Latest Contributions by MarkEnglish

I am simply trying to distribute a workload for 5 employees based on county population values for a state. Thanks in advance for any insight. M- ... View more

I am trying to make a feature service editable on ArcGIS Online.  It is a simple design, with one geospatial layer, that has a join to a project table.  I want to make the project table editable, although (even in ArcMAP), one must save out the two joined tables into one new feature class to make it editable.  I have been advised, that I would need to create a 'view' in the SDE database to make this work.  When creating a view, I am uncertain what to put into the 'definition' window.  I assume it would be something pertaining to the join in the two datasets, maybe the fields being joined, but I don't know.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks- M- ... View more

Hello, I am attempting to use Google Earth as an easy data sharing portal of GIS to others.  I have exported a high end DEM to a kml file, although cannot find the tool within Google Earth Pro that acts as the identity tool does in ArcGIS.  Is there such a tool (identity) to help me select pixels in Google Earth to find out exact elevations of a specific location?  Thanks in advance for any assistance. Mark ... View more

Hello:  I requested LiDAR of a county and recieved two different data formats.  One being an img, and the other las files.  In working with the las files, I converted them to a las dataset, but am having a difficult time converting that las dataset to a raster that matches the existing DEM (merged imgs).  I'm using the 'LAS Dataset to Raster' tool, and discovered two areas where there is an option to adjust the output cell size.  One at the sampling type = Cell Size, and sampling value = 5 (meters).  The other setting is found in the environment tab under 'Raster Analysis' where there is an option to select the raster in which you want to match the resolution.  I can't get this to work.  Am I missing something?  Thanks in advance for any help. ... View more

Hello: I am required to assign elevation values to an existing point dataset. I would like to use a DEM to acheive this goal.  Is there a method of conducting a process similar to a spatial join between the point dataset (vector) and the DEM (Raster)?  Thanks in advance for any assitance. M- ... View more

Hello, I have a table with Expiration Dates.  I want to use the select by attributes to tell me what dates are between now and exactly one year.  Thanks in advance for any help. Mark ... View more

Hello: I have a geodatabase that contains three datasets.  Two tables and a polygon layer.  The GIS layer contains a one to many relationship to a central table, followed by that table having a many to one to the last table.  Manually, everything works great.  But I want to automate the selections through their related tables by setting up queries in model builder.  Is there a tool/process/script that automates the selection of related tables when records are selected in one of the participating tables?  The only way I know to select the subsequent tables is by the related tables button at the top of the attribute tables window.  Any help is GREATLY appreciated. In good health. ... View more

Yes, I am working with statewide 10 Meter DEMs currently housed in a file geodatabase with the intention to place them into an SDE.  I am having to do the basic processing to get them corrected.  They are currently in a file geodatabase raster dataset, and I was wondering if any other of the formats would provide me a faster rendering time? ... View more

Hello: I am looking for an ESRI geodatabase shape add on for Microsoft Visio.  I am creating a database design diagram in Visio, and wanted to use the same symbols as ESRI uses for the various datasets, relationships, etc.  I know an ESRI shape Visio template is available, but have been unable to locate it.  I'm currently using Visio 2010. Thanks for any assistance... Mark ... View more

I am attempting to connect an Access front end to a existing SQL Server table housed in a SDE Geodatabase.  Can someone please point me to a source on how to accomplish this task?  Thank you!!! ... View more

Hello: I have a geodatabase that houses a primary table with jurisdictional plans.  A plan may relate to multiple jurisdictional boundary types such as counties and cities.  To address this, a second table (Jurisdictions) was designed to house all potential jurisdictional boundaires using a one (Plans) to many (Potential Jurisdictions).  The many are simply combined records of every potential boundary using the FIPS codes.  The unique identifier is the plan number.  To geospatially enable the data, a one to one relationshp is connected from the jurisdictional table to the census feature classes.  A one to one for the counties, and a one to one for the communities (cities) using the FIPs as the unique identifier.  If I write a query for the plans, subsequently wanting to select all GIS areas, I have to choose the relationship, I have to slected the related tables option three times to get my results.  Is there a method to automate the selection of the related tables, so if I ran a query for plans, it would then automatically select the jurisdictions associated with that plan, and in turn select their geographic counter parts? I would also like the relationship capability to work the other way, for instance, which plans are associated with which queried geographic entities.  For instance:  which plans are associated with this community AND this county.  Because of the multiple one to one relationships, is there a way to add to selected features after the first relationship is performed?  It over-rights the current selection each time, limiting my ability to discover how many plans are associated with two types of jurisdictional boundaries.  Thanks for any input you may have in helping with this matter! ... View more