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ArcGIS 10.0 is a specific software version of ArcGIS.

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Layers having the same coordinate system should overlap, but they don't. What's wrong?

I put 4 different layers into my ArcMap document, but only one of them will show up on the map! I should be seeing the other 3 layers as well. When I do a Zoom to layer, I can see one layer, but I ...
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How to edit or convert ArcGIS 10 layer style to a SLD's file

Greetings everyone, I am putting together a GIS server using GeoServer and need some help with importing my layer styles from ArcGIS 10 to SLD format. I have one layer in ArcMap properly symbolized ...
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Port “Producing Building Shadows” Avenue code to ArcGIS 10

Whuber provided an answer here Producing building shadows? which required using Avenue code. Any idea how to make it work in Arc 10? Thanks in advance.
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How do I include a variable in the where clause of arcpy.Select_analysis?

I am trying to loop through a shapefile, selecting each feature in turn and copying it to a temporary shapefile to by included in a union analysis. I'm using a cursor to find the ID name for each ...
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How can I effectively debug arcpy Python scripts?

I have written many Python scripts using arcpy in ArcGIS 10, and so far my only means of debugging is restricted to printing messages to the geoprocessing results window using arcpy.AddMessage(). Are ...
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Packing Polygons within polygon

I have a Boolean raster. In the grey areas of the raster I would like to fit a given size polygon within a contiguous extent. Basically, I have an irregular polygon, and i would like to "fit" a ...
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How to get the extent of each polygon in a shapefile?

In arcgis 10 and python I want to get the extent (xmax, ymax, xmin, ymin) info of each of the polygons in a shape file. I can get the extent of the whole shape file using ...
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How can I calculate the average width of a polygon?

I'm interested in examining the average width of a polygon that represents the road surface. I also have the road centerline as a vector (which is sometimes not exactly in the center). In this example ...
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How to reorder fields (permanently) in a file geodatabase

Using ArcGIS 10.0, is it possible to reorder the fields in a file geodatabase, and have the order persisted to the database? We considered exporting to XML, and writing a parser to change the field ...
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How to find the locations of the highest values in a raster?

Using ArcGIS 10, I have a raster where I would like to find the pixel with the maximum value in the raster and return its location (center of pixel) in decimal degrees. I would like to iterate through ...
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How can i split by attribute in ArcGIS 10?

I'd like to split a single shapefile to multiple shapefile by attribute. I found ET Geowizard to do this but it's not free . I arcscripts.esri.com i found a tool named "SplitLayerByAttributes" but it ...
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Remove spatially duplicate features using ModelBuilder

I am creating a model to remove features which are duplicated within a polygon feature class. Most of the features are duplicated once, but about a quarter have up to three or four exact copies. I do ...
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Extract by Attribute Using ModelBuilder, With User Input

Using ModelBuilder, I want to create a tool that will let a user choose the value or values that will be used to extract a shapefile. I have a parcel layer with a "Parcel_Type" field. I want the user ...
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What are some resources for learning Python and arcpy?

I would like to learn arcpy, but I do not know quite where to begin. Does anyone have any good advice on where I should start to learn arcpy?
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Specifications for GIS desktop hardware

I'm in the market for a new pc/laptop. Judging from what I've seen around here, a lot of people are discussing having a laptop for their personal GIS use. Portability is not an issue for me, so I'm ...
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Do ArcGIS SpatialReference object factory codes correspond with EPSG numbers?

I've got a project where I'm reading in geometry objects from text files to put them in ArcSDE. These geometry objects have an associated EPSG code, and I'm looking for a way to ensure they're in the ...
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How can I programmatically get the path of “Python.exe” used by ArcMap

I am working with an add-in of ArcMap in c#. From c# code, i have executed some python scripts. Now, to run those script, I have hard-coded python path. But this is not portable. So, I want to get the ...
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How can I sucessfully import 3D surface and features from ArcGIS 10 into Sketchup 8?

What are the steps required to successfully export an entire 3D model (composed of TIN surfaces, 3D polygons, 3D polylines and 3D points) from ArcGIS 10 to Sketchup 8? Preferably, I would like the ...
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How do I programmatically create non-feature-linked, simple line callout annotation and set the anchor point?

Vitals: ArcGIS-ArcView 10.0, Python 2.6.5, PythonWin, comtypes I'll start with my main questions: How, using ArcObjects, do I go about creating non-feature-linked geodatabase annotation features ...
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Spatial Analyst Cell Statistics seems to give the wrong answer in ArcGIS 10.0

I have a script that calculates standard deviation for a list of grids using the Cell Statistics function in Spatial Analyst for ArcGIS 10.0 The syntax is this: stdevGrid = ...
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Add a new group layer with python ArcGIS 10

Does anyone now how to add a group layer with python can I use arcpy.mapping.AddLayer but surely this is only for an actual layer as opposed to a group layer. so far I have this import arcpy mxd = ...
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How to create a shapefile in ArcGIS 10 using arcpy?

How can I create a shapefile using Python in ArcGIS 10? I have lat & long. From this I need Python code which will create a shapefile and display it in ArcGIS 10. Thanks.
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How to perform a table look-up using Python in ArcGIS 10.0?

Using ArcGIS 10.1 the arcpy module has a TableToNumPyArray command, which converts a table into an array. Unfortunately I don't have access to 10.1 on my work PC. Is there a workaround which will ...
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How to remove a feature layer in an ArcPy Script

So, I have an arcpy based script where I'm trying to intersect two layers where one layer must have its centroid in the other layer. Since I need to know that one layer (feature_layer below) includes ...
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Cartographic techniques for symbolizing routing data

Some common problems with displaying routes created from street data, such as bus routes, include: Routes may overlap themselves, such as when a route takes the same road in opposite directions ...
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Basic Field Calculator Python Question

I'm trying to used the Python syntax in ArcGIS 10's field calculator and am thoroughly confused. So far the most basic calculations are failing me, and I don't understand why. I'm trying to create a ...
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Manually edit a raster to improve a classification?

