Latest Contributions by MervynLotter

Then try the Generate Origin-Destination Links tool. I suspect it may work as it links up each point to all other points and includes a link distance field, and the ability to separate the dataset into groups (like countries). Do see Generate Origin-Destination Links (Analysis Tools) | ArcGIS Pro documentation. You can use the same layer for input and destination features.    I am not sure how many random points you will have but a dataset of 1600 points will quickly balloon into 2.5 million+ lines (without grouping) ... View more

You could (1) create random points in a polygon using the Create Random Points tool. This tool allows you to specify the number of random points and constrain these to certain polygons, like countries.  (2) Use a spatial join to join the random points back to the countries dataset (to get polygon names with each random point) (3) Then use the Near tool to calculate the distance between all points. Then (4) use Summary Statics to summarize the output from the Near tool for each polygon. ... View more

Because someone's location can be private information, Esri is careful who has access to it. I have used Location Tracking but I am not expert on it. I will share some of what I know and how it could work in your case. When you enable Location Tracking in Field Maps, the location track is shown on your device and then periodically backed up to a hosted feature layer. By default, only the organization's Administrator can see all tracks. Anyone else, who would like to see all tracks (other staff), would need to have privileges assigned to them. Do see Configure organization extensions—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation   With these privileges enabled, you can add the hosted feature layer (called Location Tracking) to a webmap, and then view this web map in Field Maps. That is how you can have access to the location data of other users in your organization in the field.  I do anticipate there being a delay and dependent on data connectivity, as you are pulling down this data onto your device.  ... View more

Esri make available all their World View imagery via their Esri World Imagery Wayback webapp (World Imagery Wayback). You will be able to see what images are available for any site since February 2014.    The latest imagery for Aqaba, Jordan, is dated 2025-06-26. They do have imagery available for this site all the way back to February 2014.  ... View more

Hi Trenton. No need to turn off Auto Apply, the visual alignment will change once you click on Spline, after which you must then save the changes.  I also have Auto Apply always on. I would add my control points (making sure to try and cover all parts of my image - including the centre), then after I have added 10 or more points, I would click on Spline and the transformation is applied. Then inspect you map to ensure it is done correctly. You can always delete control points that are not well aligned (human error).  ... View more

It sounds like not all the layers are showing up in your Contents pane once you have imported a map from ArcMap? I have imported many maps from ArcMap over the years, and I don't recall that happening to me. The data should all be there and visible. Have you tried closing the map, then reopening it again? similarly, try shutting down Pro and reopening it as this may be a display glitch (I am grasping at straws here - just something I would try). To shut down map   To open map from catalg pane.     ... View more

Are you aware of the List by Data Source option under the Contents pane that shows the location of all your layers? Is this what you are looking for? It was also available in ArcMap.   ... View more

In cases like this, when the output is not as expected, it could be a fault with the input layers. Do run the Repair Geometry go tool then try again. ... View more

A new capability was introduced into ArcGIS Pro 3.5 that allows you to create a spatial definition query. The definition query is defined spatially based on the spatial extent of another layer, or the extent of that layer in the map view. After opening up the layer properties, and the Definition Query tab, click on Add Clause and then select the new "Add Spatial Clause" drop-down. Then choose the layer and its spatial extent that you want to use for your definition query.  Importantly, once applied, do give it a unique name (instead Query 1) so that you can easily reuse this spatial query any other time again in the future.  Do see Spatially Filter Feature Layers with Definition Queries ... View more

Have you checked whether your point class contains any overlapping points? Maybe select one of the points in a "problem area", then open point attribute table to see how many points were selected. Something else to try would be running the polygon layer through the Repair Geometry tool to repair any errors in the layer that may be impacting the analysis. ... View more

If you have an Advanced license, then do consider trying the Tabulate Intersection tool for quickly finding the % overlap between two features classes. Do see Tabulate Intersection (Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation The output percentage field may be over 100% if there are overlapping features so it will be important to first follow David's suggestion to assess the extent of overlapping polygons.  ... View more

We're concerned about how Esri plans to convert our perpetual concurrent licenses to temporary named user licenses. As our organization experiences financial challenges, we occasionally face significant delays in paying our annual maintenance. This shift could leave our users without access to ArcGIS Pro, creating significant frustration with us. We hope Esri will find a solution that benefits all users. ... View more

 Look into using Forest-based and Boosted Classification and Regression (Spatial Statistics)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation. It may work for you. It is a rather amazing tool and can be used for prediction only, suggesting how important some variables are in explaining the phenomena you are assessing. Variables can be continuous or categorical.  It can even consider the distance form certain features as input variables (such as your specific land cover types) although you may need to extract these as individual layers.  Also look into creating scatterplots to simply assess correlations using scatterplots. These work on rasters too.  ... View more

Have you tried Select By Attributes?  Select Layer By Attribute (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation? I would use this tool to find all features meeting your requirements. You just need to set up the Where clause.  ... View more