ArcGIS refers to a family of GIS software from Esri which includes desktop (ArcReader, ArcMap, ArcCatalog), server applications (ArcGIS Server), mobile devices (ArcPad, ArcGIS Mobile) as well as online services (ArcGIS Online).
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Exporting Selection Using Python
I currently have a search cursor iterating through a shapefile in ArcGIS 10.1 that selects a feature and runs a viewshed analysis on that feature (and only that feature).
What's the easiest way to ...
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Web map tool with high interactivity [duplicate]
I'm looking for an ArcGIS Online alternative. It needs to be
linked to a private MySql server
Use shapefiles
Display attribute data and charts upon click/hover
Toggle shapefile to display/disappear
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Zoom and Pan using scroll wheel in Arcobjects
is there any way to zoom using scroll wheel ? i have tried AutoMouseWheel of map control, it works well for the first used custom tool, but once i change the tool, it stops working , i would like to ...
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A simple Python Script to save the currently opened mxd and changes
Here is what I have so far...
import arcpy
import arcpy.mapping as map
mxd = map.MapDocument()
mxd.save()
And yes I know that map.MapDocument requires an argument, but I want it to automatically ...
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Save Point Representations Spatial X and Y
So I have a bit of an issue of points with the same x and y that I need to display separately from themselves. Here is some history of this issue:
I have a database of incidents that happen over a ...
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How can I set the settings of an Address Locator within a Model or arcpy?
I am creating a model that processes a large road dataset, then creates an address locator from the roads. The Create Address Locator tool does not allow me to set options like Spelling Sensitivity or ...
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Can't open ArcGrid created by Seamless viewer from NED [closed]
I have been unable to add elevation rasters generated by, and downloaded from the USGS's Seamless viewer, http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/seamless/viewer.php from the National Elevation Dataset ...
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Error while creating a slope [duplicate]
I have a elevation raster (1 arc second) downloaded from USGS site. Before adding it to ArcMap I changed the display units to meters.The projection system for this raster is GCS_1983. When I use the ...
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Topographic Wetness Index
Is there any option to SAGA to calculate the Topographic Wetness Index ?
I have a big area and I tried many times with SAGA, the last time I thought the results was ok (before SAGA would crash or give ...
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Best way to create a georeference and projected data from a hand-drawn maps of mythical village for use in spatial stats training modules
I am preparing datasets for students in a spatial statistics course for a module on spatial autoregressive models. We will use ArcGIS 10.1. The first dataset will correspond to a mythical ...
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ArcGIS JavaScript API geometry service offline capabilities
Lately I've been going through ArcGIS JS API samples, but from what I've seen, it looks like all geometric functions always go through server, and use server side REST functions. There is no option to ...
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How to display relative concentration of point features in ArcMap (heatmap)
Please bear with me here - I'm pretty new to GIS, and I'm having a lot of confusion about all the different terms I've seen thrown around.
Here's my problem: I have a large dataset of point ...
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Raster Calculator question for Multiple Rasters
I am having trouble for writing script in Python (ArcGIS 10.1). The task is generally divide each raster by 100. I have many of these raster files....
So what I've done is the following:
from ...
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How to import HDF (L1G) files in to Erdas or ArcGIS?
I have downloaded satellite imagery from GLCF website, it has downloaded with .L1G file extension, I am not able to open this file in ArcGIS as well in Erdas, so please let me know how to open this.
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Append to rather than overwrite to a single table in arcpy
The code thus far works to create multiple output files, but I'd like to set it up so that the data is all exported onto a single table across multiple rows. The issue is I believe with the part in ...
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About regression analysis in arcgis
I'm trying to do regression analysis using a shapefile which contains dependent variable (NDVI) and explanatory variable (prec) in Arcgis. First, I run GWR analysis and then run spatial ...
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3D maps on web application [duplicate]
1) Is there any web API which can show 3D trajectory below earth surface and can consume the ArcGIS feature service which can work closely with ArcGIS web platform.
2) Is there any way to publish ...
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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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Elevation Drop Along a Stream [duplicate]
Previous discussion
In reference to a previous discussion, suppose I want to cut the stream every 100 m and find the elevation drop every 100 m. How can I do this?
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Arcpy memory leak
I'm trying to import a great number of csv files of about 250MB each. I wrote a python script for that as follows:
import gc
import glob
tables = ...
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Accessing ESRI Arcpy modules from Enthought Canopy
I've got ArcGIS 10.1 running on my windows system and I've
installed the new 32-bit Canopy Express Enthought Python Distribution.
Is it possible to load and use the ESRI arcpy modules from Canopy?
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what are the use cases of City Engine or Any alternative tool?
I would like to know the use cases of ESRI City Engine, and what distinguish this tool from the other standard GIS like Arcmap and Qgis? and in which fields could be used ?
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Non-spatial Data Driven Pages
Is it possible to utilise the Data Driven Pages (DDP) tool in ArcMap or ArcPy to create a set of maps with the same extent but showing different layers?
To clarify I regularly make large sets of ...
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ARCGIS JS API map.centerAndZoom()
I'm trying to get the map to move and zoom in to a point when a function is executed. Point gets selected, but without zoom. Interestingly when I zoom in to a random location and then execute the ...
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How to symbolize in ArcGIS Categorized different color
I can symbolize my polygon in ArcGIS by categories. I tried for every field. But unfortunately in few polygon it showing same color those are just beside of same color polygon. I have to categorized ...
