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ArcGIS is one of the most popular software-packages available for GIS.

What are the lesser-known but useful features of the ArcGIS? Which little/hidden tricks do you known that make your experience with this software better?

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Even some GIS Administrators do not know about this one.

C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Utilities (on Windows)

Advanced ArcMap Settings tool

I need to update this http://mapperz.blogspot.com/2007/02/esri-arcgis-92-tips-and-tricks.html (just don't the have time, anyone can update - will re-post with full credit)

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here is a start for rel 10... Desktop 10 tips and tricks

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A lot of stuff in there that applies to earlier releases as well. – zwaap Nov 9 '10 at 22:39
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In arcpy you can get access to the geoJSON representation of any geometry through the hidden __geo_interface__ method. For example:

arcpy.PointGeometry(arcpy.Point(5,5)).__geo_interface__

Which nicely outputs:

{'coordinates': (5.0, 5.0), 'type': 'Point'}

*All credit to Bruce Harold at ESRI Redlands for detailing this originally.

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Is that a single precision representation of a point object? – Dan Patterson Apr 14 '12 at 13:43
@DanPatterson As far as I can tell, yes. But I've edited the answer for less precision to avoid confusion. – om_henners Apr 16 '12 at 3:59

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