Latest Contributions by JoeFlannery

Ruth: I published my raster, which is stored on ArcGIS Server in a file geodatabase, as an Image Service.  I added the image service to my AGX and, as Mark mentions, I enabled Pop Contents and was able to see the raster pixel value returned to me.  The key for me was to publish the raster by itself as an image service. Joe ... View more

Stephen: Yes, you do need a .prj file if you expect ArcGIS Explorer (or ArcMap) to reproject your data on the fly.  If you are using ArcMap, you can find prj files here:  C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Coordinate Systems\   Alternatively, if you do not have a prj file with your shapefile "triplet", you could change the map projection in AGX to match the projection of the shapefile. See attached zip file for the projection file you are looking for. ... View more

James: In my opinion, those are rather large data sets.  Have you tried using a file geodatabase instead of shapefiles.  ESRI has told me that FGDB is more efficient, thus faster.  Or, export your datasets from ArcMap as a Layer Package.  That process creates file geodatabases.  Also, you may want to delete unused/unnecessary attribute fields.  Use optimized symbology for the export to layer package. ... View more

Andriy: We upgraded our ArcGIS Server to v10 and now attributes are returned to the end-user from our WMS map services. ... View more

This limitation persists in AGX 1500. ... View more

Mr. Morris: Out of curiosity, why do you want to tap REST endpoints instead of SOAP resources?  What's the difference to the end-user in ArcMap? ... View more

Sofia: Have you seen ESRI's Batch Define Coordinate System python script in the Samples Toolbox for ArcMap? http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=30873 ... View more

Mark: I was successful in ArcGIS 10 using: # Overwrite pre-existing files arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True In Python, I think that upper/lower-case text makes a difference in successful coding. ... View more

Ryan: Go to:  http://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html Click on the Gallery button Click on "Most Recent" (right-hand side) Click on "Tools" (left-hand side) Make sure that the "Show:" at the very top of the webpage is set to "All Content" Would be nice if ESRI put Tools as an option on the Gallery page. ... View more

Ryan: Yes you can. See attached screen capture. ... View more

This tools works fine for me in AGX 1200. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f882012cf82a477f85c59dde25252a1d ... View more

Igarvey: I, too, used to wonder and fret a bit as to how these scales were chosen for caching raster backgrounds.  Others, sharper than I, surely spent much time thinking and researching the best scheme for viewing a variety of backgrounds at various zoom levels (country, regional, local). However, if one compares the free online raster backgrounds provided by ESRI and Bing at various scales, the differences are subtle (see attached) depending on viewing distance.  There are so many variables to consider when producing a map product and our challenge is to make the best choices for our client�??s needs. What is fixed and what is optional for best results? Raster background choice Scale Coordinate system Viewing distance (paper, monitor, poster, wall screen) I�??m just happy that all these online background options are available, dependable, high quality and high performance. ... View more

What is Map Caching: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_dotnet_help/index.html#/What_is_map_caching/00930000006m000000/ ArcGIS Online moving to Google / Bing tiling scheme...: http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/arcgisserver/archive/2009/11/20/ArcGIS-Online-moving-to-Google-_2F00_-Bing-tiling-scheme_3A00_-What-does-this-mean-for-you_3F00_.aspx The ESRI and Bing streets-topos-aerials-etc raster background services that you are consuming are "cached" as tiles at many scales on servers to improve performance on the client side.  These backgrounds are cached at various scales for optimum viewing of symbology, labeling and details.  One would not view a USGS 24k topo at 100k in ArcMap.  As one zooms in, one sees more detailed local data (streets for example). If you make a map in a layout at 1:24000 with the USGS topos layer turned on as the background, it may look a bit fuzzy, because 1:24000 is between the cached scales of 1:18056 and 1:36112 and ArcMap is resampling to 24k. ... View more

Yes it can... Zoom to 1:12000, click the scale window drop-down, click on <Customize This List...>, click on the Add Current button, click OK.  There it is in the list. But, 1:12000 is not one of the ArcGIS/Bing/Google cache scales, so you will get slightly fuzzy backgrounds from those online services in your map document. ... View more

In ArcMap 10, click on the Scale drop-down and choose <Customize This List...> and click on the Load button, choose "ArcGIS Online/Bing Maps/Google Maps", OK.  See the screen capture that I attached in my earlier message. For ArcMap 9.3, download the attached txt file, click on the Scale drop-down in ArcMap and choose <Customize This List...> and then click on the Load button and navigate to the txt file, click Open, click OK. ... View more