Latest Contributions by BrandonCrawford1

I've been struggling to geocode the following addresses from an Excel table both in ArcMap and ArcPro:  As you can imagine, I'm trying to geocode the addresses in the "StreetAddress" field.  When I try to just simply add the table to my document and geocode it, I'm prompted to use an "address locator", of which none of the defaults work. So I believe I have to create an address locator. I'm uncertain of the style that I should use. I've tried streets, home address, and several others and I continue to get error messages.  Can anyone identify what style I need just by looking at the above example of the table? Is there something else that I'm not doing correctly? e.g. are commas invalid characters? Should I be using a different table type that isn't Excel? Are there address locators that I can just download and use this dataset for (instead of having to create one)? I can tell I'm missing something fundamental here.  Thanks ... View more

Hi GIS folks, I'm confused on how conversion on labels to annotations works in ArcPro. It seems a bit more complicated than how it works in ArcMap.  Specifically - whenever I've tried to simply "convert labels to annotation" in ArcPro, they simply disappear. I noticed when I select features then run the conversion to annotation, it sometimes produces an annotation layer (but only for the ones the features that I selected). Regardless, it seems unnecessary that I have to select the features that I want to convert to annotations everytime. If I don't select, it produces an empty annotation layer.  Does anyone know why the labels just disappear unless I select them (again, there were some that I selected and they still disappeared after the conversion)? This seems way more complex than it needs to be. Am I missing something? On that note - I became fed-up with attempting annotations that I just tried to insert text in the map as a substitute (I just needed to move a single label). This also proved to be confusing. Any words of wisdom or pro-tips people can share about adding text to the map would also be appreciated.  Thank you, Brandon ... View more

Hello,  I'm trying to clip everything except a couple of layers and imagery to my index feature in Map Series (otherwise known as data driven pages) in ArcPro. I have checked the box that should supposedly clip features, and I've selected the layers that I want to "exclude" from being clipped, but absolutely none of the layers are clipping to the current index feature (a taxlot/parcel boundary in this case).  Anyone know what might be preventing this clipping function? Thanks ... View more

Hello, I work two GIS-heavy jobs - one for the Portland Bureau of Transportation, and the other for an environmental consultant in the Portland area. Given the recent events w/ COVID-19, I (along with many others) have been asked to work from home. However, neither job has been able provide GIS capabilities or permissions to do the work remotely. As a result, my workload is very light and there's a chance I may not be able to continue with one of the positions.  Is ESRI offering any temporary support by offering complementary or free services for users who are in need of access to the software for work (or other reasons, such as school), but cannot for whatever reason? I tried to download a free trial of ArcPro, which would ideally allow me to continue some of my projects for a few weeks, however I wasn't able to due to having a public account and not an enterprise login with the appropriate permissions.  Does anyone know of any other work-arounds? Thanks, Brandon ... View more