Latest Contributions by ElliottRobinson

‎01-09-2015

When you get to the Downloads part as referenced by Jeff Ward, click on Backup Media, then select the Download Media radio button, then click next. Click the green download button for "ArcGIS 10.1 Tutorial Data for Desktop". The esri download manager will appear. Click on "Click to download your file now." The file will be a .iso file. You should use the checksum provided at the bottom of the backup media page to check that the .iso downloaded correctly (I use winmd5free to run my checksums, but there are plenty of other ways to do it). Finally, use an .iso viewer to copy the .iso to your hard drive, then double click the windows installer file to run the tutorial setup. .

‎12-22-2014

Too bad I didn't see this one sooner... Anyway, not expecting an answer from Thomas who is probably long gone -- I would definitely want all my data to be in the same projection/coord system before I started mucking around with it. I would typically use ArcGIS in combination with ENVI and some proprietary tools to manipulate the DEM/imagery.

‎12-22-2014

Click the edit icon (the pencil). Click on the Side Panel tab. Select the text you want to create a link to the main map. Click on Locate an address or place (in the Main Map Actions area) --- looks like a push pin. A map will then pop up and you can click on the place (say a road) that you want the text to be related to.

‎12-15-2014

I am doing my best to learn how to most effectively use the new forum. Reminds me of breaking in a new pair of boots. I wonder if it will be: (1) like the Nike hiking boots I bought that had holes in the soles after 3 months, or (2) like my La Sportiva's - Italian made and still great after 15 years of hard use and 2 sole changes.

‎12-15-2014

Sol Wuensch's "Were the previous forums better than this GeoNet Community?" poll, with 14421 views at last count, is perhaps the most commented entry on GeoNet. Obviously changes must be made, and here I propose a couple of simple changes that may help the average user. First, let's change the poorly named but trying hard to be hip "Places" to "Groups". I don't call my Husqvarna chainsaw "Slayer of Trees", I call it my chainsaw. Second, and here I take a leaf out of the Apple Support Communities book, let's make it easier to find the groups that interest us. Let's have a peek at the discussions.apple.com website: This chunk of the website clearly shows a few hardware-oriented forums and one software forum. The iPad forum is neatly divided into two sub-forums, upon clicking the iPad image. A similar simple and effective breakdown (sans images - I am not a graphic artist) could be something like this: 3D mapping GIS Developers Software - python - ArcGIS Pro MOOCs - Arcobjects SDK - ArcMap - spatial analysis Web Developers Web GIS Industry & Government - ArcGIS API for javascript - ArcGIS online - utilities & communications - ArcGIS REST API - story maps - forestry - ArcGIS for local government Servers Older software - ArcGIS for Server - ArcView GPS - Geoevent - ArcIMS - Collector for ArcGIS Note: This is not an exhaustive list, just food for thought. Please rate/like/enjoy/comment on this if you're in my grid square.

‎12-14-2014

Thanks Timothy, the Apple Community only came to mind because Apple is at the cutting edge of simplicity and function, and I agree, they are focused mostly on products. But how easy would it be to replace an iPad icon with a icon representing what I gave as an example above, Industry & Government. Say a hammer & sickle. j/k. Whatever the icon is, it could be hovered over and more icons appear for the specific groups: forestry, local government etc.

‎12-14-2014

I used to have a Precision laptop and used it purely for GIS. It was a workhorse and could churn out the toughest calculations and manipulate huge satellite images comfortably. I highly recommend it for GIS. I understand the 17" dilemma, but I just bought a giant backpack to cart it around. One day I'll replace my old one, but for now I mostly work on the Precision desktop. I sometimes do GIS on my HP laptop, which incidentally cannot handle much of a challenge.

‎12-13-2014

lol on your boolean weighting... you asked, here it is: Dell Precision M6800 Mobile Workstation Processor Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ Processor (Quad Core 2.80GHz, 3.80GHz Turbo, 6MB 47W, w/HD Graphics 4600) Operating System Windows 7 Professional English 64bit (Includes Windows 8.1 Pro license) Display 17.3" UltraSharp™ FHD(1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit Memory 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz Hard Drive 1TB Hybrid 2.5in, SATA3 with 8GB SSD Flash Optical Drive 8X DVD+/-RW Drive Slot Load Graphics Card Nvidia® Quadro® K3100M w/4GB GDDR5 Price is a 1 on the boolean expensive/not expensive scale

‎12-13-2014

If you are trying to import your .osm into cityengine as WGS84, and the cityengine project is in some other projection/coordinate system, often you will have the extent problem. You need to change the data before you import so that it plonks itself within the extent of the project. If not, you will nearly always get the extent error. Although there are other ways to achieve the transformation, the world file is the preferred method to do it, since it will override any header information in the file. I will typically create a world file in Notepad.

‎12-12-2014

Make sure there is a world file in the same folder as the .osm file. Is there?

‎12-12-2014

Having no close saves a step. Also, if you had to be trusted to close every project you opened, one day you would open one-too-many projects and you would get computer gridlock. Call it Arcmageddon if you will.

‎12-12-2014

In the UTM folder, there is the BLM (US feet) folder - if you scroll down a bit, you'll find NAD 1983 BLM Zone 11N (US Feet) If you copy the line above and paste it in the search box (in the Data Frame Properties > Coordinate System tab), it will take you to the coordinate system.

‎12-12-2014

Ok, it seems that my idea above works, but only on the surface. The new "copies" are more like shortcuts to the original, so you would have to change the bitly to truly create a new application.

‎12-12-2014

When you save your original map, a dialog box will appear that says "Application Successfully Saved." Copy the http link under "How do I get back to the builder interface?" Then navigate to your My Content list of folders etc. (http://egeo.maps.arcgis.com/home/content.html) Click Add Item > An Application Then paste your URL (the http link - it should like something like: http://bit.ly/8k2b4AsP ). You will also have to fill in a title (this should be a different name to your original map e.g. Map2) and at least one tag. Click My Content again (in the top title bar). Voila!

‎12-07-2014

Try this exercise - look at the back of your left hand. Your left hand represents your shapefile (a feature class because it has geographic info in it). Let's say you've had this shapefile for years - it was created back when the light poles were plonked into the ground by gruff but clever pole plonkers. It tells you where the poles are and gives them each an identification number, represented by your thumb. Now look at the back of your right hand. Your right hand represents the bulb outage data that the contractor collected. Your right thumb represents the identification number that the contractor read off the pole. Now, while holding your hands out in front of you, bring them together until your right thumb covers your left thumb. You've successfully joined the two tables, one with geographic info (the left hand), and one with non-geographic info (the right hand). This will of course not work if you've had a terrible carpentry accident leaving you with only one thumb. Here's my attempt at explaining the advantages of this system: There are probably many ways that a non-geographic table (your right hand) can be used. The company that provides you light bulbs doesn't care where the poles are (because they are not installing the bulbs), but they do care what type and how many. Whoever orders the bulbs can use the info from the outage table to order the bulbs each month. The person in the warehouse doesn't care where the poles are, they just need to know how many bulbs and which type they need to bring to the maintenance crew. The maintenance crew needs both hands - the table that tells them where the poles are, and the table that tells them which of the poles need bulbs replaced. The advantage in this case as that everybody has the information they need, but not information they don't need (which wastes their time). Displaying the location of the poles will be a lot quicker if their attribute table is as small as possible, and with massive databases, that can mean a big difference in productivity. Sorry this has been a bit convoluted, but I hope it at least partially answers your questions.

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