Questions tagged [arcgis-10.1]
Use this tag when ArcGIS 10.1 is the version you are using from the ArcGIS platform.
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ArcSDE 10.1 Spatial View with no records
I can create a spatial view and it renders fine in catalog and ags. But if i modify the sql OR if a situation arises that makes my view devoid of records then all of the sudden sde and ags get really '...
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How to write an SQL query to select recently edited features with Editor Tracking enabled?
Conditions: ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2 and ArcSDE 10.1
Is there a way to select recently edited features using the automatically populated fields that Editor Tracking uses?
The new Editor Tracking ...
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Error: cannot acquire a lock when editing in ArcMap 10.1
We have a problem with a shapefile feature class. Periodically it will not save edits with an error message as the following:
Cannot save edits; cannot acquire a lock
Working in 10.1 with a water ...
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Rename Relationship Class labels
Is there a way to rename relationship class labels (forward and Backward labels) after I've created them ? or I have to delete them and create them again ?
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How to access Bing Map Metadata in ArcGIS Desktop?
Is there any way to access the metadata of Bing Maps in ArcGIS desktop? Any good plug-in or extension?
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How can I output an arbitrary number of file urls from a Synchronous Geoprocessing Service?
Scenario:
Custom Export Service. The service creates zip files with shps in them and return the url to the file. I understand if you intend to to run this in synchronous mode, you must have a tool ...
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Weird Error when setting the source path in the "PICTURE_ELEMENT"
I am trying to set the sourceImage to a tiff file using this code:
m=1
pic = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd,"PICTURE_ELEMENT" , str(m))[0]
pic.sourceImage = r"D:\PDF\...
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Using Calculate Field (Data Management) tool to calculate 3D Length in ArcGIS 10.1
I'm relatively new to the world of model builder and scripting, so it's likely there is a very simple solution to the question I've been trying to figure out.
I'm trying to create a tool that takes ...
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Is there a way to force ArcCatalog to use a specific tessellation scheme for a SQL Server spatial index?
If I Recalculate a spatial index from ArcCatalog, the tessellation scheme is always set to "Geometry Grid". Even when the previous index was Geometry auto grid. ArcCatalog always changes it back.
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Automatically create polygons from top right and bottom left coordinates?
I have a CSV file with hundreds of records. Each record contains 2 matching coordinates, 1) top right corner of a rectangle, 2) bottom left corner of a rectangle.
Polygon ID, Lat 1, Lat 2, ...
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Near Analysis takes much longer in ArcPy? [duplicate]
I have a feature class of about 12 points, a feature class of hundreds of roads, and need to find the nearest road to each point. So the obvious solution (Near tool) takes about 20 seconds, and the ...
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Allowing for multiple lines in legend of ArcGIS Desktop?
How can I force the description text in my legend to occupy more than one line?
This is basically the same question as Forcing long layer names to multiple lines based on specified legend width in ...
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Embedded python script module import issue
I have two ArcGIS python scripts. One is a primary python script that calls a number of functions from a second python script.
Everything works well, i.e. primary tool calls and uses functions from a ...
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Text issues when exporting from ArcMap 10.1 to Illustrator CS5
When exporting from ArcMap 10.1 to Illustrator CS5 I am getting a lot of errors (red box with plus sign). I have used this workflow in ArcMap 9.3 with less problems (there may have been a couple of ...
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How can I add an arrow to a line?
I want to have arrow heads at the end of a number of lines. I add these through Line properties --> Line decorations.
It looks nice and all when displayed in the legend:
But in my map, due to ...
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(How) Can I define my own placement settings for labels?
Is it possible to define my own Placement settings for my labels?
The predefined ones are not bad, but I would need a few more of my own design. How can I accomplish that?
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Accessing the output of a Python script tool dialog ArcGIS 10.1
I have a a fairly simple script tool dialogue which has been setup to get 6 parameters from the user and return them as the tool output as a list. the aims is that the out put would then be used ...
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How do I draw transparent polygons with ArcObjects?
How do I draw transparent polygons in ArcObjects? I mean is it possible to set alpha channel?
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How to create a startup prompt that populates definition queries on multiple feature classes [closed]
I would like to create an ArcGIS start up prompt or custom button that asks for a user's initials and then populates multiple feature class & layer definition queries.
More specifically, I would ...
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Leader lines not rendering when converted to PDF
This is very puzzling, I have an annotation feature class stored in a geodatabase that contains labels with leader lines.
The leader lines show up perfectly in the .mxd, it is only when I export to ...
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Unable to connect to arcgis server local
I have ArcGIS Server 10.1 installed and running , and published the services its worked , and setup & Configuration Web Adaptor
when i go the ArcGIS Web Applications for the Microsoft .NET ...
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Can SqlWorkspaceFactory connection files be created with ArcGIS Desktop?
With ArcObjects, I can use IWorkspaceFactory.Create I can create a connection file for a SqlWorkspaceFactory.
Is there an out-of-the-box method to create the same file in ArcGIS Desktop?
Update: I ...
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How to maintain polygon boundary location during overlay in ArcGIS
I am working with ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 (Advanced license).
I am trying to overlay two polygon layers (buildings and landuse) via an Update overlay such that all building polygons are retained and the ...
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Setting width of dropdown box in ArcPy?
I have created my own script in ArcGIS 10.1 and for one of my parameters I have a drop down list that the user has to select from. The longest entry in that list is only 6 characters, but the width ...
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PCA on correlation matrix in ArcGIS
I am trying to run a PCA on a set of normalized raster bands within ArcGIS. I would like to calculate the PCA on the correlation, not the covariance, matrix of the PCA, but Arc as far as I can tell ...
