topic Re: hyperlinks to multiple images for a single point feature in shape file in Mapping Questions

hyperlinks to multiple images for a single point feature in shape file

sesun — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:19:37 GMT

Hi,
I was able to hyperlink the "ground truth" photos to a shape file(point features).
What is the best way to add hyperlinks to multiple images that correspond to a single point
feature, without duplicating the feature with different OIDs.
Thanks in advance,
Sesu

Re: hyperlinks to multiple images for a single point feature in shape file

JonathanQuinn — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:04:40 GMT

If it pertains to your workflow, have you thought about using attachments? You'll need ArcEditor or ArcInfo, but you can attach multiple images to a single feature. The feature class needs to be a in a file geodatabase, and the images will be stored in the file geodatabase along with the data. If you need to use hyperlinks, you can create multiple fields to store the links, and then use the Identify tool instead of the Hyperlink tool.

Re: hyperlinks to multiple images for a single point feature in shape file

ChristophFischer — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:53:18 GMT

Hi,
if you want to use the hyperlink tool you could create a simple HTML file for each object in your shapefile. In this HTML file you create links to your multiple images. Then you create the hyperlink to the HTML-file like you've done it before

Examplse:

[HTML]<html>
<body>
<a href="image1.jpg">image1</a>
<a href="image2.jpg">image2</a>
</body>
</html>[/HTML]

Hope it helps

Christoph