Hello Rob,
I am happy to hear you have decided to move forward with your parcel editing technology. You should find it relatively easy to migrate from coverages to the parcel fabric from quality and conceptual aspects. Moving forward from the old ArcEdit and learning to edit parcels in ArcMap required a learning period, but I am sure you will find it more efficient and productive once you have mastered it. Many users have performed similar analysis prior to migrating to ArcGIS and are currently successfully using the parcel editor to maintain their parcels. We are always interested to get feedback in order to improve our software.
Here are a few recommendations\observations:Amir
- When you open a tech support incident, please be sure to inform the technical analyst your issue has to do with the Parcel Editor toolbar\Parcel Fabric. This will not only get categorized properly but also be addressed and reviewed by the right person.
- You�??re inability to start construction from the plan directory is most likely to do with having an open parcel �?? use the Parcel Detail window and make sure to use the red X button before starting a new construction. Another reason might be having parcels that point to a plan that does not exist (most unlikely - this will not happen if you follow best practice). The best thing to do would be to contact tech support and provide a screen shot that shows which tools are disabled. It would also be good to know if you can edit other fabrics, such as the Tax Editing Map from the resource center in order to figure out if this issue is data related.
- Joining is all about getting the correct links established. The links ensure correct topology. If you miss links your topology will not be correct and you might see slicers and gaps. Any line point that is more than 100 cm (3.3 feet) from a line will not be snapped to the line (leaving a gap) �?? can be change in the registry. If you intend to run adjustment (LSA), it is irrelevant which join mode you are using as LSA is using your record measurements and accuracy to find the best position (a solution with minimal weighted residuals). Joining is about TOPOLOGY. LSA is about ACCURACY.
- Before migrating to the fabric read and follow the data migration white paper (http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/loading_data_parcel_fabric.pdf). If you import data that has bad record measurements (COGO), you should expect to encounter issues when you join and\or run LSA.
- Slivers are usually an indication you missed links. Submit the data to tech support if you feel you found a bug in the system and we can have a look and provide recommendations. You will also find in the next release (10.1) improved functionality to generate the links and the ability to bend �??straight�?� lines if they are joined to a bent line.
- QA (�??three lines of defense�?�): After you COGO a new parcel make sure it has a reasonable closure (QA1 �?? identify bad COGO on entry), then examine the residuals during join (QA2 �?? identify issues with surrounding parcels or new parcel) and lastly, if you run adjustment, you can identify lines with big residuals (blunders).
- Use the latest release (currently 10.0 SP4). We continue improving our software between releases and every service pack is geared to fix bugs as well as improve the functionality. Since you are preforming your analysis now, release 10.1 is a few months away and you can test it if you join the beta program.
- Following best practices would put you on the right pass. If your neighbor county opts to edit parcels outside of the fabric, and freely move boundaries around, not only do they make the process highly inefficient, but introduce errors and future challenges (easily seen after the next high resolution imagery is acquired and compared against the parcels).
- If you are seeing a scale of 0.77 it indicate you have issues with you measurements and\or joining process. The scale factor should be around the ground to grid value.
- Many counties are using the parcel fabric to manage their parcel data which contains complex geometries. There are many resources available, from the tutorials in the help documentation to videos that demonstrate how to work with the software.
- Please submit a tech support with your data and screenshots of the issues you are having and we will be happy to examine them.