Data about data
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How to make a GIS inventory?
My office will be seeing a big change in its GIS section. This section has been operational since the 1980's and has a huge collection of GIS data (i.e., shapefiles, raster files, data, etc) but never ...
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Creating a table containing all filenames (and possibly metadata) in a File Geodatabase
I need to create a metadata-table for all files in a File Geodatabase or Spatial Database. It would be awesome if it were possible to automatically be updated with new filenames, and possibly even ...
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Programmatically edit/update metadata in ArcGIS 10
Has anyone succeeded in programmatically updating metadata in ArcGIS 10? Considering using Python/arcpy but ArcObjects (C# or Python/comtypes) is also a possibility.
I need to update both the FGDC ...
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PostGIS (2.0?) - Native Versioning of the Datastore
I recently have been surprised to see there are not too many solutions at all discussing the best methods of versioning datastores which are made available for editing.
I am looking for a robust, ...
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Where is Wikipedia's coordinate information stored, and how can I retrieve it?
Background: I'd like to add icons to my map showing locations which have Wikipedia entries.
The WikiLocation API is a great resource for determining Wiki entries near an XY location, but it has ...
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Looking for a Metadata Editor
Looking for a free open source metadata editor for the development of an enterprise database. It will mostly be used for documenting shapefiles and GeoTIFFs. Hoping that it will be an intuitive ...
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Is ANZLIC Metadata supported using the new approach of ArcGIS 10.x?
I like the new approach to metadata at ArcGIS 10 because I fall into the camp that prefers minimal metadata for many purposes, but like to have the option to work with more comprehensive standards ...
