Latest Contributions by ChadKopplin

Over lay the Street map on to the imagery, and set the transparency on the street layer, this will show you if the basemaps match up well, it does not sound like the street basemap is as accurate as the image basemap. ... View more

Are the first 2 or 3 digits unique to each state?  If so, you could select each group of zip codes separately and dissolve them as you select them. ... View more

I know that ArcHydro is able to give you cross-sections as well. ... View more

Please keep us informed it would be great to hear what you find if you do a comparison, like Dan said. ... View more

I just got this, but if you have the coast line and have the mean, median, or average distances in fields, you can use this distance field to buffer the coast line to created polygons, then convert the polygons to lines, then simply split the lines at the ends where you need to, you can choose to use square ends versus rounded ends.  With this your lines are tied to the coast line.  Just a thought. ... View more

Are the map services in the map published as feature services?  It has to be a feature service in order to edit. ... View more

The big challenge that we faced was getting a unique facility where DEQ does business, because any given permit location may have to get multiple permits that may cross multiple divisions.  Each program has a different definition of what a facility is, so, this became challenge on getting the programs to agree on what will be the name of the all encompassing facility for any given permit location. ... View more

Matt, Here is an example of a document that I created for our Land Quality Division (LQD).  I first reviewed the permit applications for each permit type, then made a listing of the potential feature classes and their attributes, then I also included all layers needed on the maps to go along with the permit. Then is was sent out to the GIS working group that I created for the LQD working group that I created in order to get their feedback on what should be there since the permit applications were created (this is the red attributes in the document).  Then I moved forward creating the feature classes in our SDE geodatabase as well as file geodatabase that is used by the data editors before updating the SDE layers. ... View more

You could run a query geoprocessing service, and publish this service then you can use the query in your app. ... View more

Do you have a rotation field?  I was unsure if the rotation option in the Data Driven Pages Dialogue gives you what you are looking for? ... View more

Are your SID images set as lossless or just compressed, because I believe there was something previously about SID's where they had to be lossless in order to use them in a process. ... View more

Within each division we have multiple programs, so we had to work with those programs to see what attributes and layers they work with and would need to produce because they are the authority for that data.  Then we took that information and applied it to the geodatabase to include all of their data.  As examples Groundwater Vulnerability was produced by our groundwater section of the Water Quality Division, and the Coal Mine Permit boundary's were produced by the coal section of our Land Quality Division.  We had to work with those programs to find out what attributes were important to show in the map services that we were opening to the public.  Anything that would assist the public with looking through the permit to access the information that they need.  In some cases that permit is electronic in others it is a large volume on shelf or in a filing cabinet. ... View more

Matt, I work for a State Agency with seven different divisions.  Yes there are differences among agency's, but I can see some similarities especially since it sounds like many agency's may be utilizing a shared ArcGIS Server.  A few things to think about will the central GIS Server be shared for the the production/authoritative data for agency's?  If yes, then you may want to think about replication of the agency data, so, that only the data that the agency's want to be shared will be on the central server.  Along with this is security, will you use Windows based security, ArcGIS and server based security, or map service based security or a combination.  What data will be utilized by multiply agency's and what data will only be used by certain agency's.  Does each agency's computers and does the server hardware meet the minimum requirements for the ArcGIS software.  What will be the server load?  Will the data only be used by the agency's internally or will the agency's be opening the data to the web?  If to the web then a web adaptor will need to be set up and the following thread lists the firewall ports that need to be open in order to use the server internally and externallyFirewall ports needed to connect to SDE 10.2 + .  If you will be opening up services to the web will one server meet the load on the server, by default server will open 2 SOC accounts for each map service, each one holds ~64mb/SOC (of RAM).  So, based on the number of map services that you are serving multiply those by 128 mbs this will tell you the amount of available RAM that your server will have available to process and open the services, this will increase with the amount of users you have hitting those services at any given time.  This will let you know if the server is able to server the load or expected load.  I have more information from our planning over the past 8 yrs, I will try to find it and send it to you. ... View more

I use this method when I display large amounts of parcels as well.  Remember you have to use the Maplex Labeling Engine to use these tools.  Also, this will slow down your labeling and display, because of the crunching to fit the labels. ... View more

Did you try uninstalling and reinstalling the app's?  This may help settle the issues down.  It could have been a bad install.  Also, from the web site are you using iOS 5.0 or later.  ArcGIS on the App Store ... View more