Latest Contributions by RobbWright

Is it possible to request geojson using Esri's generalization routines?  It would be helpful to request the geojson, but without having to download every vertex within the extent. ex:  FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&where= - having an ability to add in generalization? ... View more

I'm adding a Server10 service in ArcGIS.com and am customizing the popup window for one of the layers. That layer has a field with a full URL in it ({IMG_URL} ).  When I add that field to the custom popup dialog box, the result in the popup is the full URL/field value - but it is *not* hyperlinked. When I add the service in and leave the popup window alone/default, the field is hyperlinked with the "More info" link. How can I add the URL field into a customized popup and have the field be hyperlinked? ... View more

Recently ArcGIS.com made an update to the whole system.  One of the changes rolled out is an info popup tool - but unfortunately this has replaced, instead of augmented the ID tool. Previously it was a 2-click process to see the attributes of a feature: click the ID tool, then click on the feature.  Now, with the new version, it take *6* clicks.  Six clicks is already terrible, but how you do it now isn't even intuitive: 1) click on "Details" 2) click on the "show contents of map" icon 3) click on the map service to expand the layers 4) click the little arrow next to the layer you want to query 5) click "enable popup" 6) back on the map, click on the feature you want information about I haven't seen any settings in the map service setup (10, sp1) that can "enable popups" by default - if that existed then we could make popups appear in two clicks again. ... View more