Latest Contributions by JoeBryant1

ArcGIS Pro 2.8, Civil 3D 2020 I added a Civil 3D DWG to a fresh, empty Scene in ArcGIS Pro. The coordinate system in C3D was defined (NAD83 HARN SP CA ZnIII US_ft), but Pro did not recognize this coordinate system. I had to define the projection for