Latest Contributions by MervynLotter

Sadly the only work-around that I know of is to: Create a polygon of the areas where the legend and scale bar will be on the map.  Then make the polygon invisible (100% transparency) Go to go to Label Weight Ranking (Map tab > Labeling Group > More > Weights) and add a feature weight to this polygon you created.  A weight of 1000 will ensure that no labels are placed over this polygon which is where the legend and scalebar will be.  ... View more

When working with data from ArcGIS Online, within geoprocessing tools, it is usually best to first use the Make Image Server Layer GP tool. Within this tool you provide the image service (right-click on layer in Contents pane and select Properties>Source), spatial extent, projection, cell size (important when working with DEM - should be at the resolution of the DEM and not the apparent "pixels" being served), etc.        ... View more

The reason is most likely due to the projection of your basemap image. Vector data is easily reprojected in a MMPK, but not the basemap or raster data. If you can, set your project coordinate system to WGS 1984 Web Mercator and then make sure your basemap is in the same projection (not reprojected on the fly), then your polygons should display on top of your basemap without problems.  ... View more

Hi Brent   Sorry, I only saw your message now. I am happy to chat about it. My telephone number +2783 2997618.   Best wishes Mervyn ... View more

If the point symbol being used is a distorted shape (so it is not perfectly round), then the rotation field can be used to rotate the symbol so that the distorted shape faces the direction you want. ... View more

You should be able to change both size and rotation using the Vary Symbology By Attribute pane. See the attached image. In this screenshot I have used my GROUP field as input to rotation and SUBTYPE field as input to size. ... View more

Dear AmirBar-Maor   I am sure you are right in 99% of the cases, but for some of my datasets, such as vegetation unit boundaries that are mapped at a national scale, even 0.5 meter accuracy would be sufficient and far more accurate than the input datasets. With thousands of polygons I find that reducing the resolution makes the dataset more portable and easy to share due to the smaller file size.  Not everyone is working with survey grade measurements.  ... View more

Have you tried applying a similar offset distance to the label symbols? If you go to label properties, Symbol, and under the General graphics tab there is an option to change the offset distance for all your labels under the Position dropdown.     ... View more

The coloured line and histogram in Figure 3 is based on the Natural breaks classification that you chose. Try changing the classification method to Standard Deviation. The purpose of their "histogram" is to help find the necessary symbology breaks and how these may impact on the data when visualised on a map.  ... View more

Sorry, I now understand. Although not as simple as in ArcMap, you can still easily achieve this by opening up the Charts Properties dialogue box as discussed before, then on the far right of the Number drop-down option, click on the "Set an expression" button. Then in the Expression Builder simply double-click on the field Age_50_64, then divide (backslash) and then double-click on POP2000. This will create a histogram with the normalized data you are looking for. ... View more

Just right-click on the Census Tract layer in Contents pane, then go to Create Chart > Histogram. Then in the Chart Properties pane (that will open on right), select the variable to use under the Variable Number option.   ... View more

Hi Chris   I tried running the "Rename Solution Content" on a different computer and it worked as expected this time. I am not aware of any differences between these two computers in terms of software versions.    Therefore it is still possible to run this tool from ArcGIS Pro, however, I do still think it would be of great benefit if a user can choose to rename a solution when deploying it.   Best wishes Mervyn ... View more

Hi Chris   Thank you for checking. That is strange because I too am running ArcGIS Pro 3.1.2 and i downloaded the solution Helper yesterday (to make sure I had the latest version).    When I open the tool, it does not recognise any on my solutions even though I am signed into my AGOL account. I even tried pasting in the Solution item ID but that did not work.   The screenshot just sows the empty tool parameter where it should be allowing me to select the solution from a drop-down list on the right.    I will try and test this on another computer.   Best wishes Mervyn   ... View more

Dear Chris   Thank you very much for the feedback. I am able to confirm that I can indeed deploy another instance of a particular solution (Wildlife Observations in my case), I did not think that possible. However, I am still not able to rename it using a prefix to help keep track of the area it applies to.  Several months ago I had used the Solution Helper toolbox you referred to rename a solution, but the toolbox no longer works (I just tried again). Please check on your side, but it is my understanding that all the Solutions can now only be deployed from AGOL (and not via Pro anymore) and now ArcGIS Pro has lost the ability to rename them via the custom Toolbox.    I still feel that my suggested idea would be of great assistance to many people using Soloutions going forward.    Best wishes Mervyn ... View more