Latest Contributions by Matt-Goodman

‎04-15-2026

Input is from an enterprise geodatabase but output is a file geodatabase. Not doing any geoprocessing in-memory.

‎04-15-2026

I'm noticing this exact same behavior, using ArcGIS Pro 3.6. My output is not going to a feature dataset.

‎04-14-2026

I almost replied "...nah, this isn't causing the issue" (being very 'certain' that I didn't have any subtypes or domains set up in this database). But when I actually checked, I was surprised to see a bunch of domains that were apparently carried-over into the database at some point. Which shows you have to pay attention to the origins of your geodatabase, and what you import into it. The layers associated with those domains were long gone from the database, but the domains remained. Thanks for mentioning this as a possible cause.

‎04-13-2026

Why would it take almost 19 minutes for ArcGIS Pro to export a fairly simple feature class from a file geodatabase (.gdb) to a shapefile (.shp). Both source and export locations are near each other in the C:\ (hard drive) of the machine. Pro is a very recent version and the .gdb matches that version. There are only three (3) polygon features in the feature class!

‎04-08-2026

In 911 communications there is a need to be accurate with address locations for incidents. The most typical types of locations used in 911 CAD are... 1). Civic address (i.e. "123 Main St"). These are often found by matching to 'common names' (i.e. "Walmart"). 2). Intersections (i.e. "4th St & Oak Dr"). These are accurate representations of incidents occurring, usually on the roadway, where two roads intersect. Esri address locators accommodate the above types well, but....I need an address locator that will return a match to a centerline segment (and explicitly not a point feature) in a way that indicates it's a centerline 'block' and not a civic address. Case in point: there is a residence at 200 Oak Dr. An incident of physical assault is occurring late at night, right in the middle of this block of Oak Dr. A 911 call taker needs to be able to enter something like "200-block Oak Dr" so that the incident is matched to the middle of the road segment and, most importantly, so that the matched address that is returned is not "200 Oak Dr", because the incident is not occurring at the residence. The address that the locator returns could be something like "200-block Oak Drive" or "200-299 Oak Dr", or similar. I do not want to employ a work-around by which I can generate line centroid points from the centerlines and massage the attributes to extract the 'hundred blocks' as attributes and append the string "-block", and create a point locator from that. Is there any existing address locator functionality by which I could accomplish what I'm trying to do?

‎02-27-2026

This might read more like an editorial piece or blog post, but please hear my central question: are there any agencies out there that are enterprise Esri 'shops' who have robust and clean system of integration with a division that's adamant about using SARTopo? Scenario: over the last couple of decades, our county has built a large, well-coordinated enterprise Esri GIS, centralizing and organizing droves of data that's being developed and maintained by nearly every county department (forestry, 911 communications, highways, land records, assessors, etc.) This includes both public-facing and internal web GIS in Portal and ArcGIS Online. But.....more and more recently, our emergency management division is being drawn into using SARTopo for their planning and operations. This is not solely for search-and-rescue but for all their operations. In an effort to understand why they are choosing that platform when they have nearly carte-blanche access to off-the-shelf solutions through our Esri licensing, here is what I learned: SARTopo is 'easier [for them] to use'. SARTopo allows easier sharing across agencies (i.e. county emergency managers can share it to local volunteer responders or state DNR). SARTopo allows them to easily track their personnel locations (users who are logged in on mobile devices) show as moving waypoints on their shared map. Right-away I realized that bullets #2 and #3 above can be solved with Esri solutions, but they're not quick/easy like in SARTopo. They're going to require a lot of administrative user account management. Unfortunately, we have users re-creating foundational datasets (e.g. schools), from scratch, manually, one-at-a-time, in SARTopo. This causes me great pain to witness. I've played around with SARTopo's ability to import web feature services from some of our Portal/ArcGIS Online services, but the lack of ability to adjust display/labeling makes them fairly useless. So again: is there any agency out there that has explored the technical possibilities and come to a good/manageable/sustainable paradigm that supports both enterprise Esri environment and SARTopo use, without too much duplication of effort? Or do we need to build/deploy comparable Esri 'replacements' for the ways our emergency managers are using SARTopo?

‎01-26-2026

I'm not sure if this is a known issue, a bug, or [not] working as intended. When I set up a line layer to have marker symbols at its end nodes, it looks great as a feature layer. But when I create a vector tile package from it, the tile packaging seems to ignore the marker placement parameters and simply distributes markers along the line instead. The feature layer symbology correctly displays the (red) line with markers only at its ends. Vector tile renders the (red) line with points distributed along it: Here is how the feature layer is symbolized in ArcGIS Pro: Is there something I should be doing differently to get the vector tiles to only show the marker symbols at the end nodes?

‎07-31-2025

Several months ago I put multiple days of intense work into migrating a large suite of ETL models/scripts, in preparation for a new project we have going on. At that time, I had all the models nicely modified and working for the new schema we need to match. Today I revisited that toolbox and found that roughly half of the models will not open at all: I can't find any way to walk-back my work and untangle this mess, so it would appear that this partially corrupted toolbox just needs to go in the trash while I start over from scratch. A quick search reveals that this issue has plagued model builder for quite a while, through many versions. I am using Pro 3.3.5 on a Windows 11 machine.

