Latest Contributions by CraigWilliams

With Python, VBScript, and JScript expressions, the field values always passed through the field formatting of the layer and were brought into the label expression as strings. While that achieved your desired effect in this case, it caused problems in other scenarios where some expected raw field values. It also caused problems for portability as cases like feature services, web maps, and feature-linked annotation lacked the layer formatting. For Arcade, we made a conscious decision to pass the feature itself into the expression with raw field values. This itself is quite powerful as it provides access to geometry and arithmetic operations can be performed on raw data values. As Wendy Harrison‌ noted above, we have documented the difference in behavior here from the very introduction of Arcade. In future releases, we'll be revisiting layer field formatting with the goal of greater portability and look at whether we can default Arcade expressions on field insert to match field formatting in appearance much like we do for coded value domains. ... View more

This should not be occurring on MXD import and is something we would like to look at. The best path for that would be to submit an issue to Esri support services. ... View more

The annotation model in ArcGIS Pro has been updated to take advantage of the updated symbolization and text capabilities in ArcGIS Pro. ArcMap doesn't support all these capabilities and any attempt at supporting the format in ArcMap would result in potential for lost data, which could be seen as data corruption by some. For that reason, we've decided to make a clean break between formats. We'll be supporting this new annotation model through more of the ArcGIS Platform in the future starting with ArcGIS Runtime. ... View more

Text is drawn in screen units defined in points in ArcGIS.  An 8 pt font is 8 pts at any scale unless a reference scale is set (of the text is part of annotation that has a reference scale).  You can mimic real-world sizes with a reference scale and a simple formula: outputPoints = (mapUnitsInches * 72) / scale In your case, if you want a piece of text to be a foot high at say a scale like 1:1000.  Convert feet to inches, so 12 in this case.  A point is 1/72 of a inch, you multiple by that.  Then divide it by the scale denominator. outputPoints = (12 * 72) / 1000 outputPoints = .864pts Note that the size of the text block will be 1 foot on the ground.  Letters themselves are often smaller than their block height and you may need to compensate for this if you're expecting a capital letter to be 1 foot. ... View more

The label engine approach for spreading point labels is challenging when you also want to label those points.  Basically the moved points and the labels will both be placed by the label engine and conflict with each other for position.  An alternative approach is to use the Disperse markers tool to move the point features and then label them: Disperse Markers—Help | ArcGIS Desktop  ... View more

We'll be improving the printing user experience in a future release. At this point, we hope to address this issue and have a better connection between the printer and layout experience including showing printer page boundaries. ... View more

1. I started as a business major (yuck) and found Geography as a major. I loved it an never looked back. I especially like the mix of cartography and computer science that my job allows 2. Since my job is mostly software related, I'm most proud of ArcGIS Pro and being involved in it since the beginning. 3. San Serriffe 4. I take pride in shipping cartographic software and helping our users make better maps with our software. ... View more

Can you provide more information about how you're bringing this data into Google Earth? As a service?  Exported as KML? ... View more

I'll pass this on to the raster development team, thank you. ... View more

The ArcGIS Online geocoding supports intersections. For more information, see Geocoding and Place Search | ArcGIS for Developers  ... View more

Custom is available in ArcGIS Pro raster symbology. I think the above post is pointing out an issue with the functionality. ... View more

Patrick, it sounds like you may be running into a software bug. I recommend contacting support services to have this case evaluated as custom statistics and loading of statistics should be working properly. ... View more

Your lines are vector or are they part of the raster? It sounds like you may be looking at raster data. ... View more

A large number of representation capabilities have existed in ArcGIS Pro since version 1.0 for standard feature layers. For instance, the symbol model incorporates geometric effects and marker placements and has a similar structure to representations. Field based overrides are available and have extended capabilities with expressions (see Attribute-driven symbology—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  for more info). Our approach moving forward will be to add capabilities to feature layers rather than continuing with the representation model. We plan to improve the migration from representations in a future release.  So what's missing?: Primarily some editing tool capabilities, marker editing, and shape overrides. Editing tool enhancements are in the product plan. For marker editing, we've gone down the path of promoting import of graphics from SVG and modifying (e.g. color / rotation) after import. Shape overrides are something we're still evaluating. ... View more