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How to run a ZTV (ZVI) on ESRI ArcGIS 10 for a 3m high object?

What tool in the spatial toolbox would you use to run a ZTV (ZVI)? or is there a better way of carrying this type of query out using Arc? Also what other information would I need to do this type of ...
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How to create fixed length (and width) buffer around a polyline in ArcMap 10?

Could someone please help me? I would need to create 100 buffers (500m x 1km) along a stream polylines. I know how to do it by using shortest distance but the buffers should follow the curves of the ...
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Arcmap 10 project: Finding best site for a new powerplant

I'm an electrical engineering student taking GIS introductory course as an elective. i have learned the basics of Arcmap 10 like adding data, creating maps, editing shapefiles etc. Now, i'm required ...
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Adding attachments to features

Does anyone have an elegant solution to adding/viewing attachments, like a table/photos for example from within ArcMap using only the ArcGIS basic license level? Or any suggestions? I'm looking for ...
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How to catch invalid expression errors in Python?

I have a script that creates a new feature using arcpy.GetParameterAsText, but I'm having trouble creating an error message for incorrect user input. The input for a parcel # should be something like ...
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Can ArcMap do HTML pop up with a chart?

am using Arcmap 10.0 to create a map. Need to display a chart for my data when users click on the marker. Must I use plugin like google chart? Can I do it directly in Arcmap?
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Arcmap clipped shape export to kml

I'm using Arcmap 10.0 and clipped the layers. When I use the convert map to xml, the clip is gone. Anyway to maintain it?
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Arcpy to copy a layer in the ArcMap TOC, rename the copy, and paste back to TOC?

I want to make a copy of a layer in the ArcMap TOC (passed to my script as a Feature Layer), assign the copy a new name, set a definition query on it, and then add the copied Feature Layer back into ...
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How to divide a polygon with another polygon

I am working in ARCMAP 10. I am trying to divide a polygon with another polygon. I don´t want to clip any part away, but only divide the polygon? The polygons are stored in two different layers. ...
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Data Frame Property options have changed

I have Googled and searched ESRI help files and experimented until I am blue, not to mention reloading ArcGIS Desktop10 for Repair and adding the SP5 to it. I no longer have the options of border or ...
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About Spatial Adjusment ArcMap 10.0

I have a converted data (from Microstation) on ArcGIS. It has e gaps in the whole line. So ı want to snap this lines using Spatial Adjusment. I've added some control points but arcmap didn't fix them. ...
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Esri Technical Certification: Arc Gis Desktop

Esri Technical Certification, Arc Gis Desktop and Developer.. Where I can find books or course materials for esri arc gis desktop and developer certifications?
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Extract Z information from different vector layers in ArcMap 10.1

I have 2 different vector layers, Layer A detailing the area of different polygons and Layer B having similar size polygons with z values instead. I would need to combine Layer A with Layer B so that ...
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Set unique values to different groups programmatically

I have a polyline feature layer. After doing some computation, I update a field of that layer and want to set unique color for different value of that field. We can do this from symbology using unique ...
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Problems displaying joined attribute data through ArcGIS Server

I have an ArcSDE feature class in an ArcMap MXD which I have 'joined' to a view into an external SQL database table, that is connected via an OLE DB connection. In the MXD the join works perfectly; I ...
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Automate process of duplicating point features - ArcGIS 10.0

I need to learn a way in which I can normalize data and in the same process duplicate certain records of a point feature class. The issue is as follows. I am provided address data in the following ...
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Where does the Style Manager store the files in and Why does the Style Manager does not show some edit color ramps?

Where are Color Ramp files saved? Every time I make edits, it does not show up on the Style Manager. Does it save it to the hard drive or in the Style Manager? I need more information. Thanks
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Printing large number of Points in ArcGIS

I have bathymetric data which have thousands of points ( exactly 71 K). Now when I try to print it in a large map size in ARCMAP 10.0 , the layout view freezes and the system is hung , possibly due ...
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Ok to measure and union a projected-on-the-fly shapefile in ArcMap?

I have a dataframe in arcMap 10.0.4 that is of Africa Albers Equal Area Conic PCS. I bring in a census shapefile of WGS 1984 CS and it is projected on the fly. I do 2 things: I use the calculate ...
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How to sequentially increment date field in ArcGIS

I have created a date field in my point shapefile. I want to input date their. I am able to do so. Now I want to create a sequential increment with 6 second interval from previous point to next point. ...
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When digitizing Lines, vertices are automatically generalized when finished feature

I am creating lines(feature class) and when the feature is finished Arcmap 10 will automatically generalize/smoothens the line. Is there any reason why this is happening? is this a bug of ArcMap 10? ...
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Using multiple address locators in ArcGIS

I am geocoding millions of addresses for my research (every registered voter in six states). I am using two geocoders: one that is really fast and one that has fewer unmatched addresses when I ...
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ArcMap adjust z values for all verticees in polylines

Is there way in Arc Editor (10.0) to adjust all the vertices z values by an offset? (translate in z axis?) I have many polylines which need to be lowered (eg: subtract 1m from every vertex z-value). ...
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Failed attempt to relate a .csv file of 400 records to a single record in a point data layer

I have the Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network as a point feature of 39 monitoring wells which includes an attribute for WELL ID. Each monitoring well then has a corresponding .csv file with 400 ...
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how to add the label for located charts in ArcGIS

I am creating a Location Pie chart for my study area using Male and Female population in ArcGIS software, the software creates for legend of charts but I want to create a label on chart itself, how to ...
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How to generate Report with Unicode Character. (Gujarati)

I am using ArcMap 10.1 and want to generate report using Report Designer. In Report header i use Label Control for display unicode character(Gujarati). but when i copied gujarati ...
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ArcMap10: Changing transparency of a polygon affects symbol in table of contents but not in the map

I am working with polygon shapefiles both that I have created and that colleagues have sent me. When I try to change the transparency of the polygon through Layer Properties > Display >"Transparent: ...
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Can I access Trimble logged positions in ArcMap10?

