Latest Contributions by SteveLynch

A word of caution regarding post processing contour lines. You could end up with intersecting lines. The recommended approach is to smooth the DEM and then contour it or experiment with a different contouring algorithm. Try the ContourWithBarriers tool and don't specify a barrier. -Steve ... View more

Label the polygon feature class created in http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/28091-Is-there-a-tool-to-convert-the-cells-of-a-raster-to-vector ... View more

Use the following 3 GP tools Create Fishnet - extent = raster extent - cell size width/height = raster cell size - number of rows/columns = number of rows/columns of raster - Geometry type = Polyline Raster To Point Feature To Polygon - Input features = Fishnet output - Label Features = Raster To Point output ... View more

Have a look at IsNull ... View more

Greg Only integer rasters have other fields. A floating point raster does not have any other fields. Steve ... View more

Lets say that you output to a raster with a cell size of 10 meters and it produces a raster with 5 columns and 5 rows. Geostatistical Analyst is making 25 predictions, each at the center of the output 10 meter cell. Now you change the cellsize to 5 m, now you have 100 predictions, and so on. Steve ... View more

Seth Please have a look at http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/geoprocessing/archive/2008/09/29/Understanding-Geostatistical-Analyst-Layers.aspx Steve ... View more

See TopoToRaster (it uses inter alia thin plate splines) or convert your contours to points. however, you might then have "steps" in your output surface. Steve ... View more

Please can you tell me which version of ArcGIS you're using and your operating system Steve ... View more

or you can use http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//0017000000m7000000.htm Steve ... View more

In version 9.3 and later you can: - copy to Windows metafile - save values to a table - save model as raster - save model as table Hope this answers your question. Steve ... View more

DJ This is a bug in 9.3 and 9.3.1 It is fixed in version 10. A work around woud be to have your feature data in a shapefile rather than a file geodatabase, viz., POINT C:\Data\DEM\PntFC3720452300WC20050817.shp Z POINT C:\Data\DEM\PntFC3720452400WC20050817.shp Z ... Sorry for the inconvenience Steve Lynch ESRI ... View more

John WRT random points within an area, see http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Create_Random_Points/00170000002r000000/ Steve ... View more

You can't. Do a "screen copy" and manipulate it in a Graphics package. Steve Lynch ESRI ... View more

We have a problem with some p-geodatabases in ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst in version 10. Please convert your data to f-geodatabase (or shapefile). We are hoping to have a fix available post version 10 Service Pack 2. Sorry for the inconvenience Steve Lynch ESRI ... View more