Latest Contributions by DanPatterson_Retired

try putting either side of your OR or AND expression in round brackets ie ( )  Also, I assume that you are selecting rather than typing while you build the expression ... View more

Not sure.... often != is used to represent not equal to ... View more

sorry...misread ... View more

here? http://www.esri.com/apps/products/download/index.cfm?fuseaction=download.all ... View more

Exterior rings are supposed to run clockwise and interior rings (ie donut holes) are supposed to run counterclockwise.  Perhaps the software that you used doesn't conform to that standard or it was just corrupt.  I tend to use the free  DNRGps to do my translations since I use GPS frequently and I have had no issues converting between KML and shapefiles DNR Garmin Application: Minnesota DNR‌ ... View more

Well done...useful for class purposes! ... View more

Haven't tried it, but did you try saving it to your default *.mxd?  This won't solve the problem for existing projects but it may for future ones. ... View more

This can be done within ArcMap for sure.  Have you examined the help files on Mapping and Visualization and its sub-topics.  It will give you an idea on how to work with the data you have, map types, symbology etc ... View more

For grids yes, otherwise, create the polygon, union the result and delete the unwanted portion is perhaps one way to go, otherwise this can all be done in an edit session, but less convenient if you have many areas to "mask" ... View more

he wants the inside removed, which is usually done with Symmetrical Difference, but he only has a basic license ... View more

If the points are within the search tolerance that you specified, they should be found.  There is no harm in trying ... View more

You should move this to the appropriate section of the forum, it is languishing in the middle of nowhere right now ... View more

Can you describe what you are doing and what isn't happening in detail? ... View more

You can make a vector layer from an integer grid...ie the indicator grid that I described above. Explore the help files a bit more ie  ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2)‌ where it indicates that an integer grid is required ... View more