Latest Contributions by MarkJohnson

‎05-18-2016

Thanks for the replies, I ended up rewriting the script so it checks if a form is open and if it is it writes the GPS data to a custom form page "GPS" which I'm adding to all my edit forms, otherwise it assumes I'm moving an existing point and uses the selected record approach. The code is really inefficient and I ran into some other issues but it's working at a basic level. Rebecca's reply mentioning Application.UserProperties that I hadn't discovered yet gives me a whole other way to approach this that I'll attempt later when I have some time. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ArcPad compiled="true"> <APPLET name="GPS_Metadata2"> <SYSTEMOBJECTS> <GPS onAverageStop="Call GPSMetadata"/> </SYSTEMOBJECTS> </APPLET> <SCRIPT language="VBScript"> Option Explicit Sub GPSMetadata ' Main routine to add GPS metadata from the NMEA string to edit layers configured with GPS attributes. ' Set variables Dim editPointLayer, editLineLayer 'Get edit layers Set editPointLayer = Map.EditLayer(1) Set editLineLayer = Map.EditLayer(2) 'If there is an edit point layer, add/update GPS metadata if EDITFORM open or selected feature If Not (editPointLayer Is Nothing) Then ' If the EDITFORM is open, assume creating a new point and fill in form and update GPS fields values If editPointLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Mode = 3 Then Call FillGPSForm(editPointLayer) ' If EDITFORM is not open but the edit point layer has a feature currently selected update GPS fields values ElseIf editPointLayer.Name = Map.SelectionLayer.Name Then ' Application.StatusBar.Text = "The edit point layer matches the selection layer" Call UpdateGPSFields(editPointLayer) End If End If 'If there is an edit line layer, add/update GPS metadata if EDITFORM open or selected feature If Not (editLineLayer Is Nothing) Then ' This won't work because form isn't open until after drawing a new polyline If editLineLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Mode = 3 Then Call FillGPSForm(editLineLayer) ' If EDITFORM is not open but the edit line layer has a feature currently selected update GPS fields values ElseIf edit LineLayer.Name = Map.SelectionLayer.Name Then ' Application.StatusBar.Text = "The edit line layer matches the selection layer" Call UpdateGPSFields(editLineLayer) End If End If End Sub Sub FillGPSForm(editLayer) ' Populates GPS attributes values and the open form ' Use when creating a new feature and the EDITFORM is open ' Testing showed values not updating if attributes are on the active form page, hence the overkill with forms and values ' Define variables Dim f, fCount For Each f in editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Fields Select Case Ucase(f.name) Case "GPS_QUAL" ' Application.StatusBar.Text = GPS.Properties("QUALITY") f.Value = GPS.Properties("QUALITY") editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_QUAL").Value = GPS.Properties("QUALITY") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_SATS" ' Application.StatusBar.Text = GPS.Properties("SATS_USED") f.Value = GPS.Properties("SATS_USED") editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_SATS").Value = GPS.Properties("SATS_USED") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_X" f.Value = GPS.x editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_X").Value = GPS.x fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_Y" f.Value = GPS.y editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_Y").Value = GPS.y fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_Z" f.Value = GPS.Z editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_Z").Value = GPS.Z fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_LAT" f.Value = GPS.Latitude editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_LAT").Value = GPS.Latitude fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_LONG" f.Value = GPS.Longitude editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_LONG").Value = GPS.Longitude fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_ALT" f.Value = GPS.Altitude editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_ALT").Value = GPS.Altitude fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_PDOP" f.Value = GPS.Properties("PDOP") editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_PDOP").Value = GPS.Properties("PDOP") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_HDOP" f.Value = GPS.Properties("HDOP") editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_HDOP").Value = GPS.Properties("HDOP") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_VDOP" f.Value = GPS.Properties("VDOP") editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_VDOP").Value = GPS.Properties("VDOP") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_DGPS" f.Value = GPS.Properties("DIFF_ID") editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_DGPS").Value = GPS.Properties("DIFF_ID") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_DIFF" f.Value = GPS.Properties("DIFF_AGE") editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_DIFF").Value = GPS.Properties("DIFF_AGE") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_TIME" f.Value = FormatDateTime(GPS.Properties ("UTC"), vbLongTime) editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_TIME").Value = FormatDateTime(GPS.Properties ("UTC"), vbLongTime) fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_DATE" f.Value = FormatDateTime(GPS.Properties ("UTC"), vbShortDate) editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_DATE").Value = FormatDateTime(GPS.Properties ("UTC"), vbShortDate) fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_T_LOC" f.Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbLongTime) editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_T_LOC").Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbLongTime) fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_D_LOC" f.Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbShortDate) editLayer.Forms("EDITFORM").Pages.Item("GPS").Controls("txtGPS_D_LOC").Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbShortDate) fCount = fCount + 1 End Select Next End Sub Sub UpdateGPSFields(selLayer) ' Updates GPS attributes for the selected editable feature ' Use when updating the position of an existing feature with GPS ("move to GPS") ' Define variables Dim f, fCount, objRS ' Get the currently selected record from the edit layer Set objRS = selLayer.Records objRS.Bookmark = Map.SelectionBookmark For Each f in objRS.Fields Select Case Ucase(f.name) Case "GPS_QUAL" ' Application.StatusBar.Text = GPS.Properties("QUALITY") f.Value = GPS.Properties("QUALITY") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_SATS" ' Application.StatusBar.Text = GPS.Properties("SATS_USED") f.Value = GPS.Properties("SATS_USED") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_X" f.Value = GPS.x fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_Y" f.Value = GPS.y fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_Z" f.Value = GPS.Z fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_LAT" f.Value = GPS.Latitude fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_LONG" f.Value = GPS.Longitude fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_ALT" f.Value = GPS.Altitude fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_PDOP" f.Value = GPS.Properties("PDOP") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_HDOP" f.Value = GPS.Properties("HDOP") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_VDOP" f.Value = GPS.Properties("VDOP") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_DGPS" f.Value = GPS.Properties("DIFF_ID") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_DIFF" f.Value = GPS.Properties("DIFF_AGE") fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_TIME" f.Value = FormatDateTime(GPS.Properties ("UTC"), vbLongTime) fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_DATE" f.Value = FormatDateTime(GPS.Properties ("UTC"), vbShortDate) fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_T_LOC" f.Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbLongTime) fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_D_LOC" f.Value = FormatDateTime(Now, vbShortDate) fCount = fCount + 1 End Select Next ' Update the record objRS.Update End Sub </SCRIPT> </ArcPad>

