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Geo Architect.

Co-Founder of AmigoCloud (Mobile GIS Data Collection Apps).

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Previously at ESRI, Microsoft and others.


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answered Is there a way to connect to PostgreSQL in ArcCatalog without SDE?
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comment Creating Workspace
I guess if you do want it to be permanent, where do you want it to live (since wanting them to be permanent means that you want to access it again)? One option is to get the current user directory stackoverflow.com/questions/1140383/… and then generate a unique file name stackoverflow.com/questions/1602578/… . Append those two things and pass them to the IWorkspaceFactory.Create and you will have a permanent unique workspace
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answered Creating Workspace
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Mar
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comment Libraries to render vector-based maps in the browser
The OP did not mention ArcGIS API so I wasn't assuming that (plenty of GIS can be done without ArcGIS). Yes, I agree that mixing ArcGIS JS with WebGL would be a pain. Tiled vectors are new - but they have a good chance of being the future. Maybe
Mar
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answered Open Street Map and PostgreSQL what do I exactly need?
Mar
6
comment Libraries to render vector-based maps in the browser
You mean, limitations in browser support :) The API is well defined (albeit hard to use).
Mar
5
comment Libraries to render vector-based maps in the browser
@Krystian That is if you render the map with SVG. Clearly you could render it with OpenGL/WebGL (as Google Maps does on the Android/iOS and in the experimental WebGL javascript maps).
Mar
5
comment how to find 20 closest points efficiently
@Anony-Mousse AFAIK, it is only supported on geometry columns workshops.opengeo.org/postgis-intro/knn.html I would guess that geography column calls fall back to the old implementation, but I really have not tried and would not be surprised if they don't work. Euclidian distance only :-/
Mar
5
comment Libraries to render vector-based maps in the browser
The polymaps population density uses a tiled vector provider cache (i.e not running the tilestache server, but just a copy of what the ouput would look like). Looking at the code should make it obvious that it is vector tiled polymaps.org/ex/population.html . Sadly, the tilestache demos that are available online don't use the vector provider. Nevertheless, if you run tilestache-server locally and replace the demo urls for your localhost with a vector datasource (shapefile, postgis, etc) configured, it will work. Msg here for help if need be.
Mar
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comment Contours: Interrupt contour lines beneath a elevation number
ArcGIS? QGIS? Custom?
Mar
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answered Libraries to render vector-based maps in the browser
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comment Is there a way to tell the geodatabase version using Python?
All that code does is do a select() on one of the tables that has a string called version. That string gets updated whenever the GeoDatabase schema gets changed. It is very possible that the GeoDatabase schema was not changed for that release, and hence nobody touched the code and hence the value did not get touched. IMHO, it should get touched by every release, but I guess if the schema is the same it means it can be opened on both ArcGIS versions - so in reality there is no "10.1" GDB, just a 10.0 GDB.
Jan
31
comment Is there a way to tell the geodatabase version using Python?
ArcGIS bug for sure :)
Jan
31
comment Is there a way to tell the geodatabase version using Python?
Are you sure it is a 10.1 GeoDatabase and not just a 10.0 database that has been opened in 10.1? Can you use the "upgrade Geodatabase" button on it? help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//…