Questions tagged [arcgis-desktop]
Use this tag when ArcGIS Desktop is the product you are using but also tag for the application (ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap) that you are using.
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Calculating percentage of area by district of land use type
I have a file geodatabase feature class, type polygon, of land use type.
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I have a districts shapefile (shapefile feature class polygon).
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Duplicate Global IDs within same feature class
I received a geodatabase from a contractor and I observed there are multiple feature classes with column of Global ID type.
These Global ID type columns, when I checked data i realized there are ...
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Creating surface layer from Points in ArcScene
I work in ArcScene where i have some buildings in 3D, on the facades of these buildings in have points of solar intensity. I would like to create a continuous surface of solar intensity for each ...
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Locate features along routes: measurement unit output?
I am using ArcMap version 10.3.1:
I have a polyline (also converted to a route feature) and points layer. All points lie on the line. I want to calculate the distance each point is from either the ...
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Seeking binary thresholding tool in ArcGIS Desktop
I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.6.
I want to perform OTSU thresholding.
Where is the binary thresholding tool in ArcGIS Desktop 10.6?
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Changing icon of geodatabase?
Is there a way to change the icon of a geodatabase?
I have a geodatabase from ArcMap 10.2 (have now upgraded to 10.7) and want to distinguish between the old and the newer geodatabases.
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Correcting slope of river bed on DEM using QGIS or ArcGIS
I have a DEM that has incorrect value of altitude/slope in the river bed area. This is a result of the interpolation of elevation value that are close to the river and creates lots of errors.
In fact ...
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Defining Parameters using Spatially Constrained Multivariate Clustering of ArcGIS Pro
I have a point shapefile with 51673 features. I am trying to cluster them using the Spatially Constrained Multivariate Clustering tool in ArcGIS Pro. After reading through the documentation, I'm ...
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Road overlapping - ModelBuilder
I have a road feature class (in illustrations shown in gray color), each object in the attribute table has a "road_width" field with a numeric value, what width the road is. This feature class has ...
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Strange buffer shape when using planar buffer method
I'm doing a very simple operation involving clipping some streams from the National Hydrography Dataset in ArcGIS Desktop 10.3.1, reprojecting them from "GCS North American 1983" into "USA Contiguous ...
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How to split and orthomosaic into a grid / index polygon
I would like to know is there a way to split a large Orthomosaic of an area into equal grids of 10 meters each?
Sofar i have tried the " split raster" tool under " raster processing "[, but this does ...
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ArcGIS Network analyst - categories of facilities
Using the network analyst in ArcMap I am finding 5 closest facilities of each incident.
Is there any chance to work with categories of facilities and find 5 closest facilities that are not in the ...
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Turning off colliding keyboard shortcuts in ArcMap
While working in the table environment in ArcMap, I am not able to write several Polish characters without causing some action. Trying to write ą (AltGr+a) results in a Select All, ń (AltGr+n) ends up ...
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Clip Raster in ArcGIS Desktop 10.3.1 writes NoData border
I'm trying to clip a DEM raster using a rectangular polygon shapefile as the extent.
The Clip Raster tool will add/write a NoData border surrounding the output raster. The NoData pixels are ...
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ArcMap - Blocky/Shattered Glass DEM Fix?
I am currently working with some data obtained from the Spanish Government to produce Digital Elevation Models for a site I am studying. I want to create a model that is essentially showing the ...
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Iterator (Iterate Feature Selection) running loop in undesired path using ArcMap ModelBuilder?
I am building a model using Iterate Feature Selection. I want to run the Iterator -> select by location -> Calculate field, and after finishing this loop (#3 in the image below), I will continue to ...
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Area Solar Radiation tool in ArcGIS - Outputs for all time intervals vs One Output
I aim to create output (solar map) every 15 minutes for the whole day and because I am not quite sure how it works, I wanted to validate the sum of radiation: I have created first output with 0.25h ...
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Repointing and rebuilding address locators?
I have a few ArcGIS address locators that originally used data from a file geodatabase. I would like to repoint these locators to the same layers in an enterprise geodatabase instead. Additionally, ...
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Log Scale Contouring in ArcMap?
I have a shapefile of concentration values, they range from 0 7000. I want to either contour or display these in log scale (0.1, 1, 10, 100 and 1000) what is the best way of doing this?
I have about ...
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Loading point features into Network Analyst without losing the point's attribute fields
I have points that represent schools (facilities) and points that represent homes (incidents). I need to do a closest facility analysis to calcualte how long the residents need to reach the schools. ...
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Contour Polygons to 3D
I am trying to make a 3D representation of the map below. I have 3 polygons which represent contour lines. It starts at 0ft for the outside polygon, 10ft in the middle and 20ft for the very center ...
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Strip Map Index Feature cuts off map parts?
I am using ArcMap 10.2 on Win 7 SP1.
When I use the SMIF-Tool for creating a mapbook at a fixed scale it seems to have an issue with overlapping the bounding areas correctly in order to get a proper ...
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ArcPy name raster layer
I am using ArcPy to save a TIFF file in a geodatabase file with this code:
arcpy.RasterToGeodatabase_conversion(Input_Rasters=r'D:\Projects\GEBCO_2019_Geotiff.tif', Output_Geodatabase=r'D:\Projects\...
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Is there a faster way to assess accuracy of image classification in ArcGIS?
I am trying to perform accuracy assessment on a raster RGB image after supervised classification. I know the normal workflow in ArcGIS would be to create accuracy assessment points, then evaluate each ...
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ArcMap 10.4.1, How to show linked pictures in layout data frame for a map book (using Basic License)
I'm trying to create a map book for a tree inventory in ArcMap 10.4.1. I have a shapefile (no problem changing to a gdb) with 350 points, and the goal is to get a layout consisting of 3 data frames: ...