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ArcPy: Possible to use wildcard in .pdf append?
I'm working on a script that (as written) produces a large number of individual pdf pages (>100), instead of hardcoding the names of each of the outputs, I was thinking of using a wildcard. However, ...
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ArcPy: No Label appear on .pdf output but are present in Layout
Do labels needed to be coded into an arcpy script in order to be visible on an arcpy .pdf output? In ArcGIS the labels are visible for various features, but when I use the arcpy script (either in IDLE ...
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Problem saving after CellStatistics list ERROR 010240
I am having trouble saving outputs from CellStatistics but only when I run it on a list of rasters. This was working on python 26 but not 27.
I know this example is nonsense, but:
env.workspace = ...
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Select by attribute expression invalid in python
I'm not sure how my expression is failing. Any ideas?
inPoints = "points.shp"
i = 0
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(inPoints, "pts")
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management("pts", "NEW_SELECTION", ...
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Run Viewshed on only one feature at a time in a shapefile
I have over 100 features in a shapefile and I want to create individual viewsheds for each and then run processes on each of those resulting viewsheds in ArcGIS using Python.
Is it possible to write ...
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Projection issue: mismatching .shp even if with the same SCR [closed]
I have a problem with some .shp from ARCgis (point and polygone) that appear on QGIS with mismatching SRC. When I change and save the new SRC (even by doing "save as") to make them match nothing ...
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Create points around the edge of viewshed results?
Is there a tool or module, or multiple tools, in ArcGIS that will allow you to automate the creation of points around the outer edges of a viewshed?
What I am trying to do is gather data about the ...
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Arcgis JS api WMS layer on top of basemap
I'm trying to place WMSlayer on top of basemap "streets", but have ran into problems. Code:
// mapHandler.mapextent = new esri.geometry.Extent(350000,6370000,750000,6630000,new ...
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Merging Raster Datasets of Different Resolutions
I have two DEMs in .tif format and I am looking to merge the two. The main problem with merging these are that they are different resolutions (one is 10m and one is ~20m). Also, another problem with ...
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LineSymbols not rendering in ArcGIS Runtime for WPF SDK 10.1.1 without AcceleratedDisplay
I've posted this over on ESRI's ArcGIS Runmtime for WPF forums but I thought I'd repost here to get some more developer exposure. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Original post here: ...
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ArcGIS 10: How to populate SQL options for parameter in tool
I'm trying to create a tool where individuals can select a variety of records using a SQL expression that is then passed to a calculation. I can add a parameter under the tool, and select SQL ...
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Count points within polygons
I'm creating a map with two shapefiles. One is a polygon of counties. The other is points of cities. I used the function intersect to group the cities in each county. I'm trying to get the number ...
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How do you geocode addresses that are outside the Address Ranges of your source layer?
Im using TIGER lines to geocode a table of addresses. Say for instance the address range for a street is 1100-1200. What would be the best way to match an address such as 1094?
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Spatial Join produces incorrect values
I'm trying to do a spatial join of a point file (created from a raster) to a polygon (target), where I am joining the GRID_CODE value from the point to the polygon. I've tried a variety of ...
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How to crop a satellite image?
I am wondering how to or if it is possible to crop a SPOT satellite image (the image has black edges) using ArcMap 10 and if so how do you do this. I appreciate any advice.
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ArcPy - Can Radio buttons be added to a Script tool?
I have 3 Point shapefiles for 3 species that contains the accession points of each.
The user needs to specify only one species at a time. I need to write a script tool for adding the selected Point ...
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How to convert geometry to WKT using ArcPy?
I would like to be able to convert a single feature (or potentially many features) in an ArcGIS layer into Well Known Text (WKT) format during a geoprocessing operation using Python and ArcPy (no ...
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Identify parcels that have two types of land use
I have two polygon layers in a geodatabase. One layer is land parcels. The other layer is land use. I want to identify the six largest parcels that contain both "upland forests" and "wetlands" (i.e. ...
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Why can't a user with db_owner role version data?
I've made an enterprise geodatabase and added a user with db_owner permissions.
When I add a database connection in ArcCatalog and connect to this geodatabase using the user I created, I'm not able ...
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Create point geometry in a feature class with all the attributes prepopulated
So here is the problem. I have a text file with space delimited values. A standard text file with the headings separated by spaces and then on each next line values for these headings (columns) also ...
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Finding depression with contour lines
How can I find depression contour lines?
I already have find depressions via Fill-method, but now I try to detect them by using the contour lines. anyone have an idea ?
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upload table to ArcGIS Server
We are building a process which will allow users to submit a table of GPS data to update our central repository for all GPS data. Let's say that the target is simply a SQL data table. At first I ...
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Write unique ID(s) of polygons in layer A intersecting polygons in layer B to a field in layer B, in ArcMap?
I'm working in ArcGIS 10.1. Suppose that I have two polygon layers, A and B.
Polygons in layer B can have one of a few relationships to those in layer A:
They may be completely contained by ...
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How to view the Area of Selected Feature in ArcGIS 10.1?
I think this is simple. I am looking for a way to convert the area of a selected feature to acres. The unit for my geodatabase is feet.
The ruler tool almost does it, but it only returns the top-most ...
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What to set spatial reference to after projecting to GCS_WGS_1984
I have a shapefile containing some sort of vectors or polygonal chains. This file is in the GCS_CH1903 geographic coordinate system (it is not specified though... if I import it into ArcMap it says ...