‎07-28-2025

Thanks for confirming. I ended up setting up a basic hosted table with edit-tracking fields, shared to the appropriate permissions group in ArcGIS Online, then using it in a super-simple Experience Builder app that includes an 'edit widget' in a collapsing panel. I wish it a was a little more configurable, but it sort-of does the job.

‎07-28-2025

Thanks for this response - I wasn't aware of the Discussion Boards functionality. Another potential reason to subscribe to Premium.

‎07-25-2025

I'm looking for ideas for how to approach this, simpler=better. We have a Hub site, restricted to our authorized personnel, that serves as a center of information sharing during emergency incidents. It houses all our resources for emergency response, web maps, etc. But a feature we would really like to add is some type of message 'feed' that any user can send an update to. I know that we can embed Twitter/Facebook feeds, but those have to be publicly-accessible feeds, which is not acceptable for our purposes. Ideally it would allow any users that has access to the Hub site to submit a text update for all others to see. Example messages: 6/22/2025 17:33 - Frank Turner Cross-functional response team EOC meeting moved to 18:00. 6/22/2025 16:23 - Jon Smith Road foreman has confirmed bridge out on highway 43. Setting up barricades now. 6/22/2025 16:01 - Frank Turner Latest PIO press release re: related public health hazards has been finalized. 6/22/2025 15:48 - Diane Cramer Mobile incident command post now being set up at Springdale Fire hall. Ideally it would include user & datetime stamps. Is there a native 'messaging' module in Hub? Can a specific Microsoft Teams chat be embedded somehow? Are there any other known solutions for this type of functionality? (Please don't tell me to create a Survey123 form for chats.) If not, should this post be moved to "Ideas"?

‎07-15-2025

I found this documented elsewhere, but essentially... change the .loz file extention to .zip unzip it find/edit the file you're looking to change zip up all the files again, making sure to use "Store" compression level for the .zip change the output .zip file extension back to .loz

‎07-15-2025

I edited the buildconfig.json in the .loz file (just deleted the PARCEL_JOIN_ID and FULL_STREET_NAME sections) and re-zipped the .loz. Now the script runs as expected as well as the gp tool.

‎07-14-2025

Genius, thanks @ShanaBritt! I think it was that parcel join that was fouling things up....I didn't set that up intentionally, it must have carried over from a join I had in the project the last time I re-created the locator. Anyway, my arcpy script to rebuild locators is working smoothly now. Thanks again!

‎07-14-2025

3.3.5 "mapping_schema":[ { "role_field":"HOUSE_NUMBER", "mapped_field":"ANUMBER", "display_field":"Address Number" }, { "role_field":"STREET_PREFIX_DIR", "mapped_field":"LST_PREDIR", "display_field":"LST_PREDIR" }, { "role_field":"STREET_NAME", "mapped_field":"LST_NAME", "display_field":"LST_NAME" }, { "role_field":"STREET_SUFFIX_TYPE", "mapped_field":"LST_POSTYP", "display_field":"LST_POSTYP" }, { "role_field":"STREET_SUFFIX_DIR", "mapped_field":"LST_POSDIR", "display_field":"LST_POSDIR" }, { "role_field":"FULL_STREET_NAME", "mapped_field":"LST_CONCAT", "display_field":"LST_CONCAT" }, { "role_field":"SUB_ADDRESS_UNIT", "mapped_field":"SUB_ID1", "display_field":"Subaddress Identifier 1" }, { "role_field":"SUB_ADDRESS_UNIT_TYPE", "mapped_field":"SUB_TYPE1", "display_field":"Subaddress Type 1" }, { "role_field":"SUB_ADDRESS_BUILDING_UNIT", "mapped_field":"ANUMBERSUF", "display_field":"Address Number Suffix" }, { "role_field":"PARCEL_JOIN_ID", "mapped_field":"PropertyID", "display_field":"PropertyID" }, { "role_field":"CITY", "mapped_field":"POSTCOMM", "display_field":"Postal Community Name" }, { "role_field":"SUBREGION", "mapped_field":"CO_NAME", "display_field":"County Name" }, { "role_field":"REGION_ABBR", "mapped_field":"STATE_CODE", "display_field":"State Code" }, { "role_field":"POSTAL", "mapped_field":"ZIP", "display_field":"ZIP Code" }, { "role_field":"COUNTRY", "mapped_field":"COUNTRY", "display_field":"Country" } ]

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Latest Contributions by Matt-Goodman

Re: merge tool does not overwrite in model builder

Re: merge tool does not overwrite in model builder

Re: Why does it take so long to export a small feature class to shapefile?

Why does it take so long to export a small feature class to shapefile?

Address locator that returns a match to a centerline block (not an address)

Does Esri have a SARTopo problem?

Issues with symbology in vector tile packages (line end-node markers)

Failed to open model, Reading tool has failed. (Model Builder has ongoing issues)

Re: Options for embedding a chat/message feed within a restricted Hub site

Re: Options for embedding a chat/message feed within a restricted Hub site

Options for embedding a chat/message feed within a restricted Hub site

Re: Pro crash-out trying to rebuild address locator

Re: Pro crash-out trying to rebuild address locator

Re: Pro crash-out trying to rebuild address locator

Re: Pro crash-out trying to rebuild address locator

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