Latest Contributions by ChadKopplin

I had this issue creating the mosaic datasets in SDE 10.2.2, the issue was that when creating the dataset, SDE defaulted to choosing the Server drive letter, I repaired the data link in the modify tab when right clicking on the dataset, this worked, but when I looked at the dataset on the server on any other computer other than my own, the checkerboard was there.  To fix the issue I set the new path in the repair link dialogue to the server name and the drive name, here is how it looked for our server: \\<server name>\<gis_data>(this is the name of the drive that the rasters reside on, NOT the drive letter)\raster\drg\100k\utm12 or utm13 After using this as the connection path everything worked, because the dataset seemed to be defaulting to see my drives rather than the drives that the dataset were created from, now with the full name it is the same for all of our users.  I hope that this helps others. ... View more

Thank you for the post, one last item that I thought of, when you work with your data through a model you miss a warning that you would receive if you you tried to add the data to ArcMap as WY data.  If you were to add the table as XY data you would receive the following warning: The table you specified does not have an Object-ID field so you will not be able to select, query, or edit the features in the resulting layer, or define relates for them. After you create this layer, you can export it to a shapefile or feature class if you need these functions.  To export a layer, right-click it in the Table of Contents and choose Data>Export Data.  Add the exported data to the map as a new layer. What this is saying is you are loading a table of points and I cannot find the associated objects, because the table stands alone.  So, it says we will let you do this, but as a result you are unable to select, query, or edit because currently there is no underlying objects with the data.  Once you perform the export the needed attributes and objects will be created to allow you to perform these functions. I hope this helps. ... View more

That is right; so, you could change your model to access the actual feature class or shapefile that the table is associated with, then you have the actual geometry and you will not have to convert the table to a shapefile, feature class, or layer. Then your model should work because you are using the actual layer that contains the geometry. ... View more

I am sorry I used that as an example to clarify my thoughts, you are right that is not what you are doing, sorry for the confusion. That is correct, the select by location tool needs an actual shapefile or geodatabase feature class to work. ... View more

Here is a help with all of the potential files associated with a shapefile. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Shapefile_file_extensions/005600000003000000/ ... View more

Sure, in the in mean time, for a shapefile to work it needs the shp file, the shx, and the dbf, the shp file stores all of the geometry information and uses the object ID to connect the geometry to the attribute file (the dbf file) one of the attributes that is pushed to attribute table is the shape to let you know what kind of shape your attributes are associated with. If I choose the attribute file at any point to create features from, this file is static by itself, at this point the shapefile is meaningless unless I have the other 2 files that the attributes are associated with. If I see coordinate fields in this dbf file they are associated with the point location, the centroid of a polygon, or the centroid of a line feature. So, when I create a layer from this table the only thing the table will give me is a point shapefile, because the program only sees one cooridinate associated with the record. If I use the actual shapefile associated with the attibute file then I will get the polygon or line that is associated with the attribute field, because the program looks at the attribute table and sees the shape attribute, it sees that it needs polygons, it hits to shapefile and sees yes I have polygon's associated with this table, and returns the polygons. This gives a very rough overview of what is happening. This is the same if you are looking at an Oracle feature class or a SQL feature class, there are separate tables for the attributes and the geometry for each feature class that you have in the database. ... View more

What I suspect is happening is that table B maybe converted to a point file as well, because the geometry attribute is static in any table it is populated from the actual layer that the table is associated with.  If you add the table into the model, there is only one point associated with each record in the table it select and that is the centroid of the polygon in stored in the geometry table.  This is the location that displays when you use the convert polygon feature to point feature tool.  Do you receive any errors when you run the model? ... View more

David, If just the tables are loaded into the model, it is just a table of data, with no geometry, if you load the feature class or the shapefile then the table is connected to the geometry table for the layer loaded.  The geometry is stored in a totally different table.  ... View more

Thank you Melissa, I wait to see if anyone else had a response before closing, thank you for your response. ... View more

Asrujit, Sorry this has been so long in coming, but I am finally able to start looking into this issue again.  By installing the SQL Management Studio from the SQL Express install on the computers in Cheyenne that have previously not been able to connect, I am able to connect to the new SDE server.  My question is, "Is there a connection between SQL Management Studio and SDE that would require Management Studio to be installed on all client machines?'  I have always known the SQL Native Client, but not the Management Studio.  I have tried this on 4 machines that were previously unable to connect and it has worked on all 4 machines. ... View more

Thank you Melissa, I saw that it puts a copy of the mxd into the map service files once you publish, but it sounds like I need to republish each time, correct?  I will try it and respond. ... View more

Yeah just post 20 records that do not show, it has the feel of a wrong coordinate system, but just wanted to check.  Where should the points be located?  Thank you. ... View more

Laura, Would you mind sending the file in order to take a look at the points?  Thank you in advance. Chad ... View more

What is the coordinate system of the original layer that you made your bmp from?  This is the coordinate system that needs to be defined on the bmp raster.  Then it should match up, then you can set the dataframe projection to whatever you need it to be and then go to data export data to save your bmp into that projection.  It looks like the wrong projection has been defined on the bmp. ... View more