We recently walked a fence perimeter with a Trimble Ranger, auto-logging positions at 5 second intervals in a generic point file. The exported file acknowledges over 800 points, but only displays the ...
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Getting Error while exporting

I am making an addin to create subsets and export them to a new workspace. I have stepped through my program and getting error at this particular line while running the addin: ...
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How to assign IDs to villages which may have duplicate names?

I have more than 150 village points, each with a village name attribute village. The same village name may appear on multiple points. I want to assign individual IDs for each village name, say vill_A ...
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Query Layer to access data on Sharepoint

I want to connect to a Sharepoint list from ArcMap. Without knowing very much about these things I thought that it would be possible to read this non-spatial data to create lookup tables in my file ...
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Given a C# ArcMap custom toolbar with engine source files in a folder is there a way to install the toolbar and engine without going through VS?

I was given ArcMap toolbar and tool engine files without instructions on how to install but the code was done by someone else and it should work. How do I install it in ArcMap 10? I attempted to add ...
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Is it possible to target an ArcMap add-in to an earlier version?

My development environment is Visual studio 2010 with ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 installed. I need my add-in to support 10.0 AND 10.1. Right now, if I try to install it on ArcMap 10.0, it fails. Is it ...
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How do I transfer specific attributes from a point feature class to a polyline feature class

I have a point feature class that I have used to create stream segments of interest. Now I'm trying to transfer some of the attributes from the points feature class to the new polyline feature class. ...
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Data View/Layout View Changes - ArcMap 10

I have code that will hide a certain set of points from the view using an ExclusionSet, and then switch to layout view for printing. I noticed in my 9.1 version, when after I am done printing, and I ...
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Show representation properties in object inspector in ArcMap 10

When you inspected a feature in the object inspector in ArcMap 9.x (opened by clicking the "Attributes" button in the editor toolbar), you were able to see the properties of ALL the features ...
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How do you access the Draw toolbar symbol(s) from ArcObjects?

I'm dropping a text element onto a map and I'd like to use whatever settings the Draw toolbar has (font, size, color, etc). Is there a convenient way to access symbol interfaces? Or do you have to ...
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Is it possible to modify the ArcObjects IProgressDialog2?

It turns out that the best way to run long tasks in ArcMap is to use the IProgressDialog2. The BackgroundWorker in combination with ArcObjects (STA Threads) is a mess. However, it seems that the only ...
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How to remove empty classes from legend in Arcgis

I have a classification image with only 12 classes. I'm preparing layout using this image. when I add legend into layout page, a lot of empty classes loaded together with these 12 classes. Totally 255 ...
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Clip data frame using “Outline of Selected graphic(s)”

I did a subtraction of a data frame in ArcGIS using the following steps. I prepared a layout in ArcGIS. There is a lot of empty space at the top of layout page. So I want to remove this space. I used ...
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How to prepare layout to print multiple images on a page using Arcgis?

I want to print multiple images on a layout page with legends. All image are the same size and same georeferencing. How should I prepare it? Thanks a lot
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Field Calculator VB Script Codeblock IF statement syntax is wrong

I can't figure out why the syntax is wrong in Field Calculator ArcMap 10. The complete codeblock is Dim CapitalDia As Number Dim TwagDia As Number Dim X As Number CapitalDia = [New_Pipe_S] TwagDia ...
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How do I remove unwanted attributes from spatial join using ModelBuilder?

I am new to ArcGIS 10 and am currently building a model. This is a brief rundown of what I am doing at the moment. I have 2 shapefiles: one a polyline and the other is point data. I have joined both ...
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How to break a single polyline into multiple polylines in ArcMap 10

I want to delete certain segments in a selected segment of a line in a line shape file in ArcMap10.
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How do you create a button in ArcGIS and have it run code?

I'm brand new to ArcGIS and have only a year or two of programming experience. I know Java and a little C#. I have a Java app that processes geographical data. I need to have a button in ArcMap that, ...
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Can *.ssf files from Trimble GPS be imported as features to display in ArcMap?

I have not come across *.ssf files before but I believe they are a Trimble GPS binary format. Someone has asked me if these files which he thinks have line/poly features can be imported for display ...
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Is there any way to set polygon features fill color and outline programmatically?

By some process I am creating a polygon feature layer. Before adding the layer in the map, I want to set polygon's fill color to no color and set polygon's outline color and width. I am working with ...
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Annoying little line in color ramp legends - how do I remove it?

This was never a problem with ArcGIS 9 but it appears that in 10.0 Esri has added small horizontal lines as the default when including color ramps in legends. I want to get rid of these annoying ...
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How to use IDatabaseCompact.Compact() on an used IWorkspace, without permission denied

I am writting an ArcMap-AddIn with vb.net. I get an error when trying to compact my IWorkspace(mdb), the error is: COMException You tried to open a database, which was already opened by the ...
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merge polygon in ArcGIS

I have 300 polygons in a single Shape file, I want merge some polygons together, when I merge two polygons the attribute does not come total count of two polygons, What I need is, when I merge two ...

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