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Python adding grouplayer to muliple maps

I have the following code which is supposed to add a one group layer to each of the maps. In this case the group layer is always the same. Desired output: Map1 = 1 group layer added Map2 = 1 group ...
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ArcGIS Reference Layer over ArcGIS Terrain base(or Imagery) Layer using OpenLayers

I am using Openlayers for a Map application which uses basemaps by ESRI (or ArcGIS). What I am trying to achieve is something like this: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html From Basemaps ...
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How many service instances is optimal?

What is the best number of instances? When I increase the number of instances the services will run faster?
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Is it possible to display filtered results on OpenStreetMap?

is it possible to goto www.openstreetmap.org and do a search for a place like Auckland (New Zealand) or Melbourne (Australia) -but- only show Cities or Neighbourhoods or Suburbs? I understand that ...
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using mod() with IF THEN field calculation

I am trying to use the field calculator to assign a "odd" or "even" value to a field of small integers. I usually do this with by selecting where: MOD([field],2) = 0 and then just calculating it ...
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How to select from an ODC Table?

I want to run the following query, using Esri's Select by Attributes tool, on a table found in an ODC. After selecting these rows, I want to append the records to a table found on an SDE connection. ...
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Converting Between Similar Classes in ArcObjects and WPF Runtime Libraries (C#)?

There seems to be an "impedance mismatch" (if I can borrow the term) between similar classes in ArcObjects and the WPF runtime libraries. For example, there is a ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Geometry.Polyline ...
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What does the ArcGIS 3D Analyst parameter 'IsClosed3D' mean?

I am creating multipatches from existing geometries and finding it hard to work out why IsClosed3D shows some as closed while other apparently closed geometries are shown as not closed. I have worked ...
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ESRI android SDK Calculate area in square meters from polygon geometry

Hello I have a Polygon object in ESRI Android SDK that I'm creating on a map, I would like to calculate that polygon object to square meters. currently I use double area=polygon.calculateArea2D(); ...
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How to make a dynamic animated movement for the graphics on the Silverlight website?

I have some graphic points in one graphicLayer on the map and I want to move their positions to the new places every 5 seconds based on some criteria. And these movement can be visualized dynamically ...
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Convert distance in ESRI Android SDK

Hello I have a Polyline that I draw on the map and I would like to get its distance in meters. right now it's not working, basically what I have is distanceSeg=new Polyline(); double ...
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I'm trying to zoom to a graphic, but nothing happens

I'm trying to zoom to a graphic retuned from the query; query.OutSpatialReference = MyMap.SpatialReference; query.ReturnGeometry = true; After this query I used ...
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Esri ArcGIS plot point

I have created a java function to plot the points on the map, and I need to pass the x-y coordinates and the taskevent as the parameters. I would like to ask what should be the input parameter for ...
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Did not find registered control

I am using ESRI Arc GIS with C#. I dragged 2 control licence and axMapControl. When I run the program following error occurs. Did not find a registered ActiveX Control in C:\Program Files (x86)\Arc ...
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Why is my shapefile being displayed in the incorrect position? [closed]

I imported a shapefile from the following link http://geocommons.com/overlays/176. However, it does not import correctly. The data comes in as a "mini planet" in the middle of the US. I only know this ...
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Page POST to web page to Print Map With GISServer 10.1

I am using ArcGISServer 10.1. I need pass in a lat/lng to a webPage as query parameter and print a map with a TiledMapServiceLayer, DynamicMapServiceLayer, and a 1 mile buffer graphic around the ...
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Feature layer graphics count zero after Initialization

I faced a problem when I added a feature layer onto the map and wanted to do something with the graphics. In the onInitialized() event I found that the graphics count is zero, why is that and is there ...
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How can I draw an ellipse filling the dataframe with ArcPy?

I need to modify one of my template scripts to draw a circle from the centre of the (inset) data frame to the edge of the data frame. This will then be used to clip the data frame to shape. I'm using ...
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Can ESRI Personal Geodatabase be viewed with any software other than ArcGIS?

Is it possible to open a PGDB file in software other than ArcGIS? i.e are there any opensource software available just for viewing the data?
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I want to split a worldwide 'road dataset' into multiple grids/blocks-extents, depending on the amount of features resides in that block-extent

I want to split a worldwide 'road dataset' into multiple grids/blocks-extents, depending on the amount of features resides in that block-extent. If the amount of features(inside that block) is still ...
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IFeatureClass.Search throws error “0x80041599 The number of points is less than required for feature”

I am creating a buffered geometry around a point feature in order to search for other nearby features. I use the TopologicalOperator to create my buffered geometry. I am attempting to search a feature ...
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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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Looking for good load testing tools to test my web GIS

I am looking for good load testing tools to test my web GIS which runs on Apache/ESRI AU's Dekho application (Flash based, so would require AMF support within the load testing tool). I am currently ...
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Is the ArcMap style database format available somewhere?

The *.style files are MS Access databases where each style type is a table. The table has one binary column where the actual style is written. Is this binary format available? I would like to import ...
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How to copy geodatabase on ftp site to local geodatabase using Python?

