Applies to version 10.1 of ArcGIS
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How to Split a Concave Polygon Into Convex Polygons in Arcpy?
I'm looking for a tool or algorithm to detect concave polygons and split them into convex polygons. Like explained in the picture, the blue polygon is split into A and B polygons
I'm using Arcpy ...
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Point and Line Statistical Analysis
I have just lost the past 8 hours on this, and literally getting nowhere - hoping someone can help before I go mad!
I am trying to determine the correlation between sinkholes and a number of ...
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ArcGIS 10.1 Model cannot be transferred between Win7 and Win8 machines
We created a model (created in a file geodatabase) using Model Builder on a trial version of ArcGIS 10.1 (build 3035, License: Advanced). We are trying to ...
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How to create iterative Select by Location, Summary Statistics tool using ModelBuilder?
I do a lot of proximity analysis using "select by location" and would like to cut down on the effort spent each time doing this!
I have put together a model using ModelBuilder that:
Iterates over ...
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Getting buffer wizard-like speed in Python (vs using MultipleRingBuffer_analysis)
I've got a script that takes a single input polygon feature, throws 10 buffers around it at tenths of a specified input distance, and then symbolises the output based on an existing layer file. ...
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How to register a Stored Procedure in ArcSDE?
I just registered a SQL Server view with ArcSDE through
sdetable -o register [...].
I wonder, how to register a SQL Server stored procedure with ArcSDE? Is it the same process as the view?
EDIT
...
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Weighted Average of several raster “zones”
thanks for the visit!
Suppose I have two rasters, A and B. I want to determine the value of a certain "zone" in raster A by taking the weighted average of several other zones from raster B, that ...
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Report Designer (ArcGIS 10.1) - Using Element Properties
I've finally got a table generated that will work for a street index and I'm attempting to use the ‘Create Report’ tool with ArcGIS 10.1 to generate what I need for a map. Essentially, I have it setup ...
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AGS 10.1 geoprocessing service returning the wrong URL
I have an image export geoprocessing service that runs on ArcGIS server 10.1. It works by writing an image out to the scratch folder, and returning the location of that image.
Basically just this:
...
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Can custom map tiles be properly rendered via ArcObjects within my ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop AddIn?
Within ArcObjects for ArcGIS 10.1, we are attempting to render pre-generated map tiles as a
basemap (group) layer. The tiles themselves are of the typical web mercator aux. spherical tiling scheme. ...
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Python coding question, looping through feature classes, AddField, CalculateField, then errors (might be schema lock)
This is not a SDE question. File GDB.
Hi, I have a general question on looping through feature classes in a file geodatabase. I have (attached) a python script that adds a ton of fields and ...
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Reset python add-in
I have a toolbar which enables a second and third combobox when a selection is made on the previous. I would like to add a button to 'reset' the toolbar. Basically reload the toolbar to it's original ...
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Error opening feature class from SDE (which can be opened in another application)
We're using ArcGis 10.1 with ArcSDE 9.3.1 on Oracle 10g.
I've got 2 layers that cannot be opened or modified with ArcCatalog or ArcMap (but they show up in the list. Everything worked just fine ...
3
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Poor rendering performance in ArcGIS Server tiled map service and crashes logged
I have a number of map services in ArcGIS Server (10.1, running on 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2) and only one of them is cached.
Caching is configured on-demand as there's no way I can store the ...
3
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Which geostatistical tools to use to determine surface changes over 40 years?
I have a data from the Weather station with SWEmax (snow water equivalent) collected over 40 years. I need to interpolate the data over my river's watershed and then, somehow, determine the ...
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Clipped raster leaks outside polygons
I am trying to clip a raster (DEM) with a polygon layer in ArcGIS10.1, using Data Management>>Raster>>Clip. Basically the clipped raster has many pixels outside the polygon boundary, mainly for thin ...
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Invalid Topology [Topoengine error] ArcGIS 10.1
I'm trying to run the Identity function on two large data sets but it fails every time. I don't think it is a lack of hardware as I can run other processes on the same data sets.
