Latest Contributions by JamesBurn__LET__C_E_T___GISP__

I believe that once you have completed running the function, the newly created image is held in memory. So you'll need to right click on it and "export" to wherever you would like to save it. I believe at this point there is also the option of the format so, back to your original question, you could save it as a 3 band jpg. You may want to use some caution though - if the original file is an ECW, it may be compressed which could lead to a potentially large jpg (or tiff etc.) ... View more

Good point - I'm using ArcPro v2.5 and MS SQL Server 2016/2018. I hope that helps. Cheers. ... View more

Hi Branislav, I agree that going through SQLServer is not ideal, but as there have been discussions about running the solution through other applications such as excel or flat files (csv's) I felt that it was worth mentioning. Especially as it a) generally handles the field type issue that has been discussed and b) one can bring in an entire MS Access db in one go. Regarding your comment about enterprise and SDE, I can clarify - what I mentioned can be done just using a regular license without the need for enterprise, ArcServer or SDE. With the screenshots that I posted being just that - a direct link from my ArcPro Basic license to my locally installed SQL Server Express. You just need to use the "add database connection" from the "connections" dropdown. This will allow you to bring in both tabular data tables and spatial ones with geometry. Note that you will need primary keys of some sort and there may be editing limitations depending on one's configuration.  I can appreciate the confusion though as ArcPro appears to list any SQL Server connection as "SDE" regardless of whether or not it actually is. I hope that helps to clarify things. The end result though is that once the data is in ArcPro. One can then save to other formats if needed etc. ... View more

As external applications were mentioned, a potential free option could be to work it through MS SQL Server. You can install the express version (free) and it can read/import both mdb and accdb. These tables in turn can then either be linked to directly from ArcPro or export to CSV etc. depending on where you want to go with it. Generally speaking I haven't had any issue moving between MS Access and MS SQL Server with respect to field types etc. I agree that it's a bit of a big hammer for a small nail, but the you do end up with the advantages of having a local SQL Server instance. ... View more

Hi Sean. That's a great question. As a general comment - any that are part of OGC and in popular use around the industry would be good. Some examples of files that I regularly use (in no particular order): direct read/write to/from MS Excel direct read/write to/from MS SQL Server spatial (right now I believe it is limited to standard and advanced licenses) direct read/write to/from PostGIS (right now I believe it is limited to standard and advanced licenses) MapInfo mid/mif and TAB Idrisi raster and vector SAGA grid and vector Microstation Collada for 3D AutoCAD SDF original and new GeoJSON (haven't fully explored support for this in Pro yet) import / reading / generation / export of WKT import / export Surfer Grids read from HTML table direct read/write to/from SpatiaLite GeoPackage support (haven't fully explorer support for this in Pro yet)   I understand that its not always easy, but at the same time I don't feel that I should need to purchase additional software just to read some of what appear to be pretty common formats. Thank you. ... View more

Thanks for that Bruce - this is a good solution, or even FME in general. However due to the additional cost to acquire the extension many of my colleagues and clients are looking for a more native solution. So if this or even some of the other main OGC formats could be included natively, I think that would be great and would allow overall collaboration to be accomplished more easily. ... View more

Agreed ... but then we have extra steps . Perhaps I would add that an upload to Carto db function should also be included in Pro similar to uploading to AGOL. ... View more

Hi Kory, thanks for responding. The following are, as you say, a few features / adjustments off the top of my head that would I feel enhance my overall use of Pro. I can send more or more detail if you want in an email or something. In addition to the aforementioned "save project" discussion, in no particular order: Have the geoprocessing panel remember what I last selected. Currently it always defaults to favorites. The "Export table" command feels overly complicated. I feel that you should be able to click, select a location and "save as" an excel or csv etc. When exporting a table, it would be nice to have the option to include the geometry in WKT format. Add the "Show Attribute Table" button to the main tab as well as the data tab. Labeling feels like it has lost some functionality, although that may just be my perception at this point. I'm exploring more. Add editing capabilities for SQL Server (using ArcGIS Pro Basic level license). Currently ESRI is the only application I use that can not edit SQL Server so I don't feel this should be restricted to standard/advanced users. Similar to labeling, the new symbology dialogue feels very un-intuitive and confusing compared to other applications I use. There are a lot of dialogues and it is easy to get lost in them. The insertion of new data connections does not feel like it was completely fleshed out. I have had a few users comment that it is very confusing to create, find and use a data connection once you make it etc.This is compared against other applications and ESRI's desktop ArcCatalog. Users can create may maps and many layouts per map, however there does not appear to be a method to lock what you see in the layout. This makes having multiple layouts for a map less useful. As an example - it would be nice to have two layouts for a map, but locked so that one shows all of the map layers and the other shows only a few. I realize this could be done using separate maps, but again that requires extra steps that other applications don't require. Being able to show symbology differently in each would also be nice. Include a preview mode for black and white prints, red/green deficiency etc.Personally I have a green deficiency so for others to be able to see things how I might would be beneficial. Provide full SQL and spatial SQL editor for data selections and analyses. Provide the ability to have a "scratch" layer where results can go. This layer would not be saved unless the user decided to (would therefore be deleted when the application was closed). This would allow users to A) create a layer that they could draw on without committing anything and B) a layer for the results of geoprocessing tools to go when the user is unsure of whether or not they want to keep them. I LOVE that we are now in a 64bit world and Pro appears to have the power to process some pretty large data sets now. However it still sluggish on my machine (which has respectable specifications) when compared to other applications in terms of the overall UI. Ability to export to spatialite and geopackage for data interoperability. I hope that provides some ideas for discussion. If there are any questions or if you would like clarification, please let me know. Cheers. ... View more

So far, I like the "idea" of Pro. The way it is structured is closer to other GIS and database applications that I have used and I like where it's headed. At this time though, I do find that there are many of the smaller things that are missing. And while I certainly don't mind using different tools to work on a project (my preferred approach really) some of the awkwardness of how Pro works (i.e. forcing you to save/create a project at the outset) make it difficult to fit into our current work flow easily. So for now I keep an eye on it and occasionally use it for simpler projects and use my other tools for the more advanced ones. Glad to see that ESRI is joining my 64bit family of tools though. ... View more

I agree. This is something that other applications can do so I'm really hoping that ESRI incorporates this into Pro at some point in the near future. ... View more