Latest Contributions by MarkHotz

I have created my first Collector app, and it does work well....BUT....I'm wondering if I can use this app to simply update existing features, rather than add a brand new point every time. We have a need to inspect culverts and stormwater discharge points, and this spatial data has already been collected and is currently in our geodatabase.  All we need to do is visit those points and update the database with a fresh inspection once or twice a year. I have created an app but so far all it does is register a point and we can then update that database at that time...but we really don't need this much capability.  My question then is, "can we simply use Collector to navigate to our stormceptor points and then update those existing tables?  How does one do this using Collector?  Is there a "how 2" guide somewhere that explains how to set up and use Collector in this manner? Thanks. ... View more

I just finished creating a series of File Geodatabase feature classes for inclusion into our new enterprise geodatabase next week.  This data will also be used by other GIS staff who need to quickly make a map. However (and I wish I had checked this in a map first) when I add a legend in ArcMap using a feature class with Representations,  I don't just get the name of the feature class...I also get the name of the representation. For example, I have a series of points in a feature class called "Depth Profiles", but the world "Representations: Depth Profiles" also appears in the legend. This is very annoying because the end user is never going to care whether your map is made using Representations in a File Geodatabase or not.  There is a way to remove it, but who wants to go through 4-5 additional steps just to clean up your legend every time you add a layer with Representations to your map?  That too would be very annoying. Is there a quick way to use Representations and not have the name of the representation appear in the legend when one makes a map?  I'm starting to fear that I'm going to have to revisit every File Geodatabase I have created in the past few days and delete all of my Representations.  As it stands, why would any one use representations if you can't turn that annoying characteristic off?  It just as long symbolise one's map the old-fashioned way each time as it does to remove the representation name from one's legend ​. Thanks. ... View more

I'm using ArcGIS 10.4, and have created a mosaic of about 190 TIFF images.  The settings I used are simply building a mosaic, pyramids set to -1, Update Overviews selected, Calculate Statistics turned on, and no compression. The image extents will fit on one screen at about 1:80,000 scale.  The final output looks great, and the resolution is sharp.  However, when I zoom the scale in past 1:5,000, the image then fails to draw, and I get a screen filled with that dreaded checker board pattern.  When I zoom back out the image returns once I pass that 1:5,000 scale threshold. I have not seen any question like this anywhere online, so I thought I would once again turn to the brains here to see what they think.  Would anyone out there know what is causing this, and how it can be rectified, or prevented in the future?  I do not have scale range turned on, and all of the symbology is simply using the default settings.  In fact, I have experimented with various stretch settings under the Symbology tab and none have any affect. Thanks. ... View more