the institution will not upgrade to 10.1...
View ArticleProjection Issues with Lat/Long data from table created in 1970
I've got a table of lat/long locations from a table the Canadian Govt. made in 1974 showing locatinos of traplines held by aboriginal people. The problem I am having is that either the data is wrong,...
View ArticleAdd locations (network analysis extension) via arcpy vs arctoolbox wizard
Hi, I need to programatically compute the the shortest distance between every two points in a network (the Input locations come from a different layer from the sub layers of the input network layer)....
View ArticleExport feature class from gdb to personal geodatabase fails (10.0)
Hi, I want to export one feature class from a gdb into an existing personal geodatabase (mdb). I tried different things (export to shp and than import to mdb,export to geodatabase, import to...
View Article60 day free trial expired, how do i print out my maps?
My 60 day free trial has expired and I have about six maps that I did not print out saved as .mxd files. I am no longer able to view the maps in arcmap so I cannot print them out. Does anybody have any...
View ArticleCategorical Wombling script to detect boundaries with qualitative data
Hi all, I am inquiring whether there is a tool or script that will perform categorical wombling for qualitative data, specifically presence-absence data (see Fortin & Drapeau 1995. "Delineation of...
View Articlecsv to shapefile-what am i doing wrong on this simple operation?
I need to make a shapefile of points from a table of data, two columns of which are lat. and long. values in decimal degrees. I need to see where these points are and what their attributes are. I have...
View ArticleAdding an Excel Spreadsheeet (.xlsx ) Error
I'm trying to add a .xlsx to ArcMap and an error message (see attached). I'm able to add .xls files. I just got a new work machine (64-bit), not sure if this contributes to the problem. Attachment...
View ArticleAdvanced Drawing Options Zombie Layers
Hi All, I was working on a series of maps that was using a group of layers to mask a single layer added to the map multiple times and themed differently. Recently these maps were edited and one of the...
View ArticleGroup Layer to KML issue
Hi guys, I'm using ArcGIS Basic 10.1 sp1. I have a group layer, say GROUP1. within this group are 3 subgroups of layers, Group1a, 1b and 1c. When I convert GROUP1 to KML and view it in Google Earth,...
View ArticleWhat GPU attribute is used by ArcGIS? Size/speed of video RAM? Core clocks?...
Hello, I am building a computer to use mainly for ArcGIS. I can buy and configure any GPU setup I need to. My question is what are the attributes most heavily used by this software? Does it depend most...
View ArticleArcGIS 10.1 Crashes When Open map
I'm very concerned I'm taking a class, and I cannot get ArcGIS 10.1 (ArcView Single User Advanced) to work properly. I upgraded from ArcGIS 10.0 (which worked fine on this computer!) When I simply say...
View ArticleHow to zoom label display when map zoom
I have a document map..I use arcmap to build map and public to server.I don't want lock labeling display..help me..how to zoom in map label is displayed larger in and zoom out map label display...
View ArticleEditing, update attribute table in 10.1 fails
Hi, I want to insert a value in attribute table (data type: text) in ArcMap. It is a point feature and comes from a personal geodatabase (mdb), version 9.3. My mxd was created with ArcGIS 10.0 and I...
View ArticleWarning screen prior to editing not displaying
Has anyone else noticed the following behavior in ArcMap 10.1.1. I go to edit a layer. I select the layer to edit. This being is contained on a Geodatabase accessed through ArcSDE. Before it loads I...
View ArticleProblem with VBscript
Hi! I got a problem with the following VBscript. Code: Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell" ) objShell.AppActivate "google" objShell.SendKeys "{F5}" I want to run it from a hyperlink...
View ArticlePermanent join for attribute data
I am trying to create a permanent link between excel attribute data imported from excel as a csv file. Can anyone help?
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