Latest Contributions by SteveCole

I haven't done this personally but I think using a customized Vector Basemap might be what you're after. Here's a link to the basics. ... View more

I'm going to necro-bump this because every year ESRI fails to produce something on ESRI letterhead that IS PRINTABLE that describes the conference in general terms. I need the one sheet EUC description (as attached in my original post); not the justification letter template. The UC website cannot be printed as it was not designed for that purpose. ESRI makes industry specific flyers every year so why is it so hard to make one for the conference, as a whole? I *HAVE* to attach something to my training request that is printed/produced by ESRI, not just my own summary of what it's about and why I find it valuable. ... View more

I'm not aware of any built in functionality to display graticules but you can possibly accomplish this using some layers available in AGOL. This link will take you to an AGOL item that has 1,5,10,20 degree interval lat/longs. These lines were created by ESRI for the Firefly basemap option so you'll probably want to re-symbolize them to better fit with your app. On the AGOL item page, just copy the Service URL link for whichever lat/long lines you want to use in your app and add them as a layer into your app as you would normally do. ... View more

Glad you found a solution that works for you. Web programming can be maddening because solving one problem usually leads right into a new one. ... View more

I'm afraid I don't have a direct sources to provide but I did want to suggest you check with universities to see if perhaps they have map archives that have been scanned. Check with their university library or perhaps their geography department. Here in the U.S., and specifically in my state, one of the universities offers precisely this for our state and it's all available for download. ... View more

Yes- you can use javascript to determine the user's browser. This is typically accomplished using the user agent strings from the browser object but it's not always perfect. ideally, you attempt to test for functionality rather than what the user agent string reports back. For example, ActiveX  components only exist in IE browsers so that's been one way to target IE browsers in the past. As with most things Microsoft, though, things change over time and so what worked for older IE versions may not work today. Basically, you would have a small JS function that would look for IE and, if you found it, pop up a modal dialog with your message about the preferred browser. Here's one example of the kind of test you could do. ... View more

No problem. I should also add that the $20 rate also applies on the weekend. I normally get my registration / map gallery stuff done on Sunday afternoon and paying $20 for about an hour's worth of time at the convention center stinks but it is what it is. ... View more

As of last year, parking was $20/day in the Convention Center Parking lot. There are 2 or 3 sublevels of parking underneath the convention center and I've never had any issue finding a spot as long as you're there at the beginning of the day. There have been some years when the Padres have had a day game or a night game during the conference and the baseball fans will then fill in the parking but it's not an issue if you're there at the beginning of the day like you're going to be. There is an additional parking garage south of the convention center next to the Bayfront Hilton but I don't know the specifics of pricing. The downtown hotels have their own onsite parking for their guests but that's pricey. The trolley can be an option to get to the convention center as well. I've been going for nearly 20 years and have always just parked at the convention center (but it used to be $10/day as recently as 2 years ago). ... View more

Ah, I was afraid of that. Thanks! ... View more

Thanks, Andrew. That's definitely  what I was looking for. Is there anyway to implement this with AGOL rather than self hosted ArcGIS Server? ... View more

Yeah, I just came across this one the other day and it's really nice. It left me with a few questions and I wanted to search to see if maybe they had done an ESRI UC presentation about it but haven't had the time to look. ... View more

Since this is a bit of a necrobump, you may have moved on and found a solution so this won't matter. If, however, your purpose was to animate your results inside a Story Map and you still haven't found a solution, I'll offer another alternative that I've chosen to implement in my own Story Map... I  wanted to display the cumulative progression of logging on federal lands in Southern Oregon from 1940-2015. The dataset I put together has about 15,000 polygons and any time aware web app chokes on it (much like what you were experiencing). Ultimately, I decided to create an animated GIF of my information and then place that animated GIF into my Story Map. Using Arcmap, I would display my data based on each year of interest and then export the layout data frame as a JPEG, making sure to add a label *ON TOP* of the data frame which would indicate the year of the progression. After generating all my individual JPEGs, I used one of the online tools like EZGIF to generate the animated GIF. Granted, the animated GIF I created isn't really a small file and take a moment to load but at least the results look as desired and intended. Here's the Story Map Link. The animated GIF I've been describing is the 6th slide in the Story Map. Steve ... View more

While I pine for the "good 'ol days" of Workstation, honestly, you're better off making a new map from scratch. The MINFO output is essentially what you would have typed into an AML file so there's no actual data inside it- just instructions on how to draw the map (layer1 is first, layer2 is second, add a title over here on the page, add a legend here, etc). ... View more

Fire up workstation and then Arcplot. Try this command: MINFO {.map file name with path} The command lists all the map elements in the current map composition or specified map composition (file). Documentation notes: You must use the MAP command to specify a map composition before using MINFO. MINFO lists all the map elements in your current MAP composition. Each map element is liste din sequential order, preceded by an (E) and its element number. The currently selected map element(s) are marked with an asterisk (*) in the MINFO list. The currently masked map element(s) are marked with an (M) in the MINFO list. MINFO gives the pathname of each map element and the command string that generated the element or the comment specified with MEND or MGROUP when the element was grouped. The listing produced by MINFO is immediately displayed on the screen. The Continue? prompt allows you to view the listing one page at a time. Hit <CR> to bring up the listing. Type Y to display the rest of the listing. Type N to terminate the listing. [I knew there was a reason I still kept my set of 6.0 hardcopy documentation!  ) ... View more