Latest Contributions by V_StuartFoote

Richard MacNeill​ There is a packaging issue with Python 2.7.11 -- uninstalling would not necessarily have reverted things. Issue is fully described here: 45924 - ArcMap crashes during Loading Document launch stage ... View more

Mark Hotz  It is not at all clear, but the Single User licenses have absolutely nothing to do with the ArcGIS License Manager other than that they all are based on FlexNet Publisher Trusted Storage licensing technology. For the Concurrent use -- "floating" -- licenses, the Esri ArcGIS License Manager is required, and you would authorize a pool of licenses on the Server with Esri. And then serve out licenses from your own pool. With the commercial Single Use products, including all 90/180 day ESRI press & 1-year Educational use or the 60 day "trial" licenses, the license fulfillment exchanges are done directly for each seat with Esri's FlexNet Publisher servers at Redlands.   The commercial Singled Use codes will be ESU12345678, while the trial/evaluation codes will be EVA12345678. For Esri Press or Campus Agreement trial/evaluation Authorization numbers--each user/student must individually register their Authorization number here: http://www.esri.com/StudentEdition --or-- ArcGIS 90 or 180-Day Trial for Your Workbook Esri Press | GIS Books & Tutorials - Buy Books Online Once the Authorzation code is activated--the Single Use authorization is exactly the same for trial/evaluation (EVA) or commercial (ESU) Single Use seats.  It is easiest to accomplish when you have a network connection to exchange the https port 443 traffic using the "Authorize now via the internet" Authorizing ArcGIS single-use products and features—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop So, sorry but there was no need to install the license manager--and it would not have "activated" or authorized with the EVA12345678 code that was present in the back of the GTKAGS Esri Press text. You may only need to launch the ArcGIS Administrator and on the Desktop tab: select the Standard (ArcEditor) Single Use radio button. But, if you've really locked out the Authorization--contact an Esri customer service rep or Esri Press support, they should be able to arrange a "rearm" of the trial/evaluation code, or issue a new one.  Then correctly activate it against a unique Esri global  user account--or have the CSR do it for you--and then use it to authorize the Single Seat as above. Stuart ... View more

@David, Actually not that rare an issue. What is not clear to folks (nor well explained during installation) is that the ArcGIS for Desktop product can be authorized (and run) in two broad categories. One, concurrent or floating network license requiring use of a pool of licenses authorized and delivered from a server; the other mode is Single Use where just the local installation is authorized. Trials of various lengths 90, 180, 365 days are ALL of the Single Use variety.  The Authorization code is activated against your trial user account--and your installation of ArcGIS for Desktop is then enabled by a simple network exchange of encrypted license fulfillment strings that are held locally on your computer and consulted at each launch. Where you went amiss at the end of installation was that you did not set the seat type to be Advanced (ArcInfo) Single Use.  Your seat is set to the default Advanced (ArcInfo) Concurrent Use. Simple to correct... As an Administrator privileged user, with an active network connection. 1. Open ArcGIS Administrator 2. Select the Desktop panel 3. Select the Advanced (ArcInfo) Single Use radio button 4. Select the "Authorize now..." button to run the wizard. 5. complete the wizard and "authorize now via the internet" Should be set. But post back if still stuck. ... View more

Ben Pampel​ SImple answer is that ArcGIS for Desktop is a 32-bit program. By default it will use 2GB, but that can be tweaked to use 3.2GB in its process space. That is it. Out of process Python 2.7 Geoprocessing can be extended to use 64-bit address space.  The 64-bit geoprocessing extension installs a 64-bit Python 2.7 instance and replaces linkages to some of the 32-bit ArcPy libraries. You can of course run multiple instances of ArcGIS for Desktop, but you have to handle the parallelization of your work flow. Beyond ArcGIS for Desktop, you will have to work with ArcGIS Pro and its 64-bit Python 3.4 instance. Or move to a non-Esri 64-bit implementation of GRASS or QGIS and the standalone OSGeo GDAL/OGR utilities. ... View more

Spoke with Tony this morning, he's one of our grad students here at UT San Antonio,  and is teaching himself ArcGIS to do an independent study. Seems he has some issues with the Link Tables while georeferencing, and we think he had the "Auto Adjust" check box set when he started with a new image--losing the image when the second link was entered. He's going to check next time. I'll be having him review the on-line help article starting with: Fundamentals of georeferencing And we'll get together at some point to review his work flow to digitize off the georeferenced/rectified Sanborn map sheets. Thanks! Stuart ... View more