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How to transform FileGDB featureclasses from custom local coordinate system?
Background: Started working for company that is in middle of system-wide IT upgrade including GIS data. Existing in-house data is in a FileGDB, is in an assumed coordinate system and represents 1000 ...
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Where is the File Geodatabase Raster Dataset file stored?
I have a esri file geodatabase with a raster dataset. How can I find out which physical file the dataset is referring to?
(I am retrieving the file geodatabase through the internet. It all seems to ...
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How to compare schemas from two File geodatabases?
We have template geodatabase, which we send out to our regional Data creators. They update these geodatabases and digitize all the data from their region in the predefined featureclasses.
Now that we ...
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Differences between Raster Dataset, Raster Catalog, and Raster Mosaic
I have about 40 scanned, colorful Geology maps that are GeoTiffs. I want to bring them into an Esri FileGeodatabase to lower their size, combine them as one and display them with a mostly transparent ...
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Personal Geodatabase: Access speed up due the use of RelationshipClasses?
I've a special question about the effects of RelationshipClasses.
For some reasons I've created a Personal Geodatabase and imported two features from Shape-Files and created an own table.
For ...
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Is it possible to create an “Empty” version of an SDE database?
Is it possible to create an "Empty" version of an SDE database? I have a large default SDE database that I would like to create an empty version for a new project. By "Empty" version I am referring ...
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Benefits of relationship classes and how they can be accessed in c#
At the moment I've a personal geodatabase with two imported feature classes from shape files and an own created table. This table has columns for the IDs of the elements in the two feature classes. ...
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How to search an ITable with conditions [duplicate]
At the moment I am searching for the most effective method of searching an ITable with one or more conditions (like where clauses).
I can perform it manually by iterating through each row and proof ...
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How to access a table in a personal geodatabase using C#
I've a personal geodatabase which has some shape files included. To get a "complex" relation I've created a single table which will be have 1:1 or 1:N references which the different shape files (atm. ...
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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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How to join a File Geodatabase table with only one record of Feature Class
I've a Geodatabase containing a Featureclass and some File Geodatabase Tables. Each File Geodatabase Table is actully about the only one record of a featurClass. Can We Join these File Geodatabase ...
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Feature Class Extents Changed After Import
I have been tasked with editing the attributes and fixing geometry of a feature class in a shared geodatabase. The feature class is not in a feature dataset. I decided to export the feature class ...
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To Use or Not to Use Relationship Classes?
I am building a government database from a massive amount of data. Now I am following the standard approach of the ESRI Local Government Data Model, but modified to fits the needs and wants of a ...
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Applying schema changes on a esri geodatabase two-way replica set
I have an Esri geodatabase two-way replica set. I need to update the schema on both databases in the replica set. Esri describes doing this using ArcGIS schema tools (compare/export/import replica ...
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How can I append field from a geodatabase table to a polygon feature class?
I have an existing polygon feature class with about 30 attribute fields. I would like to append another 20 fields from an existing table in the same file geodatabase. Can this be done using an ...
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How can I find out Persional GeoDatabase version?
I am working ArcMap software. How can I find out Personal Geodatabase Version?
I have client file. But I want to find out which version they have to used.
I am looking for your guidance
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Convert Oracle schema to GeoDatabase using Direct Connect only
Either this is a gap in the documentation or I'm really missing something!
I know that I can direct connect to an SDE GeoDatabase without needing ArcSDE to be installed on the database server, but I ...
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python crashes creating many Feature Classes in multiple Feature Datasets
I'm trying to populate a Geodatabase with roundabout 60 Datasets with a new Featureclass for each Dataset. To do this, i wrote a python-standalone-script that loops through these datasets and creates ...
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ArcGIS fails to import all records from huge CSV file to file geodatabase table despite being within FGDB table size limits
I'm using ArcGIS 10.0 on Windows 7 64-bit with 4GB of RAM.
I have some very large tables in CSV format to import to ArcGIS, they all have about 30 fields, upwards of 5 million records per table (a ...
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Can we create relationship classes based on a geometric network?
I have a point Feature Class and a polyline Feature class which I connected in a geometric network. I also need to connect them logically. In my theoretical model, an edge is defined by the two points ...
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Where is the connection file used to connect to ArcSDE 10?
In ArcMap 10.0, how do I find where the connection file is that is being used to connect to ArcSDE 10 on Sql Server 2008?
Some non administrative users are hooking up to SDE as the user 'sde' with db ...
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How is IValidate.GetInvalidRules supposed to work?
we are currently trying to programmatically validate features against geodatabase-defined rules. This includes attribute rules as well as connectivity and relationship rules.
We have consulted the ...
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String format for geodatabases in ArcPy scripts
Several ArcPy functions take strings as geodatabase identifiers. I've looked through the ESRI docs, but can't find a good reference for the various acceptable formats. I'm looking for examples of ...
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How to reorder fields (permanently) in a file geodatabase
Using ArcGIS 10.0, is it possible to reorder the fields in a file geodatabase, and have the order persisted to the database?
We considered exporting to XML, and writing a parser to change the field ...
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Are these 9.2 CASE tools instructions still valid using ArcGIS 10.1?
The Using CASE tools in ArcGIS 10 document links to some older documentation at Building geodatabases with case tools, which specifically mentions ArcGIS 9.2 throughout.
Are these instructions still ...
