Latest Contributions by MichaelVolz

It would be great if python could identify curves in polylines and polygons with the describe function.  I have several applications where curves (Bezier curves) need to be densified for the tools (widgets) in the applications to work correctly.  When processing this data it would be nice to be able to log all the features that needed to be densified because they had Bezier curves, especially if a feature caused the processing tool to crash so I would be able to focus in quickly on the problematic geometry. In the forums people have suggested to convert the feature class to a shapefile first and then compare the original feature class to the shapefile to identify the curves, but this is a cumbersome process that seems like it could be simplified if the Bezier curves could just be identified in the original feature class. ... View more

It would be great if python could identify curves in polylines and polygons with the describe function.  I have several applications where curves (Bezier curves) need to be densified for the tools (widgets) in the applications to work correctly.  When processing this data it would be nice to be able to log all the features that needed to be densified because they had Bezier curves, especially if a feature caused the processing tool to crash so I would be able to focus in quickly on the problematic geometry. In the forums people have suggested to convert the feature class to a shapefile first and then compare the original feature class to the shapefile to identify the curves, but this is a cumbersome process that seems like it could be simplified if the Bezier curves could just be identified in the original feature class. ... View more

To All ArcGIS API for JavaScript Users and Developers: I have been informed that HTML5 samples are bundled in with the Javascript API.  As such, can anyone point me to a good template that can be used as a starting point for a parcel-based viewer application? It would be great if this template could begin as just a configurable application that a developer could later modify to fit my organization's specific business needs and database models. Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks. ... View more

To All ArcGIS Server and Python Users: I have been working with generating and updating caches in v10.  I have found that if I create a cache with 6 instances, I can generate a county wide cache of a complex vector cache in about 45 minutes.  For maximum performance while in use with a web application, I reduce the instances to 1 minimum and 2 maximum.  As such, when I update this cache in areas that have changed over the past 3 months, it takes over 2 hours since I am now only using 2 instances even though the entire cache is not being regenerated. I would like to be able to use python in a scheduled task to stop the mapservice, change the minimum and maximum instances to 5 and 6, start the mapservice again and then just regenerate the cache since it is quicker than updating only specific areas (In addition, the python code to regenerate an entire cache is much simpler than the code to trap the areas where layers in the mapservice have changed since the last cache).  Once the cache is regenerated, I would then stop the service again, change the minimum and maximum instances to 1 and 2, and start the mapservice again. Is this functionality available for python with ArcMap v10.0? ... View more

To All ArcSDE Users: I have a feature class in SDE that I open up and see that the records are not sorted by the ObjectID field in ArcCatalog.  I thought this was the default field that ArcCatalog uses to sort SDE records when a feature class table is first opened in ArcCatalog. What would cause an SDE feature class table not to be sorted by ObjectID by default? Additional information: This feature class has records appended to it from a join between another SDE feature class and a table in SQL Server 2005 that have common fields that are used for the join.  These records are appended on a daily basis. ... View more