Latest Contributions by AndrewDuncan

Is there any way of safely cutting a polyline in ArcPad? The example Cut app that used to ship with ArcPad will cut a line with a two vertex line, however, it does not just cut the polyline it over laps (at the intersection), it also projects the line cut across all other lines in that layer, i.e. the line you intended to cut may be cut in two or more pieces as well as any other line that that is cut by the projected extension of the line cutter (the line cutter line does not have to overlap the line that get cut). If this is not bad enough, it also does not appear to update, the now sliced and diced lines, unique ID so that there is now an ID conflict when the data is imported back into ArcMap, resulting in some of the cut lines to vanish. Cutting a line in a field mapping tool like ArcPad should be a standard editing tool. Having to remember to do the line cutting when the data is checked back into ArcMap is inconvenient. Someone must have come up with a good add-on cutting tool for ArcPad. Any ideas out there?? ... View more

It must be possible to have a line cut tool in ArcPad that works similar to the one in ArcMap. The example line cut Applet that ships with ArcPad does terrible things to Geodatabases. The last time I attempted to use it, it cut every line in every layer of the Geodatabase, not just the line I was attempting to cut, it also extended the line cut right across the extent of all line work in the editable geodatabase, not just the line that was crossed by the line cutter line. When the data was checked back into ArcMap from ArcPad, much of the data refused to check in, presumably the unique ID of the newly cut lines were not updated and caused conflicts within the database. Please, a good simple line cut tool for ArcPad would be fantastic. ... View more

The ability to change the Contrast, Brightness and Transparency of a bitmap image in ArcPad similar to ArcMap would be so helpful. This can't be too difficult to implement. Often an Ortho-rectified image is a bit dark or lacking in contrast and being able to modify the display of an image in the field would be invaluable, thus making the image more visible in bright sunlight. Also being able to make bitmaps translucent (i.e. geophysics) for draping over topographic ortho-images would be so helpful in aiding (i.e. geological) interpretations in the field. Yes images can be modified in ArcMap and then Exported to ArcPad, but this is slow and clunky and being able to change on the fly as needed would be a tremendous improvement to ArcPad. Please can this be added soon to ArcPad. ... View more

The ability to change the Contrast, Brightness and Transparency of a bitmap image in ArcPad similar to ArcMap would be so helpful. This can't be too difficult to implement. Often an Ortho-rectified image is a bit dark or lacking in contrast and being able to modify the display of an image in the field would be invaluable, thus making the image more visible in bright sunlight. Also being able to make bitmaps translucent (i.e. geophysics) for draping over topographic ortho-images would be so helpful in aiding (i.e. geological) interpretations in the field. Yes images can be modified in ArcMap and then Exported to ArcPad, but this is slow and clunky and being able to change on the fly as needed would be a tremendous improvement to ArcPad. Please can this be added soon to ArcPad. ... View more

Often Symbology set up in ArcGIS desktop is incompatible with ArcPad and will not display correctly, and in some circumstances will make ArcPad unstable or crash. The geological font in ArcGIS has the smarts to be able to place the inclination value alongside the symbol on screen. In ArcPad the inclination number is usually placed miles away from the symbol. Field data collection is now being undertaken on filed units that are as powerful as the desktop. How about giving ArcPad total compatibility with ArcGIS desktop symbology. ... View more

Often Symbology set up in ArcGIS desktop is incompatible with ArcPad and will not display correctly, and in some circumstances will make ArcPad unstable or crash. The geological font in ArcGIS has the smarts to be able to place the inclination value alongside the symbol on screen. In ArcPad the inclination number is usually placed miles away from the symbol. Field data collection is now being undertaken on filed units that are as powerful as the desktop. How about giving ArcPad total compatibility with ArcGIS desktop symbology. ... View more

Has any one out there got "ArcPad_6.0_ECW_Plugin_v1.2" to install on any version of Windows 64 bit for ArcPad 10 +? I have had no problems installing the ECW plugin for ArcPad 10.0 running on Windows 7 32 bit, but ran into problems when attempting to do the same on a 64 bit version of Windows 7. The team I'm working with are contemplating upgrading our field mapping tablets and the options for the OS will be either Windows 7 or 8 and either 32 or 64 bit. I would love to know if any one has had any success with a 64 bit system. ... View more