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Combining Several "Blocks" in ModelBuilder?
I have a model in three blocks.
Block 1 iterates through feature classes in a DB clips them based on an extent boundary and stores into a folder.
Block 2 takes input folder and check through ...
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Permanently changing color of tool/output in ArcGIS ModelBuilder?
I have a pretty complex model in ModelBuilder, and I'd like to custom-color certain tools and outputs. I'm not so fond of the orange-green-blue scheme that is there by default.
However, when I change ...
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Extrapolating raster to specific area?
Can I extrapolate a raster with the extent of North America (current geography) to the shape of the continent during the Last Glacial Maximum?
I would want to extrapolate pH-values to the additional ...
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Cannot Load Training Samples to Edit?
I'm trying to do a maximum likelihood classification with supervised training samples. I saved the training samples as a .gsg and I was able to load it into a maximum likelihood classification and ...
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Writing Raster Calculator Expression?
I use ArcMap 10.3.
How do I create an expression in RasterCalculator that allows me to sum up 4 rasters (every pixel has an associated value) and the result to be 0 if any of the 4 values is 0?
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Setting transparent to color for raster layer using ArcMap?
I'm working on a map where I'm overlaying a topographic map on a hillshade map (from ALS data). With the right levels of transparency, those maps tend to be the best base for all kinds of stuff.
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Seeking syntax for adding query to spatial view from related table in ArcGIS Desktop?
I'm just learning SQL so apologies for the poorly worded question. I'm basically trying to create a spatial view of hydrants that have been painted in 2018. I have a hydrant feature class (wHydrant) ...
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ArcCatalog metadata XML importing errors
I am trying to add metadata to some layers within ArcCatalog and I don't understand the error messages it is giving me or why there would be an error. When I try to import my metadata XML it completes ...
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How can I validate a SQL statement in ArcObjects?
I'm trying to validate the results of a ISQLQueryDialog2, but can't find any out of the box solutions. This particular dialog has a built in validate button, but I would like to programmatically ...
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Editing Parcel Fabric in Versioned Geodatabase
We keep our parcel fabric in a SDE database with an intermediate staging version that multiple users post changes to from their own personal edit versions.
We're able to edit the parcel fabric ...
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Topoengine Error?
By using closest facility in ArcMap, I found closest path between 78 points. Now, I am trying to split this route at intersection points by using feature to line management tool.
However, I have a ...
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Model only works one time and then fails, Error 000732, "Precondition fails"
I have a huge ol' model that's built to copy a bunch of data from one GDB into a different GDB and then delete two of the feature classes. If I build the model from scratch, it'll run fine the first ...
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Projecting a PRISM raster from NAD1983 to Albers Equal Area PCS in ArcMap: Why does my raster change position and cell size?
I want to perform zonal statistics on PRISM precipitation rasters using watershed shapefiles as my input zone features. I'm operating under the precept that I should project all my data into the same ...
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Setting annotation feature character spacing?
I'm having an issue with an annotation feature in ArcGIS desktop 10.5 where the character spacing is not being applied to the last word in multi-word features (see "ocean" in Pacific Ocean below) when ...
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Pan and Zoom via mouse not working in New Data Frame?
Inserted a new data frame for a small overview map in the corner of my display. Left click and selected properties, set the same coordinate system as the larger display, set the Extent Indicators to ...
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Exporting ArcGIS Metadata to HTML with thumbnail?
I’m trying to export metadata as a pdf using ArcMap v10.6.1, but am unable to export it with the thumbnail. The output has "Thumbnail is not available." (see screenshot below). Would you know how to ...
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ArcMap: compare overlapping partially transparent rasters using swipe tool?
I'd like two compare two rasters in ArcMap 10.4. I can do this using the Swipe tool on the Effects toolbar, however, this only allows me to interactively drag the top layer over the bottom one (top ...
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How do Joins & Relates in layer file and Layer Properties work?
I'm using ArcMap 10.5. I set up symbology for a feature class based on joined attributes from a table in the same file geodatabase. I want to be able to apply the same set-up in different geodatabases ...
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REST End Point Still Showing Old Alias of Updated Field After Publishing
Using ArcGIS 10.6 and ArcGIS Server 10.6. I have changed the Alias of a Feature Class to ObjectID like
and it is showing in the attribute table like
(After Saving and even re-booting the MXD) but ...
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Graduated color display of overlapping polygons in ArcMap
Is there a way to display overlapping polygons in a graduated color symbology based on the level of overlap within the same feature layer? For example, in one area of the map there are two polygons ...
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Data Driven multiple photos from point layer
In Arcmap 10.5, I am trying to use data driven pages to display multiple pictures in a photo point layer based on an overlaying polygon index.
I would like to use the yellow polygon layer as the ...
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ModelBuilder works in editor mode, not when opened?
I have made a pretty simple model. I can run it in the edit mode within ModelBuilder, and it works perfectly.
As you can see, I have set some parameters, so I do not need to run it in ModelBuilder. ...
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Accesibility - adding barriers
I am studying how the accesibility and mobility is affected by multiple factors such as traffic, extreme water events, etc. I am looking to add cost barriers, some of them should affect the speed ...
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Choosing bandwidth and scaling factor for Kernel Density Estimate in ArcGIS Desktop?
I have some points that represent animal locations over the course of a few months at the scale of ~20 sqkm. I am emulating the work of previous researchers in this field, but I'm having trouble ...
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Using field calculator on shapefile converted from DWG in ArcGIS Desktop?
I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.3.
A third party convert complex autocad drawing (dwg) to shapefile for us. I got from them a zip folder with 1 to 16 Shapefile (depending of the original dwg data), all ...
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