I've already ...
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Creating curves using the Parcel Editor tool in ArcGIS 10.1
We are migrating parcel editing environments from AutoCAD to ArcGIS and I'm having trouble creating curves within a Parcel Fabric that are not tangent to lines. For example, what would be some ...
2
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Custom c# GP Tool ArcGIS Server 10.1 - build for 'Any CPU', x86, or 64bit? Does it matter?
I think I understand most explanations of these targets, but I get confused in the context of ArcGIS customizations like this because what we are compiling has to work in conjunction with ArcGIS, not ...
2
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Relative paths not working in model builder
I checked "Store relative path names" in my model, but ArcGIS seems to ignore the settings - the paths are always the same as on my computer.
Plus, the "Store relative path names" unchecks ...
2
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ArcObjects running in Addin slower?
I have created a class library which does some geoprocessing. The addin calls a class that is an async process. I have ensured the thread is STA and the arcobjects are thread safe (ie. not passed from ...
2
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ArcGIS Server 10.1 Geoprocessing service weirdly changed file path
I encountered a weird phenomenon on my ArcGIS Server 10.1.
I have a geoprocessing tool that exports a mxd file to an image file on my local directory, say "c://map/dir/export/image.png" It worked ...
2
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How can I copy selected polygon features to a polyline feature class with ArcObjects?
I would like to copy selected polygon features to a polyline feature class. (Similar to how polygon features can be copied and pasted inside an edit session in ArcMap)
Until recently I've been using ...
2
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Label one to many relationship class
Good day all,
I’ve created a feature class with a one to many relationships to a table. One point many classes. However I want to label the point with the classes attributes. ESRI wrote VB solution ...
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Open shape file in ArcGIS Runtime WPF SDK as Graphics/Feature layer
I googled and followed this tutorial
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=953a530ada30477d95cc69e788268bc9 and figured out how to import Shape files and Rasters into Runtime.
However, it seems ...
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Problem with SplitLineAtPoint tool in arcpy
I have a problem with Split Line At Point and polygons which have been dissolved using arcpy.Dissolve_management.
When I try this model to get polygon contour split at some points.
...
2
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How to dissolve polygons that have been split back into their original polygons?
I had a feature class containging about a thousand polygons.After some processing such as intersecting, dissolving, merging, more intersecting, I ended up with a feature class of about 6000 polys. ...
2
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Setting absolute label size ArcMap10
I have an architecture plan with elevation measurements. When I display the labels (Bullet Leader style), the automatic scaling moves the label on top of the background layers, obstructing them.
I ...
2
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Unable to stop ArcGIS Server automatic cache generation
I'm running ArcGIS Server 10.1 on a Windows box on Amazon, via remote desktop.
I've set up some services on which I have enabled caching using the Bing/Google/Esri scheme. I explicitly set these to ...
2
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0answers
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View in ArcSDE 10.1 Problem
I have created a view by joining a feature layer and 2-3 other tables in ArcSDE database using help from
James Richard Post. The view gets created fine in both SQL Server 2008 and also in SDE. In ...
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Different results from Spatial Analyst GP Tool and Python
I am writing a script that has to subtract one raster from another.
The rasters I have represent
1) Parking Lots (1 = Parking Lot, 0 = not Parking Lot) and
2) a buffer around the Parking Lot (1 = ...
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Speeding Up ArcGIS, redrawing sooooo slow!
I just updated ArcGIS to 10.1 and it is so slow. When I load my template mxds they can take 30 plus seconds. And if I have to change the view it's another 30 seconds.
Does anyone have any ideas ...
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create table with IDs for all arcs downstream of all others
I need to summarize downstream information associated with each arc in an NHD dataset. I have a table with the downstream ID for stream segment but am not sure how to get all of the downstream IDs. ...
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Call Vehicle Routing Problem Service via REST - Problem with “time” attributes?