‎03-29-2016

I downloaded 10.2.3 for evaluation and am seeing two issues with the ArcPad System Camera on my HP Stream 7 tablet (Windows 8.1): The best resolution I can seem to get is 640x480 even though the camera settings say it's set to 1280x720. If I take a photo with the Windows photo app the photos are 1600x1200. I had set up my ArcPad projects for portrait orientation but then when trying to take a photo the camera is always rotated 90°, I have to turn the tablet longways to get the photo to orient correctly and fill the screen. I see the settings options for 0° or 180° but not 90°. I've tested with the camera on the QuickCapture toolbar and a related table for photos built into my project, same results. In the Options I have the camera quality turned up all the way.

‎03-24-2016

I've been working with Jeff LeProwse's AddXYZ+ applet to record GPS metadata with each point collected. I'm at the point where I'm in over my head as far as figuring out the coding. I've set up ArcPad 10.2.2 to average 30 seconds of observations per point. Problems with the script: 1. The applet uses onFeatureAdded which means the GPS metadata is recorded when OK is pressed to create the new point and not when the GPS finishes collecting the coordinates. So if you stand in the road for 30 seconds while the GPS collects the point and then move to the side of the road for 5 minutes filling in forms and press OK the GPS metadata is recorded for wherever you were standing at that moment, not out in the road. 2. For existing points the GPS metadata is updated onFeatureUpdated regardless of whether GPS is used to update the position. If the GPS is enabled and I move a point with the mouse the GPS metadata will update. To get around this I've gone to calling the applet on GPS onAverageStop, which works when moving existing points, but doesn't for new points because there isn't an existing RecordSet to update(?) so I think populating the open EditForm is the way to go but can't get the code to work. Summary: I'd like the script to record GPS metadata at the moment the GPS finishes averaging and records the position when adding new points with AddGPSPoint and moving existing points with MovePointToGPS only. Also needs to factor in the possibility of toggling between editing several point layers and a polyline layer with the QuickCapture toolbar. Some code (which doesn't work): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ArcPad compiled="true"> <APPLET name="AddXYZ+_RCE_fields"> <SYSTEMOBJECTS> <GPS onAverageStop="Call UpdateGPSFields"/> </SYSTEMOBJECTS> </APPLET> <SCRIPT language="VBScript">Option Explicit Sub UpdateGPSFields 'Define attributes Dim MyCoordSys, objRS, f, strMessage, fCount, objForm, editPointLayer 'Get current edit point layer Set editPointLayer = Map.EditLayer(1) 'Get current edit point layer EDITFORM Set objForm = editPointLayer.Forms("EditForm") 'Check to see if the EDITFORM is open (3) 'If not open, assume Move to GPS operation on selected point If objForm.Mode = 3 Then Application.StatusBar.Text = "EDITFORM is open" Else 'Get current coordinate system Set MyCoordSys = Application.Map.CoordinateSystem 'Get the RecordSet of the currently selected feature's layer 'SelectionLayer returns layer of currently selected feature Set objRS = Map.Selectionlayer.Records 'Bookmark the currently selected record objRS.Bookmark = ThisEvent.Bookmark 'Check if the current shape is a point If Right(objRS.Fields.ShapeType, 1) = 1 Then 'Check what the coordinate system is If MyCoordSys.GeographicName = "GCS_WGS_1984" Then 'Loop through the current layer's fields For Each f in objRS.Fields Select Case Ucase(f.name) Case "GPS_X" f.Value = GPS.x fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_Y" f.Value = GPS.y fCount = fCount + 1 Case "GPS_LAT" f.Value = GPS.Latitude fCount = fCount + 1 ...

