Latest Contributions by PeterLindstrom

‎04-11-2013

No, I don't remember ever coming across a solution to this. There's a chance version changes resolved it, though (and then re-broke it?).

‎10-04-2011

Here's a better link to the 'idea': http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=08730000000brtAAAQ

‎10-03-2011

Just in case anyone was wondering, the problem doesn't seem to have been fixed by build 1750. I did a fresh install and it crashes in exactly the same manner. If this incompatibility concerns you, please 'promote' this idea I posted to ideas.arcgis.com: https://c.na1.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=08730000000brtA

‎09-29-2011

I've been scripting the installation of ArcGIS Explorer since build 1500 so it could be installed quickly from a thumb drive. Now that ESRI's released build 1750, I've assembled a new version. It still includes all current expansion packs (data access, fonts, and projections), but I've also added Microsoft's Native Client for connections to ArcSDE data on SQL Server. I uploaded a zip file to ArcGIS.com, direct link here: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1fdbd86e287a4fc0ba3bddac3218ffce Download the ZIP, extract to a thumb drive, and double-click Install_ArcGIS_Explorer.bat to install (right-click and Run As Administrator for Vista or Windows 7) Let me know if you have any problems getting it to work I intend to keep assembling new versions as ESRI releases new builds Please direct complaints about the size of the download to ESRI 🙂 Peter Lindstrom GIS Specialist Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

‎09-08-2011

Thanks for the reply, Andriy. With ESRI recommending direct connects and ArcGIS Explorer as our users' main way to access our data, it would be really great to get this fixed.

‎09-08-2011

Still looking for help on this...the performance of the connections through services is disappointing and we'd really like to avoid having to maintain two sets of layer files (direct connects for ArcMap and service connects for AGX).

‎09-02-2011

We're using AGX 1700 with the data expansion pack and have consistently had it crash when we bring up layer files connecting to ArcSDE data through a direct connection. Otherwise identical layer files connecting through a service (port 5151) work flawlessly. We'd much prefer to use direct connects because they're quicker to initiate. Anyone else run into this or have any ideas how to get direct connects working? A thread about the same issue from a couple of months ago (back when I thought it was related to 3D data): http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/34077-AGX-1700-crashes-with-multiple-3D-SDE-layers

‎07-26-2011

Thanks Joe, I didn't think to look for "hidden" attributes. Unfortunately, in my case, the information I need from each point was entered into the Popup, so I need to pull the information out of that field. I've got a script working to do that now, but it only works on exported KMLs, not the LPKs (because of the EOL issue I mentioned in my first post).

‎07-25-2011

Not sure what your corporate GIS is. If it can ingest WKT geometry I have C# code which converts any AGX geometry to WKT. I use it every now and then to export 'real' layers with their attributes from AGX. Our corporate GIS is ArcSDE v10 geodatabases, but really all I'm looking for is a way to get AGX notes into any data type that I can manipulate within ArcGIS ModelBuilder. The problem with Notes is their lack of structure. Basically they're just text: maybe html, maybe data which the user carefully typed in. If you know that the text in specific notes conforms to a certain structure you could write a specific Addin, say ExportMyNotes. This would read the note(s), create fields from the note text and the WKT geometry field ccould be filled by using the WKT utility code. Probably a good idea is also to write an Addin say AddMyNotes, which aks for ceertain fields from your users and writes these in a certain way to a note. Guarantees a bit more structure, as long as they don't edit them after. Ah, rreedom has its price .... I see where you're going with this, but we don't really need to make multiple attributes out of the user-entered text at this point. All I want is the spatial feature and a single field with the text the user typed (no formatting). So thanks for the offer of help, but I'm not up on WKT or C# and probably wouldn't be able to get your code working for us.

‎07-22-2011

Unfortunately, I'm discovering that the KML To Layer tool is a real pain to create scripts/models with. It appears to need to generate a separate file geodatabase and layer file for each KML and it doesn't seem to play well with ArcToolbox's batch function. Good times!

