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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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Removing unnecessary vertices at places with no change of direction?

I can only speak for ArcGIS, but since you didn't mention any specific software, here's my answer. The Simplify Polygon tool with the POINT_REMOVE option should do what you want. From the help: P …
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ArcGIS: not possible to enable data driven pages

That checkbox should be enabled if you have at least one featurelayer added to the map.
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Expression labeling

You don't need a label expression to do that. On the Labels tab of the layer's properties, select Method: Define classes of features and label each class differently Click SQL Query and set the Where …
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Running ArcView Avenue scripting files in ArcGIS?

Short answer: No, this is not possible. You need to have ArcView 3.x to run these files. I seem to remember there used to be an ArcView project importer made by Esri that allowed for ArcView 3.x pro …
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Converting CSV to shapefile

If you don't have a 3D Analyst license, you can do this: Add the CSV file to ArcMap, right-click on it and select Display XY data. Select appropriate values in the shown dialog, press OK. A new featu …
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How to create a line feature which contains the overlying polygon attributes?

I think you should create a spatial join: Right click on the polygon layer → Joins and Relates → Join Select Join data from another layer based on spatial location Select Each polygon will be given a …
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Problems with sde.next_rowid, ArcMap still uses 'old' values

Due to reasons beyond the scope of this question, I'm forced to import data into an SQL Server SDE database using SQL statements (importing using ArcGIS is not possible). The data already contains Obj …
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Service pack for ArcGIS

There are no servicepacks for ArcGIS 10.2 as such, but versions 10.2.1 and 10.2.2 do exist. These could arguably be called 'servicepacks' or 'full versions', take your pick. You should be able to do …
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Parameters - geographic transformation - ArcGIS

Yes, there is an extensive list to be found for ArcMap and for ArcGIS Pro. An alternative is the GitHub repo, Esri projection engine database documentation.
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Labelling nest wells in ArcMap?

I don't think ArcGIS can do that, unless you add a separate field that holds values for all wells at that location. Of course, only one point would need that value, others at the same location can rem …
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Removing overlapping points using ArcGIS for Desktop?

What you could do is: Add two fields of type Double, name them X and Y In the Attribute table, right click on the X column header, select Calculate geometry and then X Coordinate of Centroid Repeat …
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Layer File data source

As far as I know this is not possible. You can change the data source of a layer so that refers to another featureclass, but there is no way to clear this information. Could you elaborate on what exa …
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Changing unit of measure of Draw tool in ArcMap?

These measures seem to follow the setting for Map Display Units. Right click on the map, select Data Frame Properties and then select the General tab to change this.
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ArcGIS Desktop 10.3 - definition query to exclude integers starting with certain values

For PostgreSQL you could try this: SUBSTRING(CAST(myfield AS VARCHAR), 1, 2) = '18' I haven't tried Oracle or SQL Server, but I'm sure there exists a similar approach, if this doesn't work. With a …
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Using local OSM server in ArcMap?

As far as I know the OSM format is not natively supported by ArcGIS. You may want to take a look at ArcBrutile which supposedly does have suport for OSM. I haven't tried this myself though.
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