ESRI geodatabase is a particular database schema designed by ESRI for managing "layers", "versioning", "topology" and other ESRI application specific storage requirements.
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How to edit a given version of geodatabase?
I have a versioned geodatabase. Any of that versions are used only by one user. So then user called "XXX" has a version called "XXX". So then now I want to make a changes on given version, but when I ...
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What is a good way to share a GeoDatabase over the internet?
I've got a large, greater than 10 GB, File GeoDatabase on a remote server. I created this GeoDatabase some time ago and am looking to have local access to it. Now I can't simply burn it to a disk or ...
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One-to-many relationship classe(s)/table(s) used for monitoring
I realize that this may be a bit simplistic for this blog, so I apologize in advance. However, for someone with a working knowledge of ArcGIS, I've had issues figuring this out on my own.
I have a ...
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How to mirror two geodatabases on the fly?
I'm new to arcgis and its applications.
We have the full suite of arcgis solutions (arcgis server, desktop, arcgis sde)
We have a requirement...
geodatabase (A & B)
A & B reside on 2 ...
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ArcMap - Opening the attribute table gives 'Could not load data from the data source' error
ArcMap wont display the attribute table of a dataset.
I get an error 'Could not load data from the data source' and it says 'An invalid SQL statement was used'. It then opens a table with the correct ...
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Oracle Feature Class Couldn't Displayed
I got problem on displaying feature class in Oracle, which successfully imported from file geodatabase using Append (Data Management) Tools, my experiment on copying it to Postgre no problem on ...
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AutoCAD map server's text to ArcGIS Annotation - SAFE FME
autocade
Software: SAFE FME
Geodatabase - enterprise geodatabase
we have autocad data stored in oracle database and wishes to port them over to ArcGIS Annotation (text).
We are unable to do so just ...
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What are the differences between Append and load data in ArcGIS?
I confused about differences between Append tool in Arctoolbox and Load data in Geodatabase.
I think both of them are the same in the result feature class.Both of them use a default output feature ...
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Raster attribute field error [duplicate]
I am trying to add jpegs to a raster data type attribute field. I want to this field to be managed by the file geodatabase. When I load the photos and try to save my edits it get various errors but ...
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copying and pasting files - geodatabase
I have been sent a zipped folder containing files in a geodatabase format. To view them in ArcMap I've created a new file outside
ArcCatalog with the extension .gdb and copied the unzipped files into ...
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Global DEM and country borders
I am trying to split up the world into 2 categories based on elevation (below 2000m and above 2000m) while still including a country identifier. So in the end, I would like to have 2 types of units ...
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Should I use File Geodatabase (*.gdb), Personal Geodatabase (*.mdb) or shapefiles?
I am a bit confused on the topic of databases. For me, this far, I have used databases as an easy way to keep all files together rather than having dozens of shapefiles all over the place. And it's ...
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Intersecting with Geodatabase.ISpatialFilter - no results
I'm trying to intersect two layers and get resulting features with the following code I've written:
ESRI.ArcGIS.Geodatabase.ISpatialFilter spatialFilter = new ...
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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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ArcGIS 10.1 SDE database schema other than SDE or DBO
Just wondering if it's possible to apply a schema other than SDE or DBO to SDE feature or raster tables stored in an enterprise database on MS SQL Server 2008 R2.
I have got a new customise schema ...
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Duplicate an in use GeoDatabase
I'm wondering if there is anyway to duplicate an in use ESRI File GeoDatabase.
The GeoDatabase I have is being used by ArcServer for a few of our web mapping applications. Now I understand I could ...
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Changes in synchronized replica not shown in ArcMap or ArcCatalog without refreshing
I am synchronizing a one-way replica in ArcEditor using Python. I tried adding RefreshActiveView and RefreshCatalog to the code, but I still need to refresh the synchronized database to see the ...
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How can I import data from an Oracle datapump into an empty Oracle SDE Geodatabase?
I have a SDE Geodatabase that contains empty layers created using ArcCatalog.
I'd like to import data into those layers from a datapump of an Oracle database that has the same structure as the empty ...
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A procedure imported by 'Esri.FileGDBAPI.DLL' could not be loaded
I'm having issues getting my Esri.FileGDBAPI.DLL to work. I have the other two files, FileGDBAPI.dll, FileGDBAPID.dll in my bin folder. I can only add the Esri dll to my references, the other two I ...
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Importing labels for check in/out from an SDE to file geodatabase
I am working on a large project where I am using the ArcMap 10 'distributed geodatabase' feature to check out a file geodatabase from our SDE file. I have tried several ways to avoid having to ...
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How to list Feature Classes of Multiple geodatabase in Multiple Folder?
I'm new in python scripting and try to list polyline feature classes of multiple Geodatabases. The Geodatabases are in many nested folders.For example in folder "A" I have 20 folders and in each ...
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How do I build a form within ArcMap?
I am building a file geodatabase using ArcGIS. The gdb is going to be distributed to dozens of 'stand alone' machines. End users are expected to populate the gdb with data. End users do have ArcGIS ...
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Where are the Block and Lot fields in the ESRI Local Government Information Model Geodatabase Schema?
I am looking at the ESRI Local Government Information Model (LGIM) geodatabase schema and I cannot find the Feature Class that holds the parcels' Block and Lot information.