‎07-22-2011

I have users who've started generating spatial data by adding "notes" using ArcGIS Explorer Online and ArcGIS Explorer Desktop. I need to find ways (preferably with some automation) to pull this data into our corporate GIS. Unless I'm missing something, getting notes out of ArcGIS Explorer Online is currently impossible. Here's what I've tried, and what the results have been: 1. Add Content - ArcGIS Online in ArcGIS Desktop (build 1700) brings up a map's basemap and bookmarks, but not the layers created within that map. 2. I can't find any web maps from the Add Data from ArcGIS Online tool in ArcMap (v10 SP2). 3. Open in ArcGIS Desktop 10 from a web map's page under My Content on ArcGIS.com results in a "could not open the specified file" error message in ArcMap. Getting notes out of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop (build 1700), is possible, although not exactly easy. Initially, I converted each notes "layer" in AGX to a layer package using the right-click-Share-Layer Package-File functionality. The Add Data button in ArcMap can't bring up Layer Packages, but thankfully there's a work-around - you can drag and drop from ArcCatalog. However, the data only has two attribute fields, Popup and Visible, and the Popup field starts with around 925 characters of HTML style tag. So I try to use Python to pull all of that out to leave only the data typed by the user - unfortunately, roughly half of the features generate mysterious "EOL" (end-of-line) errors. So I look at the notes in AGX and sure enough, the user had a carriage return at the end of those features. This isn't clear when the text is copy-pasted from ArcMap's attribute table into Notepad. I wasn't able to figure out a way to get around the error in Python. So back to the drawing board. I spit out KMLs instead of Layer Packages, using the same right-click-Share functionality in AGX. KMLs can't be added by the Add Data button in ArcMap, either - you have to use the KML to layer tool (I plan to use ArcToolbox's batch option to make this a bit quicker). Thank heavens all this trouble is worth it, because the same Python tool that failed before now works and I have a field with only the user's text that I can then massage and import into my corporate data. Are there easier ways to accomplish this with current software?

‎07-08-2011

I've successfully connected using direct connections to SDE in build 1700, but I've had other problems that seem so far not to occur when I connect to a service/port number - see http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/34077-AGX-1700-crashes-with-multiple-3D-SDE-layers. Make sure you have SQL Server Native Client installed on the client - might as well use the 2008 R2 version because it includes all of the older versions as well.

‎07-07-2011

I've automated the installation and uninstallation of ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) with batch files. We have a page on our organization's SharePoint site with links for our users (at least, those with admin rights) to click. I've packaged up AGX build 1700 with all expansion packs for installation from a thumb drive - see http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e44b410d610b4cc1a32e6b85416818e8. The batch file looks for existing versions and completes an uninstall before the new installation starts. I'm sure it isn't perfect, but it's served us well. Since we have multiple AGX maps, we created SharePoint links (which point to batch files, which start up AGX with a certain application configuration) so our users can easily find and bring up the map they want. This has worked pretty smoothly even with multiple AGX versions deployed.

‎07-06-2011

Actually, no, the crashes I was experiencing were in 2D mode. I just thought it was related to having 3D data (i.e., with Z-values). I just tested in 3D mode and got a similar crash. I'd been using direct connections to SDE, so I stood up a service and so far it seems to be working flawlessly.

‎07-06-2011

I could have sworn that it worked fine with 2D feature classes yesterday, but today they're all crashing AGX. Confirmed the same problem on a Windows XP laptop running AGX 1700 (also with the data access expansion pack). Happy to try anything else that might lead to a fix...

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Re: Problems with World Topography basemap

Re: AGX Desktop crashes with SDE direct connect data (fine through service)

Re: AGX Desktop crashes with SDE direct connect data (fine through service)

ArcGIS Explorer installation scripting - now for build 1750

Re: AGX Desktop crashes with SDE direct connect data (fine through service)

Re: AGX Desktop crashes with SDE direct connect data (fine through service)

AGX Desktop crashes with SDE direct connect data (fine through service)

Re: Trying to make notes into GIS data

Re: Trying to make notes into GIS data

Re: Trying to make notes into GIS data

Trying to make notes into GIS data

Re: Direct Connect not working with Data Expansion Pack for 1700?

Re: What is the best way to upgrade ArcGIS Explorer in a distributed environment?

Re: AGX 1700 crashes with multiple 3D SDE layers

Re: AGX 1700 crashes with multiple 3D SDE layers