Latest Contributions by DonRodgers

‎12-11-2020

Thank you.

‎12-09-2020

I have sewer laterals that extend to the sewer main from within individual parcels. The parcels have an address field. I want to create an address field in the lateral table and populate it with the address data from the related parcel in the parcel table. By creating an address field in the lateral table I can then join the lateral table to a table of water usage quantities and use that quantity integer field to generate output with the Find Upstream Contribution tool. Is there a tool in the ArcMap Standard toolbox that I can use to autopopulate a feature class field in one feature class that intersects a specific feature from another feature class? Don

‎11-23-2020

I am attempting to perform analysis for my sanitary sewer department at the City where I work. I want to be able to determine the amount of contribution to the system upstream from any given point in the system. I am attempting to use the "Find Upstream Accumulation" tool within the geometric network that I have created. Using the wastewater treatment plant as the only sink in the system and the length of pipes as the edge weight, I can successfully return a result with the FUA tool. I realize that there are many variables involved with this workflow and that with a more mature dataset other tools or workflows would return a more precise and useful result, but this is where I think I need to start, based on my data resources and skill level. My question is how do I interpret the number that the FUA tool returns? How can I relate the number to the sanitary system feature attributes? Thank you, Don

‎11-18-2020

I'm trying to do something similar to what you describe with the "Find Upstream Accumulation" tool. I have played with it and gleaned enough information from the helps to get a return on the status bar, as I imagine you have by now. Have you been able to determine what the number returned actually means or how it is calculated? Don

‎04-15-2020

Has ESRI made any progress with this issue (using Collector and a centimeter R2 antenna to collect accurate Z coordinate data)? Without scientific workarounds? When I first asked this question I was told that some progress may be coming soon.

‎02-12-2020

I want to be able to have my Street Department "boots on the ground" people update their Pazer data by editing a spreadsheet on MS Excel. And I want that updated data to display on my map every time anyone opens it. I downloaded ArcGIS Maps for Office and I'm having an issue with the first exercise on my training course. I have a Case open in ESRI Customer Care am waiting on them to assist me. My question: Is there a way to make ArcMAP or ArcGIS Pro connect permanently and dynamically with an excel spreadsheet other that with ArcGIS Maps for Office?

‎01-24-2020

It worked perfectly. Thank you. Don Rodgers City of Greenfield GIS Coordinator

‎01-23-2020

thank you. working on it... Don Rodgers City of Greenfield GIS Coordinator

‎01-23-2020

My boss wants to see the topography contours displayed on an AutoCAD drawing such that the lines display on a gradient scale. My shapefile has elevation contour lines with a contour elevation number assigned to each one. So I can sort them by unique values from lowest to highest and then symbolize them with a color ramp. This makes a nice display and tells the story at a glance. But we want to use this data as a background layer in an AutoCAD drawing and I have no clue how to export it to AutoCAD and retain the symbology.

‎11-07-2019

Thank you. Can you be a little more descriptive regarding how to access my GNSS metadata?

‎11-07-2019

Thank you for your response. I will have to do some reading and research to completely understand what you are saying.

‎11-07-2019

Robert, thank you for your thoughtful response. I am confident in the accuracy of the Benchmarks that I am using. All were established by government agencies and professional surveyors. I know that I can go to Profile/Provider in my Collector app and change the antenna height. I currently have it set at 2.11 meters for my R2 per my Trimble support provider’s instruction. I have a “2 meter rod” that I use with the R2 which means that the base of the R2 antenna sits at 2 meters above the ground and the yellow ring around the antenna sits at 2.10 meters above the ground by my measurement. I wonder if I can reset my antenna ht. setting in my Collector profile to compensate for the (perceived) error I am experiencing? I also have another rod that I can adjust to different calibrated heights. Wondering if leaving the setting as is and “playing with” the actual height would enable me to manipulate the data process to return an elevation value that matches the recorded value of my benchmark. I would rather understand and use the correct coordinate systems and projections to achieve my goal, but after intermittently working on this for the past year I am under pressure to use this equipment productively.

‎11-04-2019

I am trying to use my centimeter-grade Trimble R2 with ESRI Collector on my Ipad to shoot XY and Z coordinates for civil engineering projects. I have shot several USGS benchmarks with this equipment and I consistently get a Z value that is between 0.62 and 0.35 feet below the established elevations for these benchmarks. I also collected hundreds of project-related points with this equipment including a professional-surveyor-established TBM. When I run a bench circuit with my traditional rod and level, shooting the NAD 83 NAVD 88 TBM and many hard-surface points I average 0.47 feet above the same points shot with the R2. In both of these scenarios the R2 values are consistently approximately half a foot below the values that I determine to be “correct”. Usually 0.45 to 0.55 feet. I am hoping (as I always do) that someone can point out a simple mistake that I am making and a simple solution to correct this.

‎09-23-2019

Kylie, thank you for your response. In my initial frustration I tried some random things. I was creating the files for collector from ArcMap and I selected only "query" in the feature access step. When I went back and created a new feature service I checked all 5 boxes and everything worked after that. I do not completely understand these feature access choices, and I do not see a similar opportunity to make these choices when I create a WebMap from Arc Pro. But my current project is back on track! Thanks again. Don Rodgers City of Greenfield GIS Coordinator

‎09-23-2019

I have actually done this many times before, but apparently I do not remember how or I am missing a step or something is broken. I have my webmap in my contents on AGOL but it is not showing up with all the others on Collector on my Ipad

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Latest Contributions by DonRodgers

Re: populate attribute field with data from another feature class

populate attribute field with data from another feature class

How do I interpret the results of upstream accumulation

Re: "Find Upstream Accumulation" Question

Re: Is it possible to collect accurate Z coordinate values with Collector and Trimble R2?

how to make my map update with attached excel doc

Re: How can I symbolize a shapefile in ArcGIS and transfer that symbology to AutoCAD?

Re: How can I symbolize a shapefile in ArcGIS and transfer that symbology to AutoCAD?

How can I symbolize a shapefile in ArcGIS and transfer that symbology to AutoCAD?

Re: Z coordinates don't match Benchmarks

Re: Z coordinates don't match Benchmarks

Re: Z coordinates don't match Benchmarks

Z coordinates don't match Benchmarks

Re: how do I share or publish my webmap to collector

how do I share or publish my webmap to collector

Is it possible to collect accurate Z coordinate va...

Re: Is it possible to collect accurate Z coordinat...

Re: How can I symbolize a shapefile in ArcGIS and ...