Do you know which Feature ...
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How much database bloat is reasonable?
I use personal geodatabases to hold all the data for my projects (probably around 10-20 feature classes across 2-4 datasets on average). I use the personal gdb because I like being able to hook into ...
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Running Regular Queries Through ArcSDE
Working on an .net arcobjects app that's connecting to a Geodatabase (Oracle) through ArcSDE. I make a bunch of edits inside a EditSession but the data I am touching have a bunch of foreign Key ...
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Check Geodatabase attribute against an external database
I have a Personal Geodatabase to which editors enter values from some field inputs.
I would like some of the entries, eg Project No ( whose name is unique and has some some related attributes like ...
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Setting up file geodatabase API
Can someone point me to a guide for setting up the file geodatabase API? I'm using Visual Studio Express 2012.
I can deal with writing and debugging the code - I just can't seem to figure out how to ...
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topology rules for structuring topology data to get line feature as topoparent in topology graph
i Created topology graph of a polygon feature and i copied geometry of topology edges into line feature class,and topology nodes into point feature class
i created topology layer containing ...
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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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Cannot input new data into FeatureDataForm
I am wanting to update the fields on my server using a FeatureDataForm. I have followed the documentation, but it still does not work. It also does not have the buttons in the form that say 'OK' and ...
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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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Synchronizing Changes From File Geodatabase to SDE Geodatabase
I have an SDE geodatabase that has a one way replication to a file geodatabase, where I will make edits to the feature classes offline somewhere. I know that this scenario doesn't support one-way or ...
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How to import ArcGIS 10.1 File geodatabse to MS SQL Server 2012
Hello I´d like to import my File Geodatabase from ArcGIS 10.1 into MS SQL Server 2012.
I´ve never do it before, so I expect to do the import same way as import data from excel table.
Problem is ...
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When to use multiple geodatabases?
I'm working on a project involving one database , but the customer's needs have evolved, so he needs to manage multiple projects. I tried to work with adding an id for each project, which gave me more ...
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Adding, Updating, and Deleting information from arcGIS Server
I am new to ESRI and GIS. I am starting to get into using client data. I have created maps and put them to the server using arcMap and arcGIS for Server. I need to know how easily I can access these ...
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Can i use self join in a table of feature class(ArcGIS - ArcInfo)?
I read an article about self join (pros and cons) in databases. It was very interesting for me and raised a question about self join in Geodatabases. I surfed on the internet but I couldn't find any ...
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ArcCatalog 10.0 complains that spatial references don't match between a feature dataset and a feature class that have the same coordinate system?
I have a feature dataset that is using the GCS_WGS_1984 as the geographic coordinate system. It includes a few feature classes.
This feature dataset is itself in a file geodatabase that contains a ...
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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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Can I use an Update cursor with a versioned feature class which has attachments in ArcObjects .NET
I have a problem with my code (C# ArcObjects 10.1). We are trying to update and insert 10 - 15 rows at a time into a feature class hosted in ArcSDE 10.1 on SQL Server 2008 R2.
We have a feature class ...
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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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Issues Accessing ESRI File Geodatabase within Quantum GIS Desktop
I am trying to access ESRI file gdb from Quantum GIS. I am on Windows 7, 64-bit. I have found many useful threads on how to set up this functionality within Quantum GIS. The method I went for is ...
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Calculate Field based on field value in a second table
I have a table in a MSSQL Server Enterprise SDE database. I need to join a table from a MS SQLExpress Workgroup SDE database and then calculate 11 fields in the Enterprise table based on values in ...
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How to efficiently (programmatically) determine whether two datasets have / don't have identical content?
Given:
a geodatabase A that contains 100 datasets named a1 .. a100
a geodatabase B that contains 100 datasets named b1 .. b100
I want to programmatically (*) determine for each dataset pair (ai, ...
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How to copy a feature class within the same GDB
I'm trying to copy/clone a feature class within the same file gdb using C#.
I've figured out that this won't work with IDataset or IFeatureDataset.
So far I only found IGeoDBDataTransfer.Transfer but ...
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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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How do I start to debug COM error “HRESULT E_FAIL” for TableToGeodatabase geoprocessing tool?
I've got some code that creates a table using OLEDB connections to an access table. I want to convert this table to a Geodatabase table, so I ask a question How do I convert an access table to a ...
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Is there a way of changing reference scale of existing dimension feature class?
I have an existing dimension feature class that I would like to change a reference scale of. Is that possible at all?
Or do I have to always create a new one, with desired reference scale, and then ...
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Network Analyst not working
I have network analyst installed as an extension in my arcGIS 9.3, but it just does not work!!! when I go to ArcCatalog, the option of new network data set also does not appear... :( I have to do this ...
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Which free/cheap tools can open ESRI Geodatabase Files?
Ok I don't need anything advanced, I just don't know anything about this GIS business. I'm trying to get local parcel information and the government site states it is in "ESRI geodatabase format." ...
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GIS Database Migration Project (Oracle to ArcGIS)
I have been tasked with converting an Oracle Database into an ESRI file geodatabase. The data represents a gas network. The client's Oracle database has over 400 tables, 120 of which are spatial. ...
