Latest Contributions by TedCronin

Its there already.  Cool, less hassle. ... View more

Should be a doc on Plug Ins Settings, or be found with a search.  Doc does not describe much, perhaps this is still being worked on, nothing in help that I found for Plug In Settings, there was a Plug In Preference, but nothing mentioned for Server Address, Port, etc.. ... View more

If I do a search for Plug Ins, the doc is kinda weak.  Two listings, and one is the vocabulary page.  BTW, If I click on the vocab page, I would expect, to be taken to the Definition, and currently, I have to scroll to the location. Need more doc for plug ins, samples? ... View more

Overall, I would say that the "Data Driven Pages" Tools are a pretty good first attempt at map production and automation.  I think that several will agree that some of the functionality of DSMapBook is Absolutely Necessary to make Data Driven Pages 100%.  In my opinion, some of the critical functionality still required are: 1.  The Map Book TOC panel.  I find this MUCH easier to navigate than a small toolbar with arrows.  Most often I have ~175 pages in a map book.  Scrolling up and down in a list is much easier than clicking left/right or typing in (guessing) at a number.  Also, in the panel you can manipulate each individual page.  In many instances I don't want to print/export every page. I just click off the ones I don't want.  you can also print/export one single page. 2.  Labeling Neighbor tiles is much easier.  No GeoProcessing tools are needed to add fields to your index layer for dynamic labeling.  It Just works. 3.  Select Tile When Drawing.  SUPER handy when you want to highlight just the boundary of that page. 4.  Supressing tiles that don't contain data from specific layers.  Many times I'll do a definition query on a layer to show only specific features (i.e. Show me only FEMA flood zones AE).  Then create map series pages for only those tiles.  Easy as Pie in DSMapbook.  Can't do w/ data driven pages. 5.  Export each individual page to it's own PDF.  This is really handy when you want to link to a pdf on a website.  Also, a PDF of 175 tiles at 15MB each can make one heck of a large PDF File. Overall, I think that Data Driven Pages show promise, but still have some ways to go.  Oh, I would say that I do REALLY like Dynamic Text Labeling.  Great added feature! I am one that agrees with Andrew, in that DDP has a way to go. ... View more

Does anyone know if ArcGIS honors MSSQL relationships that are not built in SDE? How about general MSSQL column types. In the grand scheme I think SDE limits the types to few where MSSQL choices are many. I would like to see ArcSDE and MSSQL make use of dbms for non spatial data, i.e. a parcel feature class (SDE) related to CAMA data (non SDE) without having to build a spatial view. You may want to look into query layers.  These are layers you create using fields that are spatial in nature, but not sde.  How about relationship classes based on Assessment Numbers, or build a database view in SQL,  and join interactively with an MXD.  Are you trying to edit the CAMA data inside of ArcGIS, and having to work with all of the sde based tables and how the data crosses between the different databases?  Or are you just wanting to use CAMA tables with GIS data? ... View more

So, Its one less thing to log, YEAH. ... View more