‎02-21-2014

I am new to using the X-Ray tool but it seems to be replacing apostrophes from any Description items I write in Excel with spaces. I do Edit > Datasets... and fill in the Description cells in Excel. If I put something in like Mark's rating and then import the XML to a FGDB and look at the metadata it reads Mark s rating. If I update the XML from the FGDB and Edit > Datasets... again it appears as Mark s rating in Excel. I tried using two apostrophes (Mark''s) in case it was some kind of escape character thing in Excel but that just turns into 2 spaces. ArcGIS 10.2 (no SP) Excel 2007

‎10-19-2011

I would like to use a python script to add a topology and its associated layers to a map document and update the associated layers' symbology with a lyr file. I can figure out which layers go with the topology using Describe, but am getting errors trying to add the topology itself to the map: >>> mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") >>> df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd,"Layers")[0] >>> arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df,"tile_110og_Topology","BOTTOM") Runtime error <type 'exceptions.AssertionError'>: Is this even possible? Thanks Mark

‎03-04-2011

Hi Brynda, Here's how I'm (attempting) to do this: First off, I have a plats polygon layer with a unique ID field PLAT_ID and all my attributes that I do a spatial join with my parcels to assign the plat attributes to each parcel. (I generate PLAT_ID from OBJECTID) I add PLANNAME to parcels and calculate it = PLAT_ID. In my empty fabric, I add my plats fields to the Plans table. After importing parcels into the fabric, I create a table view of the Plans table and join it to the original Plats layer by PLAT_ID. Calculate each Plats field into the fields you created in the Plans table. Calculate over the PLAT_ID values in NAME with your actual plat names. Maybe there's a way to do some sort of append to the Plans view instead of manually recreating the fields like I did? Mark Johnson GIS Specialist Summit County Fiscal Office

‎10-07-2010

I have mosaiced several thousand orthophotos into a county-wide raster dataset (120 GB with JPG2000 compression) in SDE, except I "over-mosaiced" a bit and need to remove a 2500'x2500' area. It's been my experience that ArcGIS chokes on exporting anything bigger than about a township (and even that takes like 4 hours), so I don't know if Clip is a good choice here. My next thought is to somehow replace all the pixels in that area with NoData values by mosaicing a TIFF full of NoData values on top of area, but am not sure how to go about that. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks Mark

‎07-13-2010

There's an arcscript called Vertex Line Symbol that lets you symbolize your vertices. Don't know if it works with 10. Would be nice if it was built-in.

‎04-19-2010

JSAPI newbie here... I have a dynamic service with a raster catalog layer, a couple annotation layers, and a line layer. I need to display only one map page at a time so I set up a definition query (filter) with setLayerDefinitions. Next I need to zoom to the extent of the filtered raster, but the only options I can find for the extent are for the initial and full extents. Am I going to need to do some sort of additional query to select the raster to get its geometry and do a "zoom to selected" or is there some property of the layer definition I'm not seeing? Thanks Mark

‎02-24-2010

I needed to clip several annotation layers so I used the Batch option on the Analysis -> Clip tool to build a task clipping 3 annotation layers. Everything seemed to run fine, except the resulting layers display nothing in ArcMap. There are features in the attribute table that appear the same as the original layer but nothing draws. I went back and individually clipped the layers and the Clip1 layers display as expected. I don't know if there's a bug in the batch part or if I messed it up somewhere, I've been successfully batch clipping "regular" layers all morning.

‎02-09-2010

Just noticed in the web help for the env class: http://help.esri.com/EN/ArcGISDesktop/9.4/Help/index.html#//000V00000129000000.htm The description of rasterStatistics is repeated for referenceScale directly below it.

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Latest Contributions by MarkJohnson

Re: Script to record GPS metadata?

ArcPad 10.2.3 system camera testing

Script to record GPS metadata?

X-Ray for ArcCatalog turning apostrophes into spaces

Add topology to map document using python?

Re: Importing information into the Plan Directory (Description Field)

Best way to remove a small part of a huge raster dataset?

Re: ability to show vertices from features permantently

How to get extent of map service filtered with a layer definition?

Batch clipping annotation unexpected results

Error in env help document

Script to record GPS metadata?