I am trying to get a Vehicle Routing Problem to work as a geoprocessing service on one of our servers.
If I call the geoprocessing service via REST url and submit depots, orders and routes WITHOUT ...
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Reclassifying a raster based on values in another raster
I am attempting to create a new raster based on the values of two rasters I have already created. I am using ArcGIS 10.1
Raster1 is an area with my true values.
Raster2 was created by reclassifying ...
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3D polyline editing
I have a question similar to Poalo's question.
Polyline ZM: automatic vertex height errors correction.
It could be that I am using the wrong workflow.
I have a 3d polyline feature class in sde.
EDIT: ...
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I cannot connect to ArcGIS for Server 10.1 from ArcMap, I can in ArcCatalog
I have a strange error, I created three connections to ArcGIS for Server 10.1 in ArcCatalog as admin, publisher & user, and they connect and opens normally in ArcCatalog.
However, when I try to ...
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Is there workaround for very slow ArcSDE 10.1 editing
I'm suffering from very slow editing in SDE from an Arcgis engine application, the SDE database is in local so there's no network issues. but i still ignore the reasons neither how to solve this ...
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Agent Analyst: Unable to edit
I recently installed agent-analyst on arcgis 10.1 sp1 build 3143. In toolbox, i can right click and add a new toolbox, and in the new toolbox i am able to create agent-analyst tool. Now I want to edit ...
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Using Python to Switch Layout Templates
Using ArcMap 10.1: Since there is not a way to control portrait or landscape of the layout view through python, is there a way to switch layout templates without opening a new mxd through python? ...
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SSHFS won't read / write ArcMap documents (.mxd)
I am trying to use SSHFS to access our file server and work on geographic data. I can mount the drive, get arc catalog to connect to the folder, and I can access and edit geodatabases and shapefiles. ...
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Hiding dynamically added toolbar will crash ArcGIS desktop 10.1 on XP
I have weird bug
If you create dynamically a toolbar on ArcGIS Desktop extension, and then try to hide it . It will crash Desktop 10.1 on Windows XP.
But work find on Windows 7.
So, for example this ...
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WMS feed displays in ArcCatalog 9.3 but not in ArcMap 9.3
I am facing a very very weird behaviour. We used to work with a WMS feed in ArcGIS 9.3 and, since a few weeks, we are no longer able to display it.
The providers of the feed informed us that they ...
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Is there a way to show outlines in a multipatch feature in ArcScene?
When viewed in ArcMap 2D environment, multipatch faces are outlined. When viewed in ArcScene 2.5 D environment, multipatch faces are not outlined, yet the symbol in symbology properties still shows an ...
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How to access selected feature attributes using Python Add-in button?
I'm trying to extract the attributes of a selected feature in ArcMap using an add-in button, but I don't know how to refer to this selection in the script.
Later I need to copy these attributes into ...
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Are multiple separate feature classes more efficient than repeatedly deleting all features from the same feature class?
Quick Version: Is it more efficient, in terms of database performance, to have multiple separate temporary feature classes or one feature class that you repeatedly empty out and fill?
I am working ...
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edit 10.1 feature service
has anyone edited a 10.1 feat. service using desktop 10? I can view the service and add it to the map, but when I go to edit features/create local copy for editing, I get an "error creating the..."
I ...
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Performance of dataset iterator over a network
I have a copy of the same folder on two (separate) network drives. I'm using a dataset iterator in a model to collect all the paths of files containing *_road*. There are a few dozen files in the ...
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Algorithm to place the minimum of rectangles to cover a polygon
I'm trying to cover a polygon with the minimum set of rectangles like explained in the picture below, the used rectangles have the same size a*b (a != b) , the rectangle could be rotated by ...
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Spatial Analyst's CostPath toolbox/function has PATHCOST of 0 when using in_memory workspace
I have a point feature and am interested in finding the least cost path between two points in the feature using a raster as the cost surface. I first calculate the cost distance and cost backlink via ...