I have a land cover classification derived from Landsat TM imagery - I created this classification using ENVI. I would like to edit individual and groups of cells in some areas of the classification ...
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Can you programmatically change the button image for a ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button?

I'm new to the AddIn customization model in ArcGIS 10 and I'm trying to figure out how to change a button image for a button. I'm looking for the equivalent to the BaseCommand UpdateBitmap method and ...
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How do I create a shapefile showing footprints of Rasters?

I have around 1,000 satellite images in tiff format, and I want to create a shapefile which will serve as an index to the rasters. This is something similar to a raster catalog, but I do not want to ...
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Is there an automated/geoprocesing tool In ArcGIS to slice, clip, or cut polygons using polylines?

Looking for a simpler method here. I am trying to split up / cut / slice existing polygons by using existing poly-lines. An example would be splitting a water body or land parcel at the point where a ...
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How do you create 9.3 version of a geodatabase in ArcMap 10?

Under the What's new for geodatabases in ArcGIS 10 Esri talks about an optional parameter that allows you to create a 9.3 GDB [GeoDataBase] in version 10. I can not find any other info. Any help on ...
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Select features by attribute if in Python list

I believe this will amount to largely a sql syntax question. Essentially, I am trying to complete a select by attribute in Python but based on the query of whether an attribute is present in a list. ...
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Why do ArcMap.exe processes stay open after I close ArcMap?

I realized that this is happening months ago when I was not able to alter table structure in an instance of ArcMap after another instance was closed. When, for example, I remove or add some fields to ...
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How do I use sys.exit(0) in an arcpy script to exit early without having an error message show up?

I have an arcpy tool script for ArcGIS 10.0 that has two major functional sections. The user can choose whether or not to run the second section. If the user chooses NOT to run the second section, I ...
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How to find the minimum edge to edge distance of polygons?

I have a a map of about 3000 polygons in ArcGIS 10. I'm looking to find the distance between each one of them. I know how to do it using the lat and long coordinates of the centroid, but I'm looking ...
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Connecting line features and determining the length of the longest line

I have a line feature (see image) representing a river that I created using the Stream_to_Feature tool. The attribute table contains several records representing different lines - the problem is the ...
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selecting by attribute and specific value replace

I want to select all of the features by attribute where the attribue in myattrib is like... Selection "criteria H". That is not a problem. However then I need to replace (myattrib," H", "") except ...
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Problems setting up eclipse (with PyDev) for ArcGIS 10

I'm trying to use eclipse with PyDev to program in python. In Windows 7 x64, I've added a PATH environmental variable (PATH C:\Python26\ArcGIS10.0\python.exe;) and what I thought were the relevant ...
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How to 'burn' a stream network into a DEM layer in ArcGIS 10?

I am working on a DEM that in an area where there is little relief. I would like to 'burn' the river network into the DEM so I can calculate flow accumulation and flow length accurately. I am using ...
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How to Remove return/newline (\n) character from Field using Python and Field Calculator?

I have a geodatabase table with a field that I'm trying to remove return characters (new line). I found this post (How can I remove (chomp) a newline in Python?) of how to do it, however it is not ...
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How to convert Distance, Azimuth, Dip to XYZ?

I have an excel spreadsheet with header and survey drill data. Header data contains hole ID, and location coordinates, and the survey data contains related downhole survey with Distance, Azimuth and ...
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How can I programmatically display the “Create Features” dockable window in ArcMap 10?

When I start editing in ArcMap 10, by default the "Create Features" window is automatically opened and docked. Stopping the edit session hides this window. When I use the IEditor:StartEditing method ...
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How could I label features and convert them to annotations with arcpy?

how could I do the following steps with arcpy: right-click on the layer with the features Label Features Convert Labels to Annotations ... The annotions should be saved in a new shapefile. How ...
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Streetview/Bing Bird's Eye Add-In

I'm trying to create an Add-In for this tool: Link to Google Maps and Bing from MXD (Streetview and Bird's Eye supported) I'm not receiving an error however my browser is not opening after I select ...
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How do I insert a DATAFRAME_ELEMENT value into a dynamically generated shape file containing its extent?

This is for ArcGIS 10, Python 2.65. I have code which captures the extent of dataframes within all mxd's in a directory. I also want it to add the dataframe name, scale and the name of the mxd it ...
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How to compute a new attribute based on changes in another attribute?

I am attempting to classify a set of gps time-encoded point data into behaviors based on different attributes. I have created an attribute that is 0 for home and 1 for away based on location, and now ...
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What ArcGIS 10 geoprocessing tools support exporting tabular data to CSV?

I have found that most if not all geoprocessing tools that allow tabular output are limited to geodatabase tables and DBF files for supported output formats. Are there any that also support CSV ...
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Change from layout view to data view using python? (ArcMap 10)

Is there a way to change from layout view to data view using python? I would prefer to do it using arcpy.
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Reconcile a Versioned Geodatabase with only the DEFAULT version

Follow up to this: Spatial Database Connection String I am trying to reconcile a versioned geodatabase that has only one version, DEFAULT. I am following the steps from the ESRI documentation: A ...
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Volume of water in a basin with reference to incremental height of DAM

I have a DEM of my area. I did watershed analysys with archydro. I want to calculate "Volume of water in a basin with reference to incremental height of DAM" Is there any method, tool to give output ...

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