Latest Contributions by MarkVolz

Hello, Is there a good way to indicate gaps and overshoots in the parcel fabric?  I have a couple parcels that are so far off that the county will need to perform additional research to get a more accurate legal description.  In the mean time they want the area flagged as an error in the parcel fabric. [ATTACH=CONFIG]25064[/ATTACH] ... View more

I like that we can add hyperlink(s) within ArcGIS.  I noticed that we currently need to include the entire url for each record.  I think that can create unnessisarly large fields in the attribute table.  It would be save space and complexity if hyperlinks could be configured using prefixes and suffixes similar to how HTML popups can be configured. In addition it would also be useful if multiple hyperlinks could be configured for a single layer.  This way we could have one link for a parcel pdf, another link for the parcel tax data, etc. As an example, allowing prefixes and suffixes for hyperlinks we could elimate having to hard code the url for each record. Example 1:  prefixes and suffexes not allowed Layer Propertties> Display> Hyperlinks > Support Hyperlinks using field > URL to Tax Database Table: PIN                          URL To Tax Database                                                                        URL to Parcel Map Report 01-001-0      http:// url to the tax information page ?PIN=01-001-0           http:// url to parcel report?PIN=01-001-0 01-002-0      http:// url to the tax information page ?PIN=01-002-0           http:// url to parcel report?PIN=01-002-0 01-003-0      http:// url to the tax information page ?PIN=01-003-0           http:// url to parcel report?PIN=01-003-0 01-004-0      http:// url to the tax information page ?PIN=01-004-0           http:// url to parcel report?PIN=01-004-0 Example 2:  prefixes and suffixes allowed Layer Propertties> Display> Hyperlinks > Support Hyperlinks using URL: Hyperlink #1 Prefix= http:// url to the tax information page ? Field= PIN Suffix=<blank> Hyperlink#2 Prefix= http:// url to parcel report? Field= PIN Suffix=<blank> Table: PIN: 01-001-0 01-002-0 01-003-0 01-004-0 ... View more

Please consider adding the state highway shields for highway markers ... View more

Hello, I am trying to connect to a query layer and I am receiving the following error "Unable to connect to database server to retrice database list; please verify your server name, user name, and password info and try again.  Cannot connect to database because the database client software failed to load.  Be sure the database client software is installed and configured correctly" I set up the database connection using the following: platform - PostgreSQL Instance - localhost  (my computer name does not work either) Authentication Type - Database User name and password - set correctly Database - cannot select (this is where the error appears) I am using postgresql 9.0.5 and postgis 1.5.3.  I can connect to the database using other software.  Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips? Thanks ... View more

Hello, At our organization we historically updated our data by working in a production File Geodatabase and when needed copy the data to a publication File Geodatabase.  This worked very well when there were only a couple GIS users.  However, as more people in our organization are using GIS we are running into more lock issues.  I am trying to figure out the best workflow for our organization.  Recently we have purchased a server that will run ArcServer Workgroup, so this might change how we can update data.  Part of me would like to use SDE to host our data however there are several problems: First, It appears that there are several bugs when editing parcels in SDE.  I am having enough trouble dealing with other bugs related to the parcel fabric, so I don't want to invite any more if I can avoid it. Second, I was under the impression that it is quickest to work on a parcel fabric in a File Geodatabase on the local machine.  Is this correct? Third, We only have one ArcInfo license, all the others are ArcView.  I don't think we can justify another ArcInfo / ArcEditor license.  So we will still be required to update File Geodatabases for the people that edit generic GIS data in ArcView. I am trying to decide what route to go. 1) Edit in File Geodatabases, use query layers to access a published postgis / postgresql database (not to be confused with SDE).  This way we dont need any special licensing to update the production Geodatabase, which is good for our ArcView users.  However, this might be hard to use if users have to learn how to use the shapefile uploader in PGAdmin.  I am trying to figoure out updates can be processed in a model via model builder.  Also, does postgis have locking issues, or can we reload a layer at anytime? 2) Is it possible to edit in a File Geodatabase, then push updates to ArcSDE without worry of other people connected to the SDE layer?  Each person would have to borrow the ArcInfo license to push out updates. 3) Start a versioned Geodatabase in SDE, create a child file geodatabase, edit the file Geodatabase (can we use Arcview at this point?), then use ArcSDE to reconcile the Geodatabase. 4)  Deal with the bugs and directly edit in SDE.  A versioned database would be used so that I can push updates to the publication database as needed....  This might work for parcels, but what about the ArcView editors?   Thank You ... View more