Latest Contributions by MarcSwartz

Dan, Just to let you know, here are the steps we used to Clone the Default Python environment as a non-Admin user. Open a CMD window at C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts as this was the only location where conda would run.  Strange, but it is a very restricted IT environment out of my control. Activate the default python environment C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts>activate arcgispro-py3 Clone the default python environment (arcgispro-py3) C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts>conda create --clone arcgispro-py3 --name C:\Users\YourProfile\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\agp2p7_py3_clone2 After the cloning was done we activated the new clone and installed a python package with pip (arcgispro-py3) C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts>activate C:\Users\YourProfile\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\agp2p7_py3_clone2 (C:\Users\YourProfile\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\agp2p7_py3_clone2) C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts>pip install laspy Note to others:This is a non standard method that happend to work for the restricted IT environment I operate in. The YourProfile is where you need to change to what you use on your computer.  Direct copy and paste will not work. ... View more

Dan, Fixing Software issues is a process of elimination.  You have eliminate one of my question.  Is it a Conda Issue? Answer is No.  You have also mirrored one of my concerns "So I suspect that your clone is missing the administrative stuff that the base environment has"  Thank you for your time and the next path for my investigation. ... View more

First off, Dan thanks for responding! Current Environment In a command window I ran this C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3>"C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts\proenv.bat" then tested with conda --version issue persists Of note:  When I run under an Admin account I do not have this problem, but it is against out IT policy to operate software under an Admin account.  And the Clone I create under an Admin Account is not accessible as a General user (local account?)     ... View more

Great job.  Now others can benefit from having an example available. ... View more

As requested. Enhanced version of the Geoprocessing History's Copy Python Command Existing Format  (example return) arcpy.cartography.AggregatePoints("Multipoint_11", r"C:\00Lidar\LidarProject\LidarProject.gdb\Multipoint_11_AggregatePoint", "10 Feet") New Parameterized Format (example return) in_features = "Multipoint_11" out_feature_class = r"C:\00Lidar\LidarProject\LidarProject.gdb\Multipoint_11_AggregatePoint" aggregation_distance = "10 Feet" arcpy.cartography.AggregatePoints(in_features, out_feature_class, aggregation_distance) This Idea is so obvious.  It enhances usability and adds structure to the Python code.   ... View more

Good luck.  Just curious, what products will you be producing from you Terrain Dataset?  We generated a statewide 10ft grids of elevations and have bare earth points by pyramid from the Terrains for our customer needs.  For CADD we are a Microstation shop and full resolution Lidar is normally to much for it to handle for the size of projects we do.   ... View more

Enhanced version of the Geoprocessing History's Copy Python Command Existing Format  (example return) arcpy.cartography.AggregatePoints("Multipoint_11", r"C:\00Lidar\LidarProject\LidarProject.gdb\Multipoint_11_AggregatePoint", "10 Feet") New Parameterized Format (example return) in_features = "Multipoint_11" out_feature_class = r"C:\00Lidar\LidarProject\LidarProject.gdb\Multipoint_11_AggregatePoint" aggregation_distance = "10 Feet" arcpy.cartography.AggregatePoints(in_features, out_feature_class, aggregation_distance) This Idea is so obvious.  It enhances usability and adds structure to the Python code.   ... View more

Have you looked at the Interpolate From Point Cloud (Data Management) ? ... View more

I feel your pain.  I have generated the Terrain Datasets for each county in North Carolina (100 Counties) from both 2 point per square meter Lidar and 8 point per square meter Lidar.  The Build Terrain tool does NOT honor the parallelProcessingFactor.  Basically it run on one core of a CPU.  Our solution was to run the Build Terrain tool on our server as it has the most reliability, especially from power interruptions.  Yes, it did take weeks, sorry.   My recommendation is to run much smaller areas with a bit of overlap between each area.  And it is sad that this has been an issue form me since 2015 when I first started working with large lidar collections. As far as a good CPU to run on, try to find one with the highest single threaded speed.  google "passmark single thread performance" ... View more

Please do provide a CLI example using (LASTools) las2las.exe going from WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_17N / VCS:WGS_1984 to NAD_1983_StatePlane_Pennsylvania_South_FIPS_3702_Feet / VCS:NAVD88_height_ (Z unit is Ft_US).  Extra credit if you include Geoid 18 ... View more

Mr Swain, It is now November of 2019, has the functionality been made available yet? ... View more