Latest Contributions by DanPatterson_Retired

Frank...unfortunately it doesn't print to other IDE's output...don't use console...too dark and gloomy and reminds me of the old DOS days ... View more

Version 10 does allow for the use of Python ... View more

It just needs to be present on the computer.  It need not be running but arcpy needs to be imported which means it must be on the computer.  gp.Addmessage statements need to be replaced with print statements.  The following is an example ''' CreatePolyDemo.py Demonstrates calculating various properties for polygons ''' import arcpy pnt = arcpy.Point() triangle = [[0,0],[0,1],[1,0]] square = [[0,0],[0,1],[1,1],[1,0]] rectangle = [[0,0],[0,1],[2,1],[2,0]] polygons = [triangle, square, rectangle] labels = ["Triangle", "Square", "Rectangle"] array = arcpy.Array() polys = [] for i in range(len(polygons)):   a_poly = polygons   print "\n", labels," Coordinates: ", a_poly   for pair in a_poly:     pnt.X = pair[0]     pnt.Y = pair[1]     array.add(pnt)     print " X %20.16f  Y %20.16f" % (pnt.X, pnt.Y)   array.add(array.getObject(0))   poly = arcpy.Polygon(array)   print "Polygon properties:"   print " area %20.16f\n length %s" % (poly.area, poly.length)   print " centroid %s\n true centroid %s " % (poly.centroid, poly.trueCentroid)   print " first point %s\n last point %s " % (poly.firstPoint, poly.lastPoint)   print " extent %s " % (poly.extent)   print " hull %s\n " % (poly.hullRectangle)   array.removeAll()   polys.append(poly) ... View more

Thanks Chris and Ted...but to carry on with Chris's Latin theme and to pass the torch to JB... Quieta non movere Quisque comoedum est ( Don't rock the boat ) (Everybody is a comedian) Ciao ... View more

Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur (Anything said in Latin sounds profound) ... View more

Ted and see that roughly 75% want one, that counts for something, and there are 2 people against that are from Esri. So, whether Esri gets a vote, either keeps as is or the 75% goes up. No one who has comments, except for JB works for ESRI so I would suspect that any voting is from the users, myself included. Also, it is the NON-vote that is more important, should we treat those as abstaining from the issue or should we cast them into the pile to leave things as they are???  Those figures suggest a different outcome. ... View more

as of Nov 1, 491 view, 31 votes...what is up?  an indication of the confusion/lack of interest...kill General Anything... and make people commit to a forum thread...geoprocessing is geoprocessing not mapping or spatial analyst etc etc..  Import arcpy from Pythonwin or you favourite IDE, SA is there, so is the mapping stuff...I don't want to have a specific Python forum if it is going to be filled with SA stuff, since it should be in the SA forum...since SA is the issue/focus and Python is only ONE of the solutions. Sorry...I feel like I am backing up over the deer to finish off this thread (hunting season here).  The ball is in the "JB court"... ... View more

check this blog and see if it applies to your situation http://blogs.esri.com/dev/blogs/imagery/archive/2010/09/07/why-does-my-hillshade-look-different-when-i-use-a-tool-vs-a-function_3f00_.aspx ... View more

help files  9.1  http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.1/index.cfm?TopicName=welcome 9.2  http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=welcome 9.3  http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=welcome 10   http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html?TopicName=welcome search using pathdistance would show the differences, I don't have the 9.0 help file links anymore ... View more

is the map projected? (ie UTM, state plane?) are the x, y units the same as the Z values? (ie meters, feet) ... View more

Python forum wingnut ..... Clip tool forum wingnut... ...beginning to see a pattern  :0   good example!!! but we don't think of you that way Chris ... View more

I suspect that cell statistics (mean) enforces floating point division to avoid what you have observed ... View more

It is referred to as integer division and is common in most programming languages, also, it is described in the help files. http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009z0000008r000000.htm ... View more

Chris 's not critical... But if Jim has a magic wand to do that sort of thing, by all means. That is exactly what I hope wouldn't happen. ... View more

No ... for all the reasons in the No section.  Tags need to be implemented...in a Borg system, the post could be scanned for relevant tags and the appropriate forum suggested.  Most people aren't that sentient and will continue to post in the General forum (ie field calculator Python issues) or in the GP forum.  But anyway it is the posting that is the problem not the forum splits and/or aggregations.  I would vote for removing any General forum altogether ... View more