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How to add X/Y data from Excel file (saved as CSV) on shapefile? [duplicate]
I need to add my X/Y coordinate data as points from my Excel I need help with adding points (using X/Y coordinates). Can anyone help?
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/...
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Enabling DriveTime (Minutes) in Network Analyst Service Area Creation?
I'm using ArcGIS 10.1 Network Analyst Extension to try and do a drive time analysis for fire station service areas.
Using this tutorial I am going through step by step to make this happen, however, I ...
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Iterating through Excel sheets using ArcMap ModelBuilder
I am trying to use ModelBuilder(ArcMap 10.1) to add XY data to ArcMap, then export the events as Feature Classes. The data comes in one xlsx document with a large number of sheets, each with an X and ...
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ExecutionEngineException using ArcGIS 10.0 extension recompiled for 10.1?
I have a written an ArcGIS extension in C# .Net for version 10.0. I have attempted to recompile this extension for 10.1 and that works. But running the extension in 10.1 is causing ArcGIS to crash. ...
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How to calculate x and y variance values?
I'm trying to define the best suitable cell size to use in the kernel density estimation in the Geospatial Modelling Environment (GME) for ArcGIS.
To calculate the best suitable cell size the ...
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Questions about mobile cache, normal tables and basemaps
we are piloting a data gathering application for Windows Mobile and have encountered a few challenges as we don't have previous experience with the ArcGIS Mobile. In future after the pilot, we would ...
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using joinDelimiter with MergeRule "Join" (Python in ArcGIS 10.1)
In this example from ESRI, the MergeRule is set to "Mean" and the values from two fields from two different feature classes are averaged and written to a new field.
# Set the merge rule to mean ...
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Extract pixels from NDVI in ArcMap
I have a NDVI that I created from a Landsat 5 image. Is there a way to extract all the pixels above a certain threshold and save it as a shapefile? I am trying to create a vegetation mask of sorts to ...
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Exporting elevations from AutoCAD in format that ArcMap can read
I have elevations in Autocad, I can shift between a triangles, contours etc if it makes any difference.
How can I export these into something I can use in ArcMap?
I have tried the Make shape ...
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Python scripts execution in ArcGIS Runtime WPF app
DEAR PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE: Here's what we've figured out so far…
I am facing a quite interesting requirement:
"run python scripts within an ArcGIS Runtime app".
checking the concepts in the ...
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Modifying script published as Geoprocessing Service in ArcGIS for Server?
In ArcGIS 10.1 before publishing script as a new GPService I have to run it in ArcMap. It is a good solution when I handle small amount of data. When I want to change something in my script I have to ...
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Arcpy - deleted my entire workspace? [closed]
I've got a script which runs through some GPS data and creates several outputs (tables, shapefiles etc.).
However, when I've just run it, the folder where all the input data lies (along with most of ...
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How to work with 16 GB orthophoto raster
I would like to use one GeoTIFF raster in a custom ArcGIS-Engine Application, but my provider gave me 4 orthophotos GeoTIFF 4 GB each, because GeoTIFF is limited to 4 GB.
Is there any other way to ...
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Display Access query in ArcMap
I have an Access database and have some built in queries in the database. The same data is stored in geodatabase with the spatial information. Now I want to follow this process:
Access-> push out ...
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Viewshed results clarification in ArcMap 10.1
I'm running a viewshed analysis is ArcMap 10.1, and I'm concerned about the results that I'm getting which if leading me to believe that my current understanding of viewshed variables may not be ...
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Creating planar slices of 3D object to quantify voids? [closed]
We are trying to quantify the void space in a 3D object, very similar to measuring the holes in cube of swiss cheese. I need to measure cross sectional areas and study the shape of the voids and we ...
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How to change the settings for where ArcGIS splits world data
I have a world map made up of 6 shp files. All the files and the data frame are set to WGS84. The way Arc 10 and 10.1 decides to display the files, it splits Russia into 2. The majority of Russia ...
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Making Python script tool run immediately upon opening?
I have an ArcGIS 10.1 script tool that creates an ArcSDE connection folder and copies data from the server to a new folder on the users computer. The tool has no parameters runs fine but when you open ...
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Prefixing graduated color labels using ArcPy?
I have a series of (many) layers in an ArcGIS 10.1 map that are all symbolized using graduated colors. Each layer has the same number of breaks; however, the break values are different for each layer.
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Calculating statistics for an Image Service
I haven't been able to find much information at all in regards to ArcGIS 10.1 Function Template Chains... I need to be able to load a .rft in my image service and calculate statistics... so I am using ...
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Conditional calculation of Text field value based on another text field value using ArcGIS Desktop? [duplicate]
In ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 I created a new field to explain some zoning codes in an attribute Table. I basically want the new field "Zone" to have a string value based on the field "Zoning".
For example ...
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Loading different image service functions to QGIS
If someone has created an image service in ArcGIS with function templates in order to process on the fly... How would you bring that data into QGIS and be able to switch between functions? In ArcMap ...
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Deleting the "cached" field names for a large CSV file
Using ArcGIS Desktop Advanced 10.1
I have a large CSV file (36MB with about 600,000 records) that contains single addresses that I want to geocode. The file is called "SingleAddresses.csv" The file ...
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How many function templates can be applied to single image service in ArcGIS for Server?
I am trying to minimize space used on our server by producing a single image service for each county in Maryland. However, I need to display 6 different derivatives for each county: DEM in feet, ...
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Clip geodatabase containing vector and raster data
I have a fairly large file geodatabase in ArcGIS 10.1 containing both vector and raster datasets. Generally, I only want to work on a small extent at a time. Is it possible to clip a geodatabase to a ...