Geoprocessing is a GIS operation used to manipulate GIS data.
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Is there a significantly faster way to buffer than arcmap?
I hope this question is appropriate here and I apologize if it is more of a discussion question than a specific technical problem.
I have to buffer 150,000 polygons for a real estate project. While ...
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How to find differences between shapefiles?
Every month I have to QA/QC some streets data for an entire county (over 47,000 records). The first step is to compare the two files. Currently, I'm using a tool that was created in house via VBA ...
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How can I do edit-and-continue in ModelBuilder?
I'm constructing a model in ModelBuilder, and I ran into an error with one of my tools. I fixed the error and want to continue running my model from that step onward without having to repeat the ...
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How to remove coastlines from Admin 0 data set using GRASS?
I have a set of international borders that I would like to overlay on top of a different data layer that represents coastlines ("land" essentially). I would like to convert my Admin 0 polygons into ...
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Access geoprocessing service via REST, get JSON back
I have an ArcGIS Server 10.0 geoprocessing task with a REST endpoint something like this:
http://server/arcgis/rest/services/MyService/GPServer/MyTask
The task takes a parameter. I was hoping I could ...
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Extract polygon from several FC in one process
I've built a polygon and used Clip (Analysis Tools) in order to extract information from several FC that intersect the polygon. Of course, I used the clip tool for each feature class.
My boss wants a ...
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Can I choose specific SDE version to create replica geodatabase from?
I'm trying to automate the process of exporting a replica geodatabase using the geoprocessing tools and eventually a Python script.
I can't figure out how to create the replica from a specific ...
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“The tool not licensed” ERROR on a geoprocessing service on ArcGIS Server 10.1
I have a python script which runs well as geoprocesing tool. When published on ArcGIS Server 10.1 as geoprocessing service, however, it throws the following error:
Unable to complete operation.
Error ...
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point of intersection issues
I have a table containing a set of points of intersections.
Most of the roads intersects whith just one road BUT i have some roads which intersects with two, therefore three different point of ...
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How to intersect 2 polygon layers with a given tolerance for features in different layers only?
I can intersect 2 layers with polygons using ArcMap. However I can specify only overall tolerance no matter what layer a feature is in (even same layer). So I either end up with lots of slivers if I ...
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ArcGIS Server 10.1 Geoprocessing service weirdly changed file path
I encountered a weird phenomenon on my ArcGIS Server 10.1.
I have a geoprocessing tool that exports a mxd file to an image file on my local directory, say "c://map/dir/export/image.png" It worked ...
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ArcGIS Server 10.1 publish geoprocessing tools
I have been trying to publish a geoprocessing tool to our new ArcGIS for Server 10.1 with SP1. I configured the serves to not to copy data to server when publishing services.
The tool ran well and ...
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What is the max. length of string for GP output?
I have an XML as the output of Geo-processing tool. I am keeping it as a file right now but another developer wants it as return value. So what is the maximum possible length of this String output? Is ...
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Problem with deployment of GeoProcessors
I am developing an AddIn which requires lots of Geoprocessing but whenever I deploy any Geoprocessor, the ArcMap crashes and its always with the Geoprocessors only. All other commands are working fine ...
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Make Buffer like Offset in Arcpy
I would like to make a buffer for a polyline and get as Output a Polygon with the same angles as the polyline, having not arcs, like in ordinary buffers.
i tried the FLAT option in arcpy, but it's ...
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Geoserver transform post request to get?
I have the following geoprocessing post request:
<wps:Execute xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wps/1.0.0" xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" ...
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How to set tolerance value of Geoprocessing tool in QGIS?
Is it possible to set tolerance value of geoprocessing tool on QGIS.
History is below.
There are two polygon which have to be the same position.
so, I set topological rule "A must covered by B" on ...
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Retrieving the data from SQL database is taking much more time than expected
I am creating a block wise vector layer and related data stored in a sql database while retrieving the data from the SQL database through querying and would represent the result on a map. This is ...
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Truncate Table tool with geoprocessing service (ArcGIS 10.1)
A model I built with ModelBuilder works as expected in Desktop yet generates numerous error messages when published as a geoprocessing (GP) service in ArcGIS Server 10.1 SP1. I've decided to start ...
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SelectLayerByLocation not Selecting
I have been trying for some time now to create a script to extract the polygons within an extent, but am unable to get the same result as when I use the user interface manual method.
Maybe someone ...
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Strange things are afoot with the "Eliminate Polygon Parts' tool
I am working with a polygon that is the result of a buffer and has a bunch of internal doughnut holes:
What I want is this:
I am using arcpy.EliminatePolygonParts_management() to fill in the holes ...
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XY event layer doesn't work with ArcGIS Server 10.1
I have a geoprocessing tool written in Python that contains operations on an XY event layer. It worked perfectly when running from ArcCatalog. When published as geoprocessing service on ArcGIS Server ...
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Are FME2013 and 64bit Background Geoprocessing of ArcGIS 10.1 SP1 compatible?
We are running ArcGIS 10.1 sp1 and have installed 64-bit background geoprocessing. We are also upgrading to FME 2013. I know in the past we have had to install the 32-bit version of FME due to ...
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GRASS Geoprocessing in Python Script
I´m trying to get some GRASS geoprocessig tools running in a python script outside GRASS.
I´m able to import grass.script, but I´m not able to get the tools running yet. Does anybody know what I´m ...
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How to create internal polygon without overlap on QGIS1.8.0
I would like to create new polygon inside the existing polygon.
It does not means donuts polygon.
I would like to have two polygon without overlapping.
I can create if I don't check "Avoid ...
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Geoprocessing operations re-introduce geometry errors after “repair geometry” succeeds
I am working with a shapefile that has many small, detailed polygons. After exporting it to a feature class in a geodatabase, I found that some operations (for example, Snap in the Editing Toolbox) ...
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ESRI Geoprocessing service and other servers
I am new to ESRI GeoProcessing (GP) services so please excuse the naive question. I have an FLEX application running off of ArcGIS Server. I need to push data from the ArcGIS Server to an analytic ...
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location name judger
I am making a project which requires me to find out if a particular word in a sentence is the name of a city/state/country/any location basically.
Can you please help me with some app/ a database.
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Calculate number of people within 50 km of a point
I have two data sets:
World population (raster) in EPSG:4326, from http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-population-density-future-estimates/data-download
A shp file with points ...
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How does the geoprocessing results window store the tasks?
Yesterday I was working in a single mxd all day, performing dozens of calculations and other analysis using multiple tools. A lot of it was trial and error, so when I found the correct combination I ...
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ArcGIS Geoprocessing: Join multiple fields to a table and export new table as join field name
I am bit new to geoprocessing and ModelBuilder.
I am using join field tool to join table (info tables/.dbf) to one a shape file.
I am trying to use ModelBuilder, as there are around 100 tables (each ...
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Why is the Frequency Tool in ArcGIS so Fast and Efficient?
Why is the Frequency tool in ArcGIS is so fast and efficient?
Is it possible to make my own Frequency Tool with similar performance (in python)?
I tried to do some based on python dictionary and ...
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in_memory input to geoprocessor tool not returning expected results
When the input to the following method is a feature class on disk the geoprocessor gives the expected results. However, when I pass in a feature class that is created via arcobjects to an in_memory ...
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How to make a 'Make Table Query' script in ArcGIS?
I am trying to get the make table query running in a script. IF I simply export the script from a model, it works without a problem. However, I do have to change the variable names, as this will be ...
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Running python 2.6 and 2.7 in ArcGIS 10.0
I figure that there must be a way for me to run python 2.6 and 2.7 on the same computer. I've got a program that requires 2.7, but ArcGIS requires 2.6. I'd like to be able to run both programs at ...
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FME: Can I add multiple feature types to the SQL Server Spatial reader?
The title's it, really.
With .TAB file reader, you can add multiple layers to the reader and use the 'merge feature type' check box with an '*' to read all the layers listed in the source files, ...
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Add Attribute and merge .shp's from multiple folders/directories
I would like to run a process to:
1) find all shapefiles in muliple folders/directories (i.e., the directory for each differen folder is "G:\Projects\"variable project #"\GIS\Shapefiles)
2) Add a ...
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How to auto-add new values to unique values classification values range?
I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.1, ArcGIS Server 10.1 & SQL Server 2008 software.
I am adding the query layer and directly publishing to ArcGIS Server and accessing the map in a JavaScript ...
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Data Driven Pages and exporting PDF using Python
I am able to zoom into map_index shapefile rows for a group of mxd documents in layoutview and export zoomed record as a PDF document at the same time.
I tried to combine below codes to make the ...
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ArcGIS Server 10.1 Python GP script shape as input parameter
I am writing a geoprocessing script that will need to accept a shape as an input parameter. This shape will be obtained by a user drawing the shape in a web application. The web application will ...
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Why does Merge then Dissolve return ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset … does not exist or is not supported?
I'm not sure why I'm running into this problem. I thought it might have something to do with the merged file being locked or open, but I don't see a "LOCK" file being created in Windows Explorer.
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Polygon to Polyline tabular data transfer
I am working with a Divisional database. The division is divided by districts and then the district is further sub-divided by its micro units called sub-districts. Its topological relationship was ...
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How to sum up values of neighbouring polygons?
I hope that you can help me with the following problem: I have a vector (polygon) layer. I would like to add an attribute to the layer that - for every polygon - sums the values of a specific field of ...
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Zoom to Shapefile attribute table row feature
I am working with the python code below in ArcGIS to zoom into a shapefile's attribute table row features without selected until the end of table one by one.
I am trying to use this code but this one ...
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Reclassify raster tool in ArcGIS 10 creating no-data cells
I have been attempting to calculate a slope raster in ArcGis 10, and have been encountering a problem where cells which previously had data appear as no data cells in a few places on the raster ...
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How to code Data Driven Process using ArcPy?
I need to come up with a Python code to automate a map creation process but I am a little bit of lack of python knowledge. Any help would be much appreciated.
My problem is that I have a 20 mxd file ...
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How can i split by attribute in ArcGIS 10?
I'd like to split a single shapefile to multiple shapefile by attribute. I found ET Geowizard to do this but it's not free . I arcscripts.esri.com i found a tool named "SplitLayerByAttributes" but it ...
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Pass client image to ESRI GP Print Service
Creating an HTML5 canvas graphic of a text label renders nicely within the browser, but blows up when rendered in a PDF through the PrintTask.
I've noticed the wider the graphic in relation to it's ...
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How to calculate te area between contour lines on a DEM with Qgis 1.8?
Does anyone know how to calculate the area in km² for each altitudinal band (between 100 and 200, 200 and 300...) based on a DEM? I added the contour lines with a distance of 100 metres but could not ...
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v.dissolve to multipolygon
Using v.dissolve in GRASS, I'd like to get a multipolyon as a result. However, I end up with distinct polygons with the same 'dissolve value.'
For example; lets assume I have two polygon features ...
