Latest Contributions by deleted-user-MGw5rx1fXULW

This is a request for ArcGIS Pro. I barely use ArcGIS Online due to the limited ability to print acceptable looking maps Please refer to my response to Joshua regarding why I am unable to use web maps. As for presentations, the typical method of presenting material to the client is via PDF (or PowerPoint [per client request]). Maps, demographic reports, site plans, aerials, other information is compiled into one PDF. That PDF is usually a precursor to a site tour of the market. Translation: broker + clients in a car for six hours driving around the market looking at vacant space. No computer except smartphones and possibly tablets.  ... View more

The overwhelming majority of my maps are done for retail clients. Because web maps are public, with no known way of implementing any sort of confidentiality, it would not be in the clients' best interest to utilize web maps as the strategies shown in the maps are proprietary information. As soon as I publish one of those maps, I am violating the trust that they have placed in us. If it were possible to share those web maps with the client -and only the client- then I would do so. But web maps are shared with the entire Esri universe.  As has been explained to me, trying to sell the clients on web maps would involve having them (1) purchasing the appropriate software/licenses to be able to access the web maps; (2) hoping they have personnel on staff that can actually use the platform appropriately; and (3) inevitably losing my valuable time having to explain the platform to them. They have retained us to provide this service, not to force them to spend thousands of dollars unnecessarily to retrieve information in order to get around the limits of the platform. If there is a better way, no one at Esri has been able to provide me with one. So...no web maps for me. ... View more

I create maps on varying scales. I can do a map showing the entire Cleveland market or just a section. It depends on the situation/client. My main concern is when I need to show the entire market. Retailers want to visualize all of their locations versus their competition on a market basis. ... View more

Good Morning, Praveen - I submitted the idea onto the Ideas site. I find it very difficult to believe that no one has every suggested the need for this type of report before. Of course, I find it very difficult to believe that Esri does not offer this tool as a basic function. There is a page from a sample report attached from a competing GIS program. Oddly enough, it's the program I used to use before switching to Esri. Thanks for directing me to that section of the Esri site. ... View more

Unfortunately, we have too many clients to make this feasible. We don't work as consultants with a regular fee schedule; it's all commission. We only get paid when deals get done: landlords pay us when our clients sign leases; and/or owners pay us when our client purchases a property. I'll keep looking for a workaround. Thanks. ... View more

Thanks for your map, Adrian. It reminds me of some of my non-Esri work, though mine typically involves shopping mall site plans. Thanks also for those links. I read through the content, but I think I need to try to work through the various items as projects present themselves. I am using ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, and Business Analyst Online. All of my data is currently stored in-house on a network server. I have only been using the products for less than a year so I can easily modify my workflow to accommodate virtually any suggested changes.  ... View more