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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What does the adoption of Python by NVIDIA for GPGPU mean for GIS?
Today NVIDIA announced support for the Python language on its flavor of GPGPU (CUDA).
Manifold GIS uses CUDA to enable some accelerated raster operations but it is not a programmable environment and ...
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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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ArcGIS Length and Area Calculation Scenarios
Trying to get a handle on how length and area are calculated in different scenarios in ArcGIS. I don't know why I can't find a answer on the feature class fields, but I can't find a precise answer, ...
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How to produce a vegetation stress map utilizing the spectral blue shift of the red edge?
I am interested in mapping vegetation stress utilizing the blue shift to the red edge phenomenon in remote sensing. The figure below shows the expected change in reflectance of green leaves under ...
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Is it possible to add to the map a layer containing results from a sql query
I'm developping an ArcMap Extension and I need to join an existing feature class with data from a sql query located on another DBMS.
I already set up a Workspace with an OleDbWorkspaceFactory. I'm ...
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Why do file geodatabase and SDE readers produce different fme_geometry types?
I have one very simple workbench that I am running against both SDE (9.3) and FGDB (10.0) sources.
I noticed two different fme_geometry values for same type of objects.
For the first one, i.e SDE ...
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SLD to Esri lyr file?
Does anybody know if there's a sw/extension to convert an SLD to Esri. lyr format, or to import the SLD directly?
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How to automatically place parcels on suitability map?
I need to make a map that randomly places parcels (groups of pixels or polygons) on a suitability map by first filling the most suitable areas, then the next most suitable and so on, until a ...
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How to use ESRI's spatial statistics tools on average values?
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me whether using the spatial statistics tools such as Getis Ord Gi* "hot spot" analysis in ArcView is advisable when your input data is an averaged value, e.g. the ...
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How can I control what is passed to the OnCreate() method when a command or tool is initialized?
In an ArcEngine application can I control what is passed to the OnCreate() method when a command or tool is initialized?
(I am using a synchronization object because I have both a map and a ...
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Is r.cost equivalent to diffusion interpolation with barriers?
I want to perform interpolation using cost distances rather than euclidean distances similar to Greenberg et al. (2011). In that paper they use r.cost in GRASS to compute cost distances for each ...
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How to join fields which must still be created in ArcGIS Model Builder?
I am in the process of creating a generic model in ArcGIS Model Builder. At one point in my model, I have to do a join between an existing layer (entry parameter) and a table issued from the "Zonal ...
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Python: “Import Script” greyed out
I have a tool that I created from a Python script which I update from time to time. Usually I will right-click the tool and choose Import Script, but lately this has been unavailable, as shown below:
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Spatial join to kernel density / kernel density with polygon/point output in Arc
I'm looking for a way to join polygons to a density function for some other feature of interest.
Current workflow
make density raster from feature set of interest, using point/line/kernel density
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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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How to split Relationship Class privileges between different users while maintaining referential integrity?
I am using a relationship class to maintain a one-to-many relationship between material sites (under Engineering's purview) and the material sites' sample status and content (under Materials' ...
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ArcGIS reloadData runs very slow on iOS
So I have some points on a map. I've written code to allow the user to drag a point around the screen which more or less looks like this.
- (void) mapView:(AGSMapView *) mapView ...
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Python Script Crashing Inconsistently on Arcpy Batch LayerToKML script
I put together a script to take a TIGER shapefile of all census tracts in a state, select the census tracts by each county, and export them into individual county-level kml files.
The problem is that ...
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arcpy adding time to Raster Mosiac Footprint
I am trying to create a raster mosiac for use in animating data over time. The current workflow is:
Create .gdb (arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management)
Create Raster Mosaic ...
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How to cluster features based on their proximity?
I have around 500 features (Forests) that I want to cluster based on their proximity, and then work with those clusters. I only have the ID, and shape area of those features.
How can I cluster them?
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Can ArcGIS handle missing values to create a contour map?
I am trying to create a contour map for a waterbody. It turns out that in several locations there is no data. I just don't want to use the missing values as zero in ArcGIS because it would create ...
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Draw two separate lines from A to B and B to A
I have an Origin-Destination table like this
Origin Destination Value
A B 10
B A 100
A C 120
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For all the locations A, B, C... I have another table indicating their location (Lat and Lon)
Is ...
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How can you convert a Rainfall Isohyet map into Raster so you can determine the precipitation (mm) at any point?
I'm Joanne & I'm a newbie in ArcGIS... I Hope somebody can help me figure this out:
Specifically, I have a rainfall map (Isohyets) measured in mm (precipitation)... I wanted to know a particular ...
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shortest distance between a raster and another raster
i am using arcgis 10.1
i want to calculate the shortest distance between a raster and another raster. i have a bathymetric raster and an underlying fault plane raster. for each bathy raster cell, i ...
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ArcGIS Kernel Density with polyline, search radius / bandwidth calculation
I'm conducting a density analysis of a series of polylines and I'm hung up on determining an appropriate search radius.
The default calculation performed by arcgis is to take the shorter dimension ...
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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 ...
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Is IGraphicTracker leaking memory?
