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Is there any limit how much KB/MB single response from ArcGis Online can be?

GridicsEngineering — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:00:44 GMT

Hi community,

I have the following issue.

I'm trying to get this item https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/3DHP_all/MapServer/60/query?where=featuretype%3D4+AND+OBJECTID+IN+%287143493%29&text=&objectIds=&time=&timeRelation=esriTimeRelationOverlaps&geometry=&geometryType=esriGeometryEnvelope&inSR=&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&distance=&units=esriSRUnit_Foot&relationParam=&outFields=*&returnGeometry=true&returnTrueCurves=false&maxAllowableOffset=&geometryPrecision=3&outSR=4326&havingClause=&returnIdsOnly=false&returnCountOnly=false&orderByFields=&groupByFieldsForStatistics=&outStatistics=&returnZ=false&returnM=false&gdbVersion=&historicMoment=&returnDistinctValues=false&resultOffset=&resultRecordCount=1000&returnExtentOnly=false&sqlFormat=none&datumTransformation=&parameterValues=&rangeValues=&quantizationParameters=&featureEncoding=esriDefault&f=html and all the time I'm getting an error "Error performing query operation"

But when I set "Geometry Precision" as 3, then it starts works: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/3DHP_all/MapServer/60/query?where=featuretype%3D4+AND+OBJECTID+IN+%287143493%29&text=&objectIds=&time=&timeRelation=esriTimeRelationOverlaps&geometry=&geometryType=esriGeometryEnvelope&inSR=&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&distance=&units=esriSRUnit_Foot&relationParam=&outFields=*&returnGeometry=true&returnTrueCurves=false&maxAllowableOffset=&geometryPrecision=&outSR=4326&havingClause=&returnIdsOnly=false&returnCountOnly=false&orderByFields=&groupByFieldsForStatistics=&outStatistics=&returnZ=false&returnM=false&gdbVersion=&historicMoment=&returnDistinctValues=false&resultOffset=&resultRecordCount=&returnExtentOnly=false&sqlFormat=none&datumTransformation=&parameterValues=&rangeValues=&quantizationParameters=&featureEncoding=esriDefault&f=html

For me, it's an issue, as it looks like I'll never be able to get "original" geometry.

Does someone know if there is a max body size ArcGis can return?

Re: Is there any limit how much KB/MB single response from ArcGis Online can be?

CodyPatterson — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:28:31 GMT

Hey @GridicsEngineering

Looking through the console logs and network using browser tools, I can't see anything immediately wrong, but what I can see is that I was able to set the Geometry Precision to 4 if I had changed the query to "featuretype=4 AND OBJECTID = 7143493", from my view this looks like it's a limitation on the data that could be returned from the server side of things. When changing the precision, I think it's just adding too much information to be returned, is there a smaller body of water you could test with?

I'd reach out to the Maps and Mapping support email they have on their page, it may be something they can change: https://answers.usgs.gov/

Cody

Re: Is there any limit how much KB/MB single response from ArcGis Online can be?

GridicsEngineering — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:34:47 GMT

Hi @CodyPatterson ,

Yeah, smaller waterbodies can be returned even in chunks of 1000 of them. My challenge is those shapes with a huge set of geometry (POINTS)