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I'm also running into display problems with an elevation raster in ArcScene. I'm trying to load raster elevation files (bare ground, or first return) generated from LiDAR. The area is approximately 700 sqmi. Rendering the image in ArcMap works fine, every time I try to add the layer into ArcScene I get a message, preparing <image> for display. The progress bar goes to about 33% and ArcScene stops responding. Tech and Specs In Task Manager, ArcScene runs memory up to +2GB..... I've got a NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 graphics card with the latest drivers (9.18.13.593) but that horsepower seems to add nothing to ArcScene. I'm using AGIS 10.1 on a Windows 7 64B OS. My workstation has 6GB RAM and an Intel X5677 processor. This system should scream through this type of application. Please help.... Are there recommended tweaks for ArcScene? Is ArcScene the wrong platform for 3D analysis with raster data, if so how is a base elevation layer to be used? I seem to remember ArcScene 9.3x rendered the same bare earth image without errors. One last thing: the rasters are stored in a local usb drive inside of a File Geodatabase. ... View more

If you're using SQL/SDE there are a few ways to set IDs using SSMS (Microsoft SQL) and tsql. This could populate your existing data and then you can use the editing tools to continue from that point, perhaps? ... View more

UPDATE: I've found that I had to clear browser history to get the geometry service to hit the correct server (mine) instead of AGIS. Diagnostic tools are helpful... Back to the original discussion about WKID... and the buffer results. I use the tool and buffer a point to 50 miles, then I use the standard draw tool and measure a radius from the point to the outline of the buffer and I get conflicting results. With the SR set to 102100 I got about 38.05 miles instead of 50. I've also noticed that the standard draw tool does not hit my geometry service (or any) for the calculations?  Can anyone shed light on this? ... View more

I'm also testing the OTB geometry service on AGIS 10.1. I'm getting errors, so I've tried to confirm the tool is even hitting my geometry service but I can't see any activity on my services. I've even shut down the geometry service and used the standard draw tool to see if that works or throws an error. Oddly enough, with the geometry service url commented out of the config file, and my service shut down, I still get results??? Anyone have a theory for me? ... View more

Is anyone else running into problems with SSL and flex apps? I've run this configuration on a test server that hosts both the app and services, with the services behind SSL, and that works ok. Now I want to run the app on a different server and hit the AGIS server via tokens and ideally proxyurl. However, regardless of the token generation or open crossdomain.xml on the AGIS server I continually get errors trying to access the https url. I'm hoping someone else out there is feeling my pain and had worked through this......... BTW I've tried with both a self-signed SSL and a legitimate domain SSL from a CA (although the server is not seen as on the same domain as the certificate i.e. public access name vs. internal name). I think browsers and AGIS hit a questionable SSL cert--the bright red warnings--and bomb out even if you choose to trust the site and install the certificate. Both IE and Chrome throw the cert. warnings.... ... View more

I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to respond to the last part about parcels and pop-ups. You could add the parcel layer in as a feature layer under the operational layers. Then set it's alpha to 0 (invisible) and exclude it from the layers list. This would make it always on but invisible so anywhere a user clicks they will get the parcel info. ... View more

This is a serious idea to consdier and promote, especially with the promotion of the LGDM. The LGDM is a great resource but I'm not a big fan of all of the duplicate features. With Query Layers and spatial views, ArcGIS could better use RDMS information without extra and denormalized overhead. ... View more

Brad, It's been a while since I've altered projections in Diagrammer. In fact I'm looking into using it again for just that reason. Spatial References in the properties seem to be tricky. If you're setting a Feature Dataset make sure to set the Spatial Reference under Extent and Spatial Reference. It's the same process for a feature class, but you can enable M and Z values there. It takes time to get all of that set, especially on a large GDB. It would be great to set a default projection set or run a tool to change all to match..... I think I posted that on ideas once.... ... View more

This is just a simple thought: have you registered the table with the geodatabase. I'm not sure if registering with SDE actually registers with the GDB also. http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/ArcSDE_and_Microsoft_spatial_types/002q0000006p000000/ If you need the feature class to participate in geodatabase functionality, such as relationship classes, topology, geometric networks, cadastral fabrics, terrains, or schemas, or have subtypes, default values, domains, or validation rules, it must also be registered with the geodatabase. You can register the datasets in ArcCatalog as follows: Start ArcCatalog. Connect to the geodatabase that contains the layer to be registered. Be sure to connect as the layer owner. Right-click the layer you want to register with the geodatabase. Click Register with Geodatabase. AND: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Registering_a_third_party_table_containing_a_spatial_column/002q0000006v000000/ AND: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/A_quick_tour_of_registering_tables_with_the_geodatabase/003n000000qw000000/ This may not be the case with your issue, but SDE is a fickle beast. I've run into problems where using an unregistered, non-spatial table responded in a similar manner. It would work until I tried to select. One way I got around this was to create a query layer from the table. This is a feature of AGIS10. ... View more

I agree with permissions at the feature class level, regardless of participation in a dataset or not. As a workaround for now, couldn't you set up department specific GDBs and replicate pertinant info between departments. Then the editing would be constrained to that specific department. You could try user or role based access constraints within your DBMS but I'm not sure how SDE will like that. ... View more

I can't steal the thunder from the guys that responded to my question. They've been very helpful and I appreciate the tip about Query Layers. After reading about them, I've had success. http://forumsbeta.esri.com/showthread.php?t=726 ... View more

All: Thanks for the input for query layers. I have successfully created a query layer, mxd with relate (parcel feature class to ownership query layer), AGS service, and AGS application. I was very happy to see that the relate was honored in both the AGS Service (and REST), and in the OTB web application. I tested query tasks built on the query layer in the .net app, and was pleased to get results. Also, using search attributes task on the parcel layer with the parcel-ownership relate returned the linked results. KUDOS ESRI for finally giving rdbms capability to AGS! ... View more

Ted and russellb Thank you both for pointing to Query Layers. I was primarily looking for ways to use related data that is not registered with the GDB....AND hoping that I could figure out a way to symbolize or follow the relates in published services. The CAMA I referred to is edited outside of GIS, but currently linked to parcel polys by a spatial view. I've had trouble with SDE playing nicely with the CAMA table since it's not registered, no aliases, problems with annotation feature classes..... But the query layer may be the ticket. I'll have to try the query layer in Beta; if it works in 9.4, as the help indicates, that is good news. ... View more