It seems that when geometries are removed from an IGraphicTracker instance, the geometries remain in memory until IAoInitialize.Shutdown() is called. I have tried removing the geometries by calling ...
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How to select all remaining features after a Layer Definition filtering?
I have a map service that represents the World map with a table with population associated. I would like to filter some of the data matching a criteria and then, select ALL remaining features to work ...
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Edit Widget Add attachments only shows when is made, not when making
So i post my question here because it didnt recieved any answers on Stackoverflow.
Hello i have some difficulties,
Let me see what i want to do with some pictures and code:
I want to add some ...
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Creating an ArcGIS Add-In to Export SLD
If I wanted to create an add-in for ArcGIS that exported the styling of a layer to SLD how much work would it be and what languages could I use?
More info:
I'm an experienced programmer, and have ...
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Rasterization tools for vector datasets with styles
I have hundreds of Personal Geodatabases and I want to create one georeferenced TIFF for each one. Each PGDB has the same feature classes ('CotourLines', 'Hidrography', etc) for what I have some ...
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WFS service Server Error in '/ArcGIS/services' Application
I have a SSL secured ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 machine on W2k8. I set up a service with WFS. Every time I try to request the capabilities, I get the error:
Server Error in '/ArcGIS/services' Application
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Script to add colours from .style file to multiple shapefiles
I have added 70 fill colours in a .style file. For adding these colours to my shapefile i would have to manually go to properties/symbology/match to symbols in a style/ then browse to the location ...
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error while running a geoprocessing service using IGPServer
I getting the " the remote procedure call failed "error message while running the following code....
enter code here //Here i am getting the polygon geometry from one featureclass......
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Create annotation features programatically
I am using the ESRI Silverlight API for my application. For points, polylines and polygons the Editor class combined with feature layers works great. But it looks like I have encountered a problem. My ...
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Performing a Multicriteria Analysis Using Distance Along a Road Network
There is the possibility that I will be working on a project which will look at thousands of properties in a region and measure their accessibility to different services (schools, parks, hospitals, ...
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How to rotate labels using ArcPy?
I'm writing Python code for ArcGIS using the arcpy library and now I'm experiencing a little problem with labels. In fact I'm not able to rotate them in layout via arcpy (I should rotate all labels of ...
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How to load data programmatically from shapefile into feature class (geodatabase)?
Can some Genuis here help me programmatically (using python and comtypes) load shapefile data in to an existing geodatabase (feature class). The attributes of the shapefile has to match with the ...
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Multi Region/Location Use Case on EC2
Context: ArcGIS applications for one of our customers are currently running on multiple sites in Americas, Europe, Australia and Africa geos (15 different countries). They are considering a cloud ...
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How to use ITableEdit interface with ArcGIS 10?
I'm new with this technology. I modify data as you can see below:
private void changeVersion(IFeatureWorkspace ifw, IWorkspaceEdit iwep,
IServerContext m_serverContext, String versionName) ...
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Map printing using ArcGIS silverlight API
I am using a GP task to print my map and its legend. Well it works fine. But it is really slow.
Also I am not able to print the route event layer that I create. It does not show on the map.
Please ...
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Viewing panoramic imagery in ArcGIS
Is there an ArcGIS extension or utility that will view 360 degree panoramic images? I've found utilities that are part of larger software packages for managing mobile scanning data, but all I'm after ...
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Save folder connection in ArcGIS 10
In ArcCatalog one has the option to save locations of folders via the "Connect To Folder" button. I have the problem, that ArcGIS don`t save each folder connection which I would like to have in ...
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Cartographic Representations Load Rather Than Feature Symbology
We use ArcSDE to allow multiple users (both in my office and elsewhere) to access feature classes that my office maintains. We also use cartographic representations for many of our feature classes.
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ArcSDE - How to edit mosaic dataset
I have a mosaic dataset (Raster) in an SDE database. As expected, when I click start editing, ArcMap says that I have to do "Register as Versioned" before, but I can't have a mosaic dataset in a ...
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Equipotential Surface Generation Using Monte Carlo Simulation on Large Raster Images
All,
I have a large (1GB+) raster that I am using as the base for the generation of an equipotential surface. This is to assess the accuracy of DEMs derived from another source. In situ ...
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Edit data using arcobjects by SOE Web Services on Arcgis Server 10.0
I trying to develop WebService which main purpose is enable editing data. My Web Service get as param information about records, tables etc. Code looks like below:
IFeatureWorkspace ifw = null;
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How do I assign attributes from hydrologic sinks to upstream features?
I have a large hydrology geometric network with more than 300 sinks and roughly 150 barriers. I'd like to have the SinkID added to the attributes of the barriers (some individual networks have a ...
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How to draw on an ESRI.PrototypeLab.Surface?
i'm trying to draw on the ESRI map enabled to Microsoft Surface (ESRI Map -> Surface) but i can't find the way to do so. The problem is that the Draw method (which come from the ArcGIS API for WPF, ...
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Print axMapControl contents with preview
I have a map with many feature layers on top of it. I would like to be able to print the map and feature layers either scaling it to fit a certain page size or printing it to actual scale thus ...
