Latest Contributions by ThomasColson

I'm getting invalid LAT ranges when using ANY data in Arc SDE, Geography Data Type. Perhaps this is ignorance? To reproduce:   Create, in Arc SDE 10.2.2, any SQL version, a polygon feature class with GCS NAD 83 as the coordinate system, Geography as the spatial/storage type. Load ESRI US States Shapefile into the Feature Class using the Arc Catalog "Load" tool; Observe how the States can be previewed in the Arc Catalog preview dialogue; In SSMS, query the table and select "Spatial Results". Note how SSMS shows the US States; If there was invalid geography, SSMS WOULD NOT show the states! Add the same data to Arc Map; I've tried every sql geography validator there is, and this data passes.  There are no latitude values that fall between -90 and 90. Nor are there null latitude values in these data. Tried on numerous computers with SQL native client 10 or 11, same error; Same error on SQL 2008 R2 or 2012 SP2 It seems like ArcMap is pivoting the lat/lon translation? How is this possible?     Either this is a new "feature" of 10.2.2 or I celebrated Columbus Day way to hard and I'm missing something obnoxiously obvious. ... View more

Has anyone gone down the road of a SQL 2008 to 2012 upgrade? I almost exclusively use the Geometry storage format, and SQL 2012 upgrade advisor is complaining about: Warning about client side usage of GEOMETRY, GEOGRAPHY and HIERARCHYID The assembly Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll, which contains the spatial data types, has been upgraded from version 10.0 to version 11.0. Custom applications that reference this assembly may fail when certain conditions are true. I'll naively assume this doesn't affect ArcGIS operations.....? What about doing in in-place-upgrade versus a new install? There are pros and cons to both, the in-place upgrade could fail, and the new install will take forever, In either case, I have good backups of the server the databases, I just want to go with the least-work option. ... View more

Either I'm missing the obvious place where this is documented how-to, or its not possible? I currently  have a GP service on my ArcGIS Server, works great when tied to a Flex Map in a browser. Users can "print" to several formats, either 11 by 17 or 8.5 by 11, using our organizations REQUIRED map template for publishing printed maps. I'm migrating my content to Portal, and would like the same functionality.....users can open a map....and there is a "Print" feature....that enables the user to print to PDF, JPG, etc...using the Map Template I've previously set up. The default "Print" button and its output in Portal is horrible. Is this even possible? ... View more

Either I'm missing the obvious place where this is documented how-to, or its not possible? I currently  have a GP service on my ArcGIS Server, works great when tied to a Flex Map in a browser. Users can "print" to several formats, either 11 by 17 or 8.5 by 11, using our organizations REQUIRED map template for publishing printed maps. I'm migrating my content to Portal, and would like the same functionality.....users can open a map....and there is a "Print" feature....that enables the user to print to PDF, JPG, etc...using the Map Template I've previously set up. The default "Print" button and its output in Portal is horrible. Is this even possible? ... View more