User experience (UX) is about how a person feels about using a product, system or service.
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GIS internship for computer science major? [closed]
I was wondering if an internship in gis would provide relevant experience for me as a computer science major. I'm currently looking into an internship in this field. Any info is appreciated.
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How to use shortcuts in dockable windows?
I have developed a custom dockable window with textboxes, comboboxes and buttons for use in ArcMap. After the user clicks on a button in the dockable window a function is invoked.
How can I invoke the ...
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How to set focus on ArcMap map window using arcobjects and c#.net
I have developed a custom dockable window with textboxes, comboboxes and a button for use in ArcMap. After the user clicks on the button in the dockable window a function is invoked. After the ...
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Easting and Northing range in UTM
I'm working in the development of an user interface in which the user should be able to enter a UTM coordinate in the following format:
I don't know much about these type of systems, but I ...
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How to buffer a point in a Python Add-In by ArcMap's selection tolerance?
In this answer to another Python add-in question I suggested supplying a search_distance to the SelectLayerByLocation function in order to allow points and lines to be selected by an intersecting ...
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What are some really cool web/mobile GIS UI examples? [closed]
I need some ideas on eye candy for our product. We have to display maps with lots of data on accessible through the web. Most sites I have seen have a Google, or OSM map with markers and layers ...
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How to find all ICommandItem instances of a custom button command in an ArcMap add-in?
I have an ArcMap 10.0 add-in in which I have a button that the user can place (using the Customize dialog in ArcMap) on any toolbar including user-created toolbars as well as standard ones or even 3rd ...
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How to pan (rather than zoom) when using a 2-finger drag on a Mac
Using Mac OSX, dragging the trackpad with 2 fingers performs a scroll of the web page, equivalent to using the mouse wheel.
However, if the cursor is located within an OpenLayers map, the 2-finger ...
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What are some good examples of geospatial UI's
I am interested in understanding and applying practical geo-spatial examples for some of the transportation data that I have. I have several geocodes that I will pull from the database, and display in ...
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ArcObjects: Setting image of a command button to a partially transparent bitmap
In an ArcMap 10 add-in, I am attempting to create a toggle button of sorts whose image changes based on the button's state.
This answer describes how to set an add-in button's image programmatically ...
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What are some examples of interesting zoom slider customisations?
The default Claro zoom slider control is pretty boring.
It's also hard to see on top of many basemaps:
Are there any examples of some nice customisations I could use for inspiration?
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Why is the performance speed between ArcGIS and QGIS so different?
Ok I am not a programmer but a prolific GIS user. I know that QGIS is written in C++ and ArcGIS in ??? but for most of my tasks lately I always try to use QGIS not only because it is free but due to ...
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Go to X,Y dialog box
If someone gave you a x,y coordinate numbers he/she got from. I put the numbers in the X,Y events on my ArcMap and they are in Meters numbers. We entered the number into the x,y dialog box. The ...
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What is the more accepted practice for defining tolerance values?
The Context
Due to restrictions, I have an application that requires line features to be selected if they are within a user defined tolerance from a points data set. I can not currently use any third ...
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Where to look for GIS Internships for Summer 2012 [closed]
I am currently looking internships for this summer mainly in the Washington, D.C. areas (although, any area would be alright). Currently I am getting my masters in GIS and have a B.S. in anthropology. ...
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How to let the user select a spatial reference using ArcObjects?
I need to build a tool where the user selects a coordinate system for a given CAD file. What is the easiest way to do this with ArcObjects?
Obviously, I could populate a list with the hundreds of ...
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How do I restore the docking guides in ArcMap 10?
I lost my docking guides quite some time ago and I can't figure out how to get them back.
Initially, I thought maybe it was an OS (Windows 7) configuration but my visual studio docking guides ...
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Is there a way to decrease the auto-hide delay for dockable windows in ArcMap 10?
I'd like for my dockable windows to hide a little faster than they do now. Is this a user or application setting within ArcMap or ArcGIS?
More details: I'm specifically interested in ArcMap, but if ...
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Display Feedback “Stutters” When Moving Features
I have a custom tool for moving features that implements IDisplayFeedback and geometry-specific CoClasses to show the user where they are moving the feature.
IMovePolygonFeedback polygonFeedback;
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Change default field properties for number format in ArcMap?
Anyone who has worked with numbers that have more than 14 digits has run into ArcMap's wonderful habit of converting any number of such length to e-notation. While changing this is a simple matter of ...
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How do you show the “Select By Location” dialog window when it is open but behind other ArcMap windows?
My "Select By Location" dialog window keeps falling behind other windows(such as my table window) that I have on my second monitor.
So far, the only way to fix it is to move the table window to the ...
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How do you update the ArcMap 10 Statusbar from an AddIn?
I'm using this statement in an add in to update the first pane of the ArcMap statusbar:
ArcMap.Application.StatusBar.set_Message(0, message);
When the method is called, no exceptions are raised. In ...
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ArcGIS Desktop 10 Tips and Tricks
A couple times a month, I check out the various tips and tricks CW posts on StackOverflow and always learn something new.
I went back and forth as to whether to pin this question to a specific ...
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How do you view multiple tables at the same time in ArcMap 10?
My original question was:
How do you undock the tables in the ArcMap attribute window?
because that's how I thought it should work in the new ArcGIS 10 docking environment. Either it isn't ...
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Can you programmatically change the button image for a ESRI.ArcGIS.Desktop.AddIns.Button?
I'm new to the AddIn customization model in ArcGIS 10 and I'm trying to figure out how to change a button image for a button. I'm looking for the equivalent to the BaseCommand UpdateBitmap method and ...
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Is ArcGIS Desktop-ArcMap 10 affected by the stacked toolbars bug (NIM003161) when opening an MXD on multi-monitor configurations?
In ArcMap 9.3, we had issues with our toolbars always stacking up instead of remaining where they were placed. This was mainly an issue on dual monitor workstations and we would occasionally see the ...
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In ArcMap 10.0, how do you vertical dock the Tools toolbar to the left of the map and right of the TOC?
In general, I really like the docking environment in ArcGIS 10. As I was showing off ArcGIS 10 to some of my end-users, I couldn't get the toolbar docked to the left of the map and to the right of ...
