Latest Contributions by GordonKnight

I don't think spending money, grant money, on hardware in excess of what you need to get the job done would be a valid expense. I think any computer you get at the local supplier that meets the minimum requirements will last for the three years you need it.  Hard drive storage if you need large data sets, memory above the minimum will help, but I don't think that upgraded GPU is worth the expense. ... View more

I would find a laptop with a CD player and record the data to a external hard drive. Then you could transfer the data from the external hard drive to your laptop. ... View more

I had a similar problem but it was with the menus not behaving. The way I fixed it was to change the resolution of my screen.  I had a magnify set on the screen, when I set that back to 100% the menus started operating as normal. ... View more

I am currently learning this software, ArcMap 10.2.2 at UNLV Geology department. The book I am using is Mastering ArcGIS by Maribeth Price. It's a good book to get you started. I would also suggest taking a class, there's a lot more to GIS than just learning the software. The issues of errors, and the effect of spatial autocorrelation on errors is not well taught in the software manuals. ... View more

Adobe Illustrator opens pdf files easily.  Export from Adobe Illustrator has many options, including AutoCAD dwg, Microstation dgn files, and JPEG is an option also. ... View more

Moran's Index is a weighted index.  It's hard to write the equation here but I uploaded a pdf with the example calculations. Essentially you want to know if the area you are looking at has areas that are similar and as you move away from that area does the similarity get stronger, weaker, or it doesn't matter. Moran's Index runs from -1 to 1. A negative spatial autocorrelation would indicate that things close together tend to be more dissimilar than things that are further away. A positive spatial autocorrelation would indicate, as Tobler's Law says, that things close together tend to be more alike than things further away. Zero spatial autocorrelation would indicate that it doesn't matter, that you can't expect things close to be more alike than things further away. Do a search for Moran's Index Calculation for the formula and sample solution. ... View more

I am a new user and installed ArcGIS SDK on a machine with VS Express 10 on it.  The Windows Mobile SDK would not extract or install correctly without VS Express 8 being on the machine.  The problem was VS Express 8 won't install with VS Express 10 install previously.   The work around that I used was to install VS Express 8 on a spare laptop, extract the Windows Mobile SDK, transfer the files from that laptop to the desktop that I am using. I'm not sure if this is the best way to do that because I am just learning but it seems to work alright with the minor projects that I am using to learn. ... View more