Latest Contributions by BruceDavidson

Recently we have been using ArcGIS Pro to update data stored in ArcGIS Online. This works pretty well except for when we enter date/time values. The dates in ArcGIS Online are stored in UTC, which is fine, but if we edit a date/time in ArcGIS Pro, it is accepted as a UTC date/time. It would be convenient if ArcGIS Pro worked like ArcGIS Online when editing data by recognizing our current timezone and automatically converting and saving it as a UTC date/time.  ... View more

We're evaluating ArcPad 10.0.2 with intentions to purchase it for our project. We have 7.0 versions, but they won't work with ArcGIS 10, so we are in the process of upgrading our versions. In order to evaluate it, we were willing to put up with the 20 minute time out. We created an ArcGIS 10 project file that included the features and attributes that we wanted to capture in the field. Then in ArcGIS 10, I used the ArcPad Data manager and the "Get Data For ArcPad" tool to create the project file and data for our field work. This all seemed to go OK. We are using a Panasonic Toughbook running Windows XP as our ArcPad device coupled with a Trimble GPS unit. I copied the ArcPad folder with the data created by the ArcPad Data manager to a local folder on the Toughbook, disconnected it from the network and when I opened the ArcPad project file, everything looked good, so out to the field we went. The data capture function in the field appeared to go OK. We can saw points and attributes. The problem occurs when I try to import the data back into the ArcGIS project file. I copied all the *.axf and *.log files form the Toughbook to the server. I then opened my ArcGIS project file, started the Editor and selected the personal geodatabase that had the features I wanted to store my datga in. I ran the "Get Data From ArcPad", selected my apm file and asked it import the data. When I was finished, I opened the attribute table and the attribute data looked good. When I did a zoom to layer I went to 0,0 with no points displayed. I saved my edits opened the attribute table, created and X and Y field and tried to calculate the coordinate values. No luck. When I went to try it again, I noticed that ArcPad was smart enough to realize that I had imported the data before, so there wasn't anything to import again. Double ouch. Not only didn't I get any geometry, I couldn't even try to import the data again. Fortunately I found out that recopying the files from the Toughbook solved this problem, but repeated attempts yielded the same results, good attributes with no geometry. I'm trying to determine if this is a limitation of the demo version, will this correct itself when I get my license number? Is all this data trash? Did I copy the wrong files to the server? Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? ... View more

After installing ArcPad 10.0.2 on a system with ArcGIS 10, I noticed that when I opened an existing ArcGIS project file that features using point symbols from the default ESRI style set no longer displayed properly. When I went to "fix" the symbology, I noticed that none of the point symbols in this style displayed properly in the symbol selector. All of the symbols appeared blank. This seemed to be applicable only to points using the ESRI style as symbols in other styles appear to display OK. I was able to fix the problem by upgrading to Service Pack 2. I then installed ArcPad 10.0.2 on a system running ArcGIS 9.3 and experienced the same problem. Unfortunately installing the latest 9.3. service pack had no effect, so I upgraded the system to ArcGIS 9.3.1. This hasn't fix the problem. Has anyone else experienced this problem and found a solution? ... View more

I decided that I'd try ArcGIS Explorer (build 1200) on my home computer. Before downloading, I ran the app to make sure that I met the minimum requirements to run the program and I passed. So I downloaded and ran the installation program. Everything appeared normal until the very end when I get the Dialog box saying "Configuring ArcGIS Explorer...This may take several minutes." How about an hour? I finally gave up, logged off, shutdown the computer, and turned the PC back on.  I found ArcGIS Explorer listed in my applications so I tried to run it.  NO LUCK. "Application failed to initialize properly...". I tried to uninstall. NO LUCK. Apparently it determined the installation didn't finish so it tried to install again, without any success. Same results as the initial install. This time I aborted the install process, went back to the Control Panel and tried to uninstall again. This time it attempted to uninstall, but couldn't because the installation never finished. Now I'm just sitting here steaming and wondering why I ever bothered to try. ... View more