There is a geodatabase sitting on an ftp site that I would like to download with a Python script. Right now I'm thinking one way to do this is to copy the ftp geodatabase to a geodatabase on my ...
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Dynamic rendering polygon , point, line feaures

I have Feature Collection consisting of features having id,color_code and etc as attributes.I have to render this feature as with the color mentioned as color_code in the attribute list.Is this ...
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Some data Loss when Import PGDB Table from Excel

When import table from excel some data were loss. i was try to change field type but i cant solve this error. I have attached an example image to show the problem.
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ESRI Sliverlight API 2.4 legend customization question

I am using esri arcgis sliverlight API 2.4 , below is my legend, my map has one feature layer and one dyanmic service layer with nested layers like below Feature Layer A Group Layer Group A Layer A1 ...
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esri.dijit.popup custom layout

I'm looking for a way to customize the layout of popup. What is asket to me is to change the defined labels of navigation inserting a custom string and move and change the icons to navigate the first ...
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Overlaping graphics not visible in featureLayer

I have constructed featureCollection from Json and feature collection has 44 features. I have given this feature collection as input to the Featurelayer which is showing only 32 graphics objects of ...
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how to introduce LDAP after installing esri geoportal(windows)

I have already installed ESRI Geoportal version 1.2.1 and I am upgrading it to 1.2.2. The 1.2.1 version is also customized according to the needs. This version was installed using single administrator ...
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How can I read the geospatial properties of ArcGIS web services using C#?

I need to display the Geospatial properties of ArcGIS web-services (like service name, service type, description, copyright, etc.) which are available in the "ArcGIS Services Directory", in my C# ...
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Mobile, Offline viewer for geographic data

Currently, field crews consumer geographic data via laptop (no internet, no gps). ArcReader. I would like to get them shapefiles (or some derivative of a shapefile) on a mobile platform (smartphone) ...
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ogr2ogr when importing from fgdb and use in python

I want import data from my GDB to PostGIS. It works fine on some datasets (all records -data- is imported or nothing is imported) from a gdb but just doesn't import others. I can't find any ...
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Difference between DynamicMapServiceLayer and TiledMapServiceLayer

I'm a bit of a noob to Esri still so I have a few questions regarding these two types: What is the difference between DynamicMapServiceLayers and TiledMapServiceLayers? Do separate services need to ...
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Labeling text with special characters in ArcMap?

I am trying to display some bird data in ArcMap in the format/notation that it is recorded in the field. The notation is made up of the one/two letter species code followed by a description of the ...
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Is there an out of the box Flexviewer set up for a Flex Mobile Project?

Question: Is there an out of the box Flexviewer set up for a Flex Mobile Project? Background: I could just create a Flex Mobile AIR Project from one the samples that ESRI supplies, but that would ...
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Connect to Esri map service using c++ in stand alone desktop app

Can anyone tell me how to do this? Here is my code. The Open call returns E_INVALIDARG. IAGSServerConnectionFactoryPtr AGSConnectionFactory; ...
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ESRI Geoportal Linux install error

I'm following the How to Set Up Esri Geoportal Server on Linux white paper. Going everything OK until I have to run ./grants_linuxpg.sh (page 10) ./grants_linuxpg.sh: 20: ./grants_linuxpg.sh: Syntax ...
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How can I edit a file geodatabase without using tools from Esri?

I am looking for a tool (Python library etc.) that would allow me to edit a file geodatabase without ESRI software? It is possible?
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PRJ file for Stereo70 S-42 projection

I receive lots of Romanian maps with the projection STEREO70 with Datum "S-42 for ROMANIA". I have only found the "Stereo 1970.prj" by ESRI, and when I open the maps with my GIS software the ...
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Error publishing gp model with python script as a service

I'm attempting to publish a toolbox to ArcGIS Server. The toolbox contains a model and a custom python script. The model calls the script. It runs fine in the desktop but when I publish as a service ...
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ESRI Geoprocessing Script : Runs Fine in Desktop - Crashes as Geoprocessing Service

I have a small and simple geoprocessing script that I am trying to expose as a geoprocessing service in ArcGIS Server 10 SP4. The script is below. Pardon the hard-coding... With the hard-coded ...
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How do you organize your geodata?

A geodatabase doesn't provide much flexibility in organizing your data hierarchically. All feature sets live either at the top level of the database, or one level down in feature datasets. A feature ...
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ArcGIS Server simple link with SQL Server database

I am using ArcGIS Server 10 to create Rich Internet Application with embeded Maps. Basicaly, I created an Optimized Map Service on ArcGIS Server, from an MXD file (produced with Arc Map). I have ...
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ESRI ArcGIS Engine with C# .Net Tutorial/Book [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Getting started with Arcobjects I am working on ArcGIS Engine with C# .NET. What is the best way to learn the basics. I want to study different objects basics like ...
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ArcGIS Server 10.1 - new webserver

Just out of interest: ESRI seems to have a new embedded webserver in AGS 10.1, anyone know what technology they have used to build it? Also, is that the same webserver that the new ArcGIS Runtime ...
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ESRI Shapefile to ARCGIS Javascript JSON format [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to convert SHP into GPX or JSON? We're in the proces of adding a new feature to our Web Application where we employ the use of ESRI's ArcGIS Javascript API alongside ...
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Is there any site which provide classified image download for soil,vegetation or water resources?

(its particularly for indian states,i need.....,but kindly quote if any other info you have) the raster data may also work for me in above aspects.
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ArcGIS JavaScript API: Override infowindow 'Zoom To' function or fire a second event

Those of you familiar with the Popup version of InfoWindow in ESRI's JavaScript API know that the Popup has a 'Zoom To' link on it that zooms you 4 levels closer to the linked feature. I'd like to ...

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