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Using Spatial Join in ArcGIS Desktop?
i have 2 polygons one is building footprints and another is boundary polygons. i want to calculate the count of building footprint which falling inside the boundary polygon. in order to avoid ...
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Joining attribute data from multiple polylines using ArcGIS for Desktop?
I've got two polyline shapefiles; one showing the location of cross sections taken across a river and the other containing the river centre line that has been split by the cross section layer to ...
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Deleting required field from ArcGIS Diagrammer?
while creating a feature class in ArcGIS Diagrammer I set the field id_feature_class as required and as type= text now I want to change text to integer but I can't it's telling me id_feature_class is ...
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Automatic marking or tracking of edited features
I'm working with ArcMap 10.2.
What is a good way to mark or find edited features in order to keep track of them without manual field updating?
Is there a way to have ArcMap automatically update a ...
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How to assign diameter size to valve feature class based on waterline size?
I have two shapefiles, valves (points) and waterlines (polyline). The waterlines have a diameter attribute that is populated with the correct size. The valves have an attribute for diameter size as ...
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Rename field in SHP file (DBF) with ArcCatalog [duplicate]
I want to rename some fileds on a SHP file, (the fields on the DBF file), using ArcCatalog (ArcGIS Desktop v10.2.2).
From ArcCatalog, right click on a SHP file -> Properties... -> Fields.
Then the ...
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Adding Rasters with multiple Field Values using Map Algebra in ArcGIS for Desktop? [duplicate]
Embarrassed that I haven't looked at this for some time (can't quite get the syntax down). (ArcGIS 10.2, Win7x64).
Within Map Algebra (Raster Calculator)
Trying to add the cell values of 3 rasters, ...
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Transfering raster attributes to a shapefile
I am using Arc GIS 10.2. I have a raster layer and a shapefile layer. I would like to transfer the attributes of the raster layer to the shapefile layer using a majority rule. The raster layer is a ...
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Editing attribute columns to switch properties from text to integer? [duplicate]
Instead of adding an entire new column in my attributes table, is there a way I can edit the properties of an existing (unnecessary) column and change the type from integer to text?
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Limiting digits in ArcMap?
I am using ArcMap 10.2.
I want to create a land information system, one of the features attribute data includes a citizen id field, it includes 11 digits, for preventing wrong value entering, i want ...
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Compare Multiple attributes visually
I am working on a project in which I want to take point features( tweets) and compare them to the GDP per capita of countries. I would like to have my end result be such as the following:
GDP Class 1 ...
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Leaving out specific values from labels
I am trying to label a field using two fields. Example: "[FieldOne] / [FieldTwo]". But I don't want to show FieldOne if the value is zero. Example: 0 / 1050 should read just 1050 whereas 1/1050 should ...
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Why is ArcGis change precision of double field after copy?
I create the attribute table of a shapefile and while I copy it by using the "copy features" tool it change the precision from 11 to 14. I create two fields with the name poly_x and poly_y and they ...
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Finding diameter of pipes on either side of valves using ArcGIS Desktop?
I'm using ArcGIS desktop 10.2 and I need to find the diameter of pipes which are either side of a particular valve. There are over 2000 of these valves on my map so I'll need some sort of tool.
The ...
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Is it possible to alter field display precision whilst using a coded domain in ArcGIS 10.2?
Firstly a bit of background:
I'm currently using fields of type double to hold the results of our chemical analysis. Different samples were analysed for different analytes and several values were ...
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Copy attribute data from one polygon shapefile to a multiple point shapefile
I have two shapefiles:
Polygons of parks in Africa. Each park (polygon) has a row of data regarding it's size, name, date of establishment etc.
Random points in parks in Africa. Here, I generated ...
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How would one format an Excel sheet so numeric fields are set to numeric field types when importing to ArcGIS 10.2?
I have a large Excel spreadsheet that contains lots of numeric data that I would like to import to ArcGIS 10.2 as a table using the Excel To Table (Conversion) tool.
The frustrating thing is that ...
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Feature Class to Feature Class Keeps Layer Name In Fields 10.2?
I have a model that makes a join, adds two fields, and calculates the fields, then uses Feature Class to Feature Class to create a new output. The new output is named "Permit." Once the output is ...
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Feature to Raster Error [closed]
I am attempting to rasterize a point layer using the Feature to Raster conversion tool. Each attempt, I receive the following error codes:
ERROR 010429: Error in GRID IO: CellLyrCreateInternal: Grid: ...
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Assignment of defaults to field not working
I am using ArcGIS 10.2.2 for Desktop.
I have assigned default values to some fields in a feature class, which is sitting in a file geodatabase.
I used the "Assign Default To Field Tool", which ...
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How to flip, or invert attribute tables with respect to row ID arcgis
I need to invert the fields of an attribute table relative to the row ID field. As a very simple example of what I need; if the row IDs of 1, 2, and 3 corresponded to identical values in another field,...
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How to calculate cumulative decreasing sum in ArcGIS-10.2
I need to calculate the cumulative decreasing sum as a field in a rasters attribute table. The cumulative decreasing sum is the accumulation of the last values to the first, so it is basically the ...
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Calculating new field to represent sum of values in existing field in ArcMap?
I need a way of calculating the total sum of the values in an existing field and displaying this value in the corresponding cells of another field. In other words, I want this second field to display ...
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Using Alter Field tool of ArcGIS Desktop on shapefile?
According the ArcGIS 10.2.2 help this should work:
inZoneData = sys.argv[1] # This is a shapefile
fieldList = arcpy.ListFields(inZoneData)
for field in fieldList:
if field.name.upper() ==...
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Get the different values assigned to a zip code
I have a map to which I added a zip code layer and another layer which contains values assigned to every square kilometer within each zip code. I'm trying to find out how many different values there ...
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Arc is changing decimals!! My scale is set to 2, why do my numbers in the select by attributes-unique values have more decimals?
My scale is set to 2. Yet arc (using 10.2) is showing (in my select by attribute - get unique values) my number of 26.67 as 26.670000000000002. My value of 25.25 is shown correctly as 25.25 in the ...
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Characters displaying correctly in File Geodatabase with ArcMap 10.1 but incorrectly with 10.2?
I work with data from a variety of European countries, and am having trouble getting the non-standard characters (e.g. Turkish alphabet) to display correctly in my geodatabase tables. Sure, i ...
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Changing Field Name in ArcGIS Desktop
How can I change the field names (not the alias) in ArcGIS 10.2?
I already found this page on ArcGIS support: "Renaming shapefile fields (Defense Mapping)" but there is is not "Defense ...
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