The user interface of a computer. Alternatively, a personal computer designed to fit on a desk.
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What are some Free and Open Source GIS Desktop packages
Can someone please give me a list of free and open source GIS desktop packages?
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What's your view on the direction of GIS?
I am a long standing GIS developer and consultant. I am often asked, is there still a place for Desktop GIS, to which I, currently, answer, of course; if there are jobs specific to individuals, you ...
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Has anyone experienced appreciable performance increases in ArcGIS Desktop by using a RAM Disk?
I configured a RAM disk on a Virtual PC running ArcGIS Desktop 10 and set my HKCU\Software\ESRI\Output\TempPath to a directory on the RAM disk. It’s hard to perceive any sort improvement with that ...
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Looking for market share of GIS desktop tools
What are the relative market shares of the various desktop GISes? I'm interested in this within the open-source and non-opensource realm.
One article that I read, is that the market share of ESRI is ...
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Are there any “highly customizeable” GIS platforms out there or am I doomed to manual labor?
I'm new to this site which I find useful and refreshing until now.
And to my question ( WARNING: it's a bit long, so you can skip right to the question two paragraphs down).
I was educated in GIS ...
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Most suitable open source GIS platform
I'm looking for an open source GIS server or desktop package that supports as many file formats as possible, is fast, runs on Linux or Mac and can be controlled via an API.
Planning to do very basic ...
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Learning .NET for arcgis use (mainly desktop) - how to start?
I know that many of you guys don't like GIS analysts that turn (or act as part time) programmers and think that their codes are sloppy (which I guess that they are many times) but as everybody has to ...
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Comparison of Open Source Desktop GIS Packages
I'm curious as to what comparisons are out there between different Open Source Desktop GIS software packages. I'm aware that there has been a QGIS and gvSIG comparison on this site but I am looking ...
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Add map making to java desktop software
In my project (a desktop application) I need to create a map with three layers, basic geographic layer at the bottom, a GSM coverage area layer on top of it, and then a location based services layer ...
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9.2 to 9.3.1 Desktop - How to troubleshoot slow data access with shps?
We have just upgraded from ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 to 9.3.1
For a ~250MB .shp in 9.2 it took 1 minute to render, at 9.3.1 it now takes 50 minutes.
The format has to stay as shapefile.
The data is stored ...
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Testing ArcMAP 10.0
I want to test performance of Arc Desktop based applications. I tried GDBT but it not give me any information about request time etc. I tried also a Workflow Profiler, but this tool usually crash my ...
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ArcGIS 10 Add-Ins
What are the best Add-Ins for ArcCatalog and ArcMap v10?
XRay for ArcGIS 10 is very useful, what else is out there?
Thanks,
Seth
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In ArcMap 10.0, how do you vertical dock the Tools toolbar to the left of the map and right of the TOC?
In general, I really like the docking environment in ArcGIS 10. As I was showing off ArcGIS 10 to some of my end-users, I couldn't get the toolbar docked to the left of the map and to the right of ...
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Basic Mapping Software
I have a desktop application for a client that needs to map a main subject location and around 5 "comparable" locations, within a range of 1-2 miles (often even less), from an aerial view, and zoom in ...
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How do I find license number for ArcGIS Desktop?
I have a machine with ArcGIS for Desktop 10.0 installed on it.
I need to find out which license it's using.
The machine is single use ArcEditor and was authorized online.
How can I find what the ...
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need to clear cache memory using python
I have looked at several posts here and on other sites but have not found a solution to the problem I am having with this python script. In this script I use 2 nested 'for' loops to extract a series ...
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Why are my additional Add-In folders disappearing?
I thought it just something I was doing. Then someone emailed me about about the same issue. Then I checked a user that I set up on ArcGIS 10 and his had been wiped.
It doesn't happen right ...
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Quantum GIS ->ArcGIS Server configuration possible?
Is it possible to connect a Quantum GIS Desktop 1.8.0 to an ArcGIS Server 10.0 ? and of course publish services on it?.
The configuration would be like this Quantum GIS-> ArcGIS Server 10.0 on ...
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Reusing Layer Selection on Toolbar
I'm working on a custom toolbar for an extension which will have operations that work upon a specific, user-selectable layer.
Is it possible to directly use the layer selector used by ESRI's toolbars ...
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2answers
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Mac OS 10.7 QGIS 1.8 Desktop Install Problem
I've downloaded QGIS-1.8.0-2.dmg and the required GDAL Complete 1.9 framework package and GSL framework. The frameworks are installed; however, when I try to start the installation of ...
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How do you use Spatial Analyst Geoprocessing functions in ArcObjects in ArcGIS 10?
I'm trying to run some geoprocessing functions in ArcObjects. Some of the tools I want to use are part of the spatial analyst extension. In 9.3.1 it was fairly straightforward to follow the ...
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1answer
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What alternatives exist for EOBrowser.exe & LibraryLocator.exe for ArcGIS Desktop 10?
Original Question: Where are the EOBrowser.exe & LibraryLocator.exe tools in the ArcGIS Desktop 10 > Developer Kit?
I went to use LibraryLocator.exe and couldn't find it now that I'm on ...
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Why does a tool not call its constructor or OnActivate() method?
I'm working on an add-in for ArcMap 10.0 in .Net version 3.5. It was finely added in arcgis desktop 10.0 as addin tool and working finely. I added some code in the addin project and build that ...
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Is ArcGIS Desktop-ArcMap 10 affected by the stacked toolbars bug (NIM003161) when opening an MXD on multi-monitor configurations?
In ArcMap 9.3, we had issues with our toolbars always stacking up instead of remaining where they were placed. This was mainly an issue on dual monitor workstations and we would occasionally see the ...
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Why is QGIS not launching?
I've got a problem using qGIS. Always when I try to launch the programme with the desktop icon, nothing happens. I also checked the Task Manager and it doesn't show any process running regarding qGIS.
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How to connect ArcGIS Destkop 10 with PostGIS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I connect to a PostGIS database from ArcMap 9.3 and 10.0?
I've installed postGIS 1.5.3, and would like to connect it from ArcGIS Destkop v10.
Which is the best ...
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Are there any known issues with using database triggers for reacting to a WMX Job status change?
I'm looking to notify another system when a WMX job (of particular job type) has been closed. And I know this will be a call to an Oracle package. I'm considering a database trigger because it seems ...
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offline ovi map in desktop application
I asked a Map related question in the main Stackoverflow site before I realised this is the right place for it. Any help with respect to this question is appreciated . Here is the link to ...
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How can we stop Manifold from writing TMP files?
We work with sizable Manifold Projects that sometimes go over a Gb of vector data. After working in Manifold for a while Gigs of TMP files are getting written to the hard drive.
We use manifold 8 64 ...
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ArcGIS Add-In - protected dll-s crashes ArcMap
Have anyone tried to use a protected dll inside an ESRI Add-In for ArcGIS Desktop?
We use a 3rd party company to protect our .NET dll-s before we package them.
This has worked for ArcGIS extensions ...
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1answer
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Add WMS group layer (only) to ArcMap
I am trying to add a WMS group layer to ArcMap, without having the sublayers being listed in the TOC.
I will give a little background here: We are sourcing images from Nearmap.com, and their WMS data ...
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Getting an“ 001270 error : Consolidating the data failed.” while publishing as map service in arcgis server 10.1
I am getting an error "001270 error" .
I am inserting table for sql-server database and joining few records to polygon layer
also I have lat,Lon data in few tables so I am displaying data using ...