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Why my 'add basemap' data seems taking too long to upload the maps in ArcGIS? [closed]
Can i know the easiest way or any other way to upload Big maps hybrid from add basemap in ARcGIS 10? because it seems taking quite a long time to upload the map like around more than 1 hour and still ...
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deleted features not synchronizing in one-way geodatabase replication (ESRI)
I am testing three one way (SDE -> file GDB) replicas. Each replica is derived from a layer created by selection by location from a citywide road dataset, so that each of the three layers is ...
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Error importing XML workspace document to file geodatabase
Ok so I have a large SDE geodatabase that I exported to an XML Workspace Document. I tried to importing it again into a file geodatabase to test if the export worked correctly and got the following ...
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Geocode a table, then append more rows to the table
I'm starting on a project with ArcGIS 10 where I'll be doing quite a bit of geocoding addresses. I understand the basics of how to do that. But a frustration on an earlier similar project is that ...
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Finding the Default version in a large linage tree
I have a very large versioning linage tree. I am using the arcGIS 10.0 GDBT tool. How can I find the node with the default version?
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Search if field exists in feature class
I have a few dozen feature classes, one of which contains the field I am looking for. They are stored in several different file geodatabases.
Is there a quick way of searching each feature class to ...
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The correct definition of ESRI geodatabase
Iet's see if i can explain my question correctly.
As the title says I'm looking for an definition of the databasetype that you create in ArcCatalog, file geodatabase and personal geodatabase.
The ...
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ArcSDE error: “Maximum number of connections to instance exceeded ”
I have an ArcSDE error: " *Failed to connect to database. Maximum number of connections to instance exceeded "
Did what ESRI recommended :"
Check the value set for the CONNECTIONS parameter in ...
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How do I copy the coded value for a field and not the raw value?
I am working with ArcGIS 10 and I have added a field in a feature class and am attempting to copy the text from another field's coded values, but the field calculator is simply copying the "code" text ...
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Is there a fast way to copy large raster datasets between File Geodatabases?
Why does it take so long to copy a large raster dataset from one file geodatabase to another? I can copy the entire database in windows explorer in minutes but copying a single raster in ArcCatalog ...
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Cant see my Table of Contents in Arc10
I am new to Arc10. I am using a students version on my home laptop. I have lost my table of contents completely from the left side of my screen. Does anyone know where I can find the damn thing?
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How to programmatically determine the size of a feature class in a file geodatabase?
My answer to the question How to get the size of a file geodatabase feature class on disk? shows how one can enable a column in ArcCatalog showing the file size of FGDB feature classes in the contents ...
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How can I have my map open in the center of my visitors IP address?
I have a map of all restaurants in Florida. I would like to have the center of the map be the address of the visitors IP. How can I do this?
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creating unique ID-s for my file geodatabase
I use ArcEditor licence level, ArcGIS 10.0 version, and we're talking about a file geodatabase.
I have several feature classes (electric energy domain) and I want to connect them using relationship ...
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fail to create relationship class
I am trying to make a relationship class between two tables, but I get this message at the end:
" Failed to create the specified relationship class". Can you tell me why?
Thanks,
Ligia
Sorry I ...
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How to switch to a GDB created in the middle of a script
EDIT:
Here's my full script and hopefully a better way of explaining what I need done:
#Import
import arcpy, sys, os
# Set environment settings
arcpy.env.workspace = sys.argv[1]
inFiles = ...
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Does anyone know a script to make annotation & point data remain constant regardless of scale
I have a series of maps to create for a project (30+ maps). The maps will be at varying scales (roughly between 1:1000 and 1:6000). I have a geodatabase containing various annotation and point ...
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Creating geodatabase from CSV using python
I have a file with weather data (daily) for multiple weather stations for multiple years. I am looking for some python script to automate the database creation process and its interpolation on a daily ...
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How to list all of the contents of a geodatabase with arcpy?
This seems like a simple problem, but I have not found a way to accomplish it. I am writing a script that needs to record the paths of everything inside of a geodatabase to a text file, and later copy ...
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How do you disable archiving for a table?
I would expect to have a Disable Archiving... like I do for a featureclass.
But for a table, the Enabled Archiving menu-item is grayed out.
Here's the menu for a table:
And here's the menu for a ...
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Importing legacy shapefiles and attribute information to geodatabase
I am trying to take older sewer/water system shapefile data with limited, but important attribute information and importing it in to a feature class in a geodatabase, while keeping the attribute ...
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Add Spatial Database Connection fails
Has anyone else come across this problem? I created a Database Server (SQL Express 2008.) I created a "New GeoDatabase..." I double-click on "Add Spatial Database Connection." I fill out the dialog ...
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Why “DataBase Connections” mapped to “Dataset DataBase Connections” in ArcCatalog?
I am trying to Export data from a geodatabase by a existed sde file(created by ArcCatalog),
the Error Messges:
Executing: ExportCAD 'DataBase Connections\Connection to
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How to Create and Rotate Raster Dataset using ArcObjects?
I'm following the "How to create a raster dataset" tutorial: http://help.arcgis.com/en/sdk/10.0/arcobjects_net/conceptualhelp/index.html#//000100000464000000
The questions are:
1) How can I create ...
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Converting Microsoft Visio 2007 .vsd file to xml workspace document (without the macro)
I was just editing my geodatabase schema in Microsoft Visio and noticed that it is the new 2007 version, rather than 2003 which had a handy export tool, therefore I downloaded the ESRIExportToXML ...
