Latest Contributions by JustinOdell

The Problem: Currently, when I add an authoritative public item from ArcGIS Online (e.g., the "World Database on Protected Areas " from the Living Atlas) to my ArcGIS Enterprise Portal, the item details (Title, Description, Access Constraints, Credits) are effectively a static snapshot taken at the moment I added it. If the data provider (e.g., UNEP-WCMC or Esri) updates the description with critical new disclaimers or changes the "Terms of Use," my Enterprise Portal users are left seeing outdated information. To fix this today, I have to manually delete and re-add the item or write a custom Python script to scrape the AGOL metadata and push it to my Portal item. The Proposed Solution: Please add a "Synchronize with Source" button (or a scheduled toggle) on the Item Details page for any item that references an ArcGIS Online URL. Functionality: When clicked, it should query the original ArcGIS Online Item ID and pull the latest Title, Snippet, Description, License Info, and Tags, updating the local Portal item to match. Automation: Ideally, this could be set to "Auto-Sync Weekly" so that authoritative datasets used in Enterprise always reflect the current status of the source data. Benefits: Data Governance: Ensures users are always seeing the latest disclaimers and usage constraints for external data. Reduced Admin Overhead: Eliminates the need for custom Python scripts or manual monitoring of external items. Trust: Increases user confidence that the external data they are using in Portal is accurately described. ... View more

Right now it seems the Coordinate widget will only output coordinates in decimal degrees (DD). The Coordinate Conversion widget is required to translate from decimal degrees into other coordinate notations (e.g. DMS, DDM etc). Can the Coordinate widget be updated to support DMS and DDM without having to utilise the Coordinate Conversion widget? ... View more

The option to bulk enable or disable delete protection would be highly beneficial to all users.  As an Administrator of an organizational ArcGIS Online subscription, it would be convenient to select multiple items and bulk apply the delete protection to content, particularly content which is shared with the organization or the public. This helps mitigate the risk of users accidentally deleting items and compromising operational items.   For example, a public-facing web application could have 50 contributing items which may also require public-sharing enabled. If one of these items is accidentally deleted, it could compromise the operational web application. At the moment users are required to visit each item's details page, click on 'Settings' and turn on the checkbox. This is a cumbersome task, particularly when presented with hundreds of items which are not 'delete protected' by default. If there is enough support for this idea, consideration could also be given to bulk enabling/disabling  'Authoritative' and 'Deprecated' stamps. This functionality is probably most useful for Administrators in the first instance. ... View more

Hi all, I'm using ArcGIS Pro 3.0.2 to symbolize some climatology data which contains a magnitude and direction attribute. I am using the vector field to generate the symbology and am trying to understand how it is generated as I experience different results at different scales. Questions: 1. How can I enforce placement of the direction arrow at the centroid of my raster? When I zoom in and out, the arrow placement appears to change to different locations around the raster cell. 2. Why do the arrows sometimes appear, but other times not?  3. Does the projection influence the symbology? In the attached images, the vector points represent the centroid of my underlying raster. The 'Symbology 1.png' image is a smaller scale than 'Symbology 2.png' image. If you alternate between both images, notice the difference in placement of the vector field arrows. Why does this occur?   ... View more

Is it possible to apply a mandatory acknowledgement of a web service's 'terms and conditions' (e.g. a caveat)? I understand it is possible to create a GUI in a web-app which the user must acknowledge before proceeding. Can something similar be applied at the web-service level? I want my users to understand a mandatory note must be applied to any products utilising the available web-service. I can write this into the terms and conditions on the Item Description page; however I need it in the user's face as many users will not read the terms and conditions in great detail. ... View more