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Maximum length of text fields in shapefile and geodatabase formats?

The maximum text string for a field in a geodatabase is 320 characters. The data I am importing has long character strings and it seems to be truncating when I convert into shapefile at the max ...
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How does shapefile 2GB limit equate to 70 million points?

Reading Geoprocessing considerations for shapefile output by Esri, it says that the 2GB limit translates roughly to 70 million Points. When looking at the ESRI Shapefile Technical Description, the ...
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Is there a limitation on the numbers of layers that can be displayed in QGIS?

I have been looking for an answer to this question for the last several weeks, so hope that someone here has encountered the same issue and has a viable solution to my problem. I am currently using ...
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Uploading large shapefiles to ArcGIS Online?

I am trying to upload a large shapefile to ArcOnline, however I found out ArcGIS Online won't upload any shapefile that has more than 1000 features. My 30 shapefiles have over 1,000,000 features each....
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Buffering with obstacles

I want to analyse parks for their reachability by foot, and I thought of doing that with a buffer around the parks (more than 300 in total). Now the problem is, that in cities usually there are ...
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Definition Query expression limits in ArcGIS 10.2.2

I have a large database in ArcGIS 10.2.2, with over 2 500 000 point vectors. Each point has a unique number code. I want to spatially subset my data, so that I can extract only points with a specific ...
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Using directory names starting with number in ArcPy?

I have a script to export DDP extents to tif and when I change arcpy.mapping.ExportToTIFF(mxd,"tests\BA\BA10k_" + str(ddp.pageRow.PageName) + ".tif",df,9306,9306*ar,1800,True) to arcpy.mapping....
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Checking maximum number of features for shapefile to be opened in ArcMap?

I have a shapefile that contains 10,608,268 polyline features. What is the maximum limit for records that a shapefile can contains?
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Is there limit to number of elements in layout of ArcGIS Pro project manipulated by ArcPy?

Has anyone encountered, or aware of, a limit to the number of elements in an ArcGIS Pro layout that is manipulated by ArcPy? The reason I ask is that I have created an ArcGIS Pro 1.4.1 project that ...
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How to work around Field Calculator's character limit?

I'm trying to use the field calculator in ArcMap, however my code is way too long (1337 lines) and there seems to be a character limit: I'm only allowed to paste the first 103 lines. Is there an ...
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Truncating field names to 10 characters in ModelBuilder

I have a number of different animal GPS location points, and a bunch of different habitat characteristics. I have built a simple model that uses the Near tool to calculate the distance from each point,...
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Max Number of Feature Selection in ArcGIS? [closed]

What are the limitations on the maximum number of features that you can select in ArcGIS?
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