Latest Contributions by Matthew_Williams

‎04-07-2022

I just stopped using Experience Builder. I was one of the early adopters but it was just so terrible when they released it that it wasn't worth getting started on something, just to realize they left out something critical in their rush to get it to market. Is there still not editing capability?

‎11-15-2021

Comment to follow this as I need it too

‎09-19-2021

Is there a way to publish an image service via python with a cache? I've got arcpy.CreateImageSDDraft working okay for the non-cached services, but is there a way to specify levels and compression format etc? We also need to define a caching extent. All this is possible in the ArcPro and ArcMap image service publication dialog but I can't seem to find how to do this pythonically.

‎07-06-2021

Interesting... does this imply that the inability to use shared instances when publishing from ArcMap is a superficial block? If altering a single line of the service definition makes it work I feel like ESRI could have made that work from the get go... unless it's to try to get you to move to ArcPro

‎05-19-2021

Is there any update to this? I had been told by an ESRI Rep that it was being implemented with the new Map Viewer, but I don't see any documentation on it (which makes me think it's again been moved off the roadmap?)

‎02-23-2021

My organization also needs this functionality, also for denoting geological processes such as different fault lines. Also for consistency, as we often replicate our paper map symbology for clients using our webmaps

‎02-08-2021

Is there any update on this? My organization also needs this feature

‎11-25-2020

There doesn't seem to be a way to utilize vector tile layers beyond visualization of large vector datasets. It would be very useful to be able to click on individual features and query the values stored in the fields of the underlying dataset. This functionality is available with competitors like Mapbox. A use case example of this can be seen with INSAR data that is provided as shapefiles of millions of points, complete with displacement data over time stored in each field. Currently the best way to display the points on a web map is to use vector tiles at zoomed out scales, then as you zoom in, hide the tile layer and show a hosted feature layer of the actual data. It would be ideal if we could skip the hosted feature layer and just access the data through the vector tiles. I've seen some discussion about this being implemented, but nothing since about 2016 or 2017. An ESRI support analyst told me about 6 months ago that this was on the road map, but it seems to have been on the road map for about 5 years.

‎11-25-2020

Has there been any changes/updates to this since 2016?

‎11-23-2020

Any updates to this topic since 2017?

‎07-15-2020

Hi Sarah, I'm actually referring to layers on the main scene (not the inset itself, although that would be useful too). Here's the usage situation that I needed this functionality for: We have drone data being collected bi-weekly, which I'm processing and adding to AGOL as it becomes available. Each day of data has an orthomosaic and a DEM. The people using the web app requested that they be able to view both the 3D data and the 2D data side by side. My issue was that I cannot add all the data to a single Configurable Web App (in this case the template with an inset map) because I need to be able to toggle the correct days DEM that corresponds to the correct days orthomosaic in order for the display to show accurate data. As things were when I wrote the idea post, the template would only show the top most layers configured in the scene, meaning I could see Day 10 Ortho with Day 10 DEM, but it was impossible to change it to Day 9 etc Ortho with Day 9 DEM. In the Web App builder you CAN toggle the imagery and DEMs with no issues, but there is no inset map widget, meaning I couldn't display the data side by side. My work around for this issue was to use Experience Builder to create an app with a new 'page' for each day of data. In the background I had to create a new scene and new web map for each day that only contain a base map, a DEM, and an orthomosaic, which are then linked to the Experience builder app. It would be ideal if I was able to display all of this in a single web app (without multiple pages), with layers in groups (ex- DEM day 10 and Ortho day 10 are grouped, so that when one is toggled on, the other is also toggled on. Even better if it would toggle OFF the other layers so the DEMs don't blend together). It would also have the 2D inset map in the corner that could be expanded as necessary (it would also be helpful to have the layers in the inset toggleable, but this isn't as crucial as making sure the DEM in question is being displayed with the right day of imagery) The issue boils down to needing to display specific DEMs with specific imagery (possible in Web App builder), AND display a 2D map with the 3D data (possible with Configurable web app), but this cannot be done together.

‎06-09-2020

When you use ArcGIS Online Experience builder you can add action triggers to make your map frames react to actions performed on another frame. This allows you to link extents and things. The problem is that they never added a scroll bar, so once you get past 21 data sources (at my screens native resolution) you can no longer select them as the trigger source. (I'm using this platform to display multiple days of data in 2D and 3D side by side and have about 35 currently) My current work around is to set the display resolution to a high value, then set the display to portrait rather than landscape which makes the rest of the data sources appear as the window stretches out after physically rotating my monitor. This is fine for now but I'll have the same issue when I hit about 45 as I won't be able to scroll or select them again when the window fills up. I would add a picture of the issue but it won't let me upload right now... but basically it seems that someone just forgot to add a scroll bar.

‎05-27-2020

After a call with ESRI support I honestly can't believe this isn't already implemented- If you set up a Configurable Web app using a 3D scene, you can select a template with an inset map that links to another 2D web map. This is great, and looks really good. The issue is, you cannot toggle layers so whatever is the top most layer in your scene and web map are the only things displayed. If you use Web app builder you can add the layer list widget without any issue to toggle layers in your scene. You cannot however add a 2D map inset. The functionality is all there, you can have an inset on a 3D scene and you can toggle layers on a 3D scene, you just can't do it together without creating a custom widget yourself. Is this not a major oversight? The ability to turn layers on and off is one of the things most central to making these web apps useful

‎12-20-2019

Hi Steve, So I actually handled the processing using FME to create 60 DEM tiles and contour each tile individually. My plan is now to do what Thomas has suggested and add the output to a GDB Feature dataset. To manage the 60 different contour layers I'll add the 60 DEM tiles to a mosaic dataset, and export the footprints to use as a labeled index/guide so that people can ID and select the correct files. Is that a reasonable solution?

‎12-18-2019

I have a large TIF (50GB) containing elevation data that I need to generate 5m contours from. What is the best way to manage this? Running contour on the entire TIF (if it even works without crashing) will create a file too large to be useful. I could tile the raster and run contour on each tile, but then management of this becomes a bit of an issue as there doesn't seem to be a vector equivalent of the mosaic dataset (am I wrong about that?). How do people manage large sets of contour files so that other people can find what they are looking for?

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Latest Contributions by Matthew_Williams

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Re: What is the best way to deal with large contour vector files?

What is the best way to deal with large contour vector files?

Re: Web Map Tile Grid Index, but Just the Grid?

Re: Experienced Builder - Editing Data

Re: Experienced Builder - Editing Data

Re: Vector Tile Layers and Querying

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