create multiple entries in attribute table
I have a road feature class with about 4,500 segments for a study area. I need to designate them as "open" or "closed" to the public with open=1 and closed=0. I am eliminating the low hanging fruit and...
View ArticleHow to export to pdf using ArcGIS Online Basemap?
When exporting a 10.1 map to PDF, using ArcGIS Online Base Data (e.g. Bing Streets, Topo), the basemap in the exported PDF is very pixelated and unreadable. I have tried every resolution up to 1080, in...
View Articleland use data coordinates
Hello, I am new to ArcGIS. I am working on creating a watershed. I have created the watershed using the arcToolbox hydrology tools. That worked fine. The problem is I downloaded two land use files for...
View ArticleToolboxes
Does anyone know where the dialog box creation tool is? I am looking to create a dialog box at the beginning of an ArcMAP session. There is a tool in a toolbox that does this, can anyone help. Thanks!!
View ArticleAdd a Sequence number (in a new field) to lines after using split lines at...
I am trying to find a solution to a slightly complex problem. I have a shapefile of polylines (bus routes) that have been drawn and the vertices/points follow the direction of the bus path (ie if a bus...
View ArticleCustom Identify Results - need custom layer??
Hello, I'd like to override the right hand side of the Identify Dialog with custom values for my shapefile layers. I really don't want to implement my own Identify dialog since I like the way Identify...
View ArticleSubTypes - New GDB from Old Data
Hi all, I'm modifying one of our datasets to use SubTypes (which is one change in amongst others). Over the past fortnight, I've been sorting out the schema for the FGDB. However, I've noticed that...
View ArticleHow to combine different type of land use map?
I have three suitability maps of cassava, corn and rice. When i take a closer look, some areas are highly suitable for cassava, corn and rice. However, I need to combine those three suitability maps to...
View ArticlePie Chart Graphics not visible
Hi, I have several pie charts that I have created and converted to graphics in the map layout view. I want to move them off the data frame to the side of the map and still be visible as part of the...
View ArticleUnable to connect to database server to retrieve database list
Hi, I am trying to make direct connection with geodatabase (on POSTGRESQL) located on VM from my local machine. I have also copied PostgreSQL_ClientLibarry for ArcGIS Desktop(i.e 32-bit) in respective...
View ArticleSelecting stream/flowline length.
This is what I'm trying to do: I have a single point along a river. I want to select upstream of that river a certain length (20 miles) and buffer. I know I can select by location, but that gives me a...
View ArticleArcMap 10.1 SP1 - Fixed scale layout doesn't fix the scale.
Is anyone else have problems with fixed scale layouts? If I set a fixed scale in the dataframe properties, it behaves correctly in the data view, but in layout view, resizing the data frame rescales...
View ArticleChanging the icon view in the Recent folder for the getting started window
I am trying to change the icon view in the Recent folder of the 'Getting Started' window when opening ArcMap10. The default is thumbnails view and I would like to change it to Large Icons for the...
View ArticleWMS layers in ArcScene
Quoting the ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop help, "Web Mapping Service (WMS) services can be used in ArcMap (as well as in ArcScene and ArcGlobe) as map layers." However, I can't seem to figure out how to get...
View ArticleLoose all field attribute in a shape file (want to recover it)
Hi, Iam on ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 i worked on a shapefile for a week; i create and put data on 2 new fields (SECTOR and RTES) Today when i come to use this shapefile i see i loose all the data in the RTES...
View ArticleTopographic Wetness Index (TWI) / Compund Topographic Index (CTI)
Dear Group, I am trying to calculate TWI/CTI by using these formulas (based on what I have read so far): Equation 1: TWI = ln ((As+1)/tanB) Equation 2: TWI = ln ((As+1 * cell size)/tan B) where, As =...
View ArticleReadability of LONGGG text field in Identify tool
Hello all, This seems like it should be easy, but I cannot figure it out. ArcGIS 10 sp5 We have reports that are pulled from a Crime Reporting system in which there is a "narrative" field that the...
View ArticleHow to calculating curve data (lengths and radii) automatically in ArcGIS
Hello, Is there any method to calculate curve lengths and curve radii for road network in ArcGIS automatically? I know that by means of COGO [coordinate geometry toolbar] in ArcGIS, it is possible to...
View ArticleTips and Shortcuts booklet
Has anyone tried to print this booklet? http://www.esri.com/library/brochure...sktop-tips.pdf It has been updated for v10.1 and I wanted to print one out for each of our users, but it doesn't want to...
View ArticleNo Overlap in Strip Map
I am creating a strip map based on a line feature class. While creating the strip map the dialog ensures there is a 10% overlap yet after refreshing the data driven pages tool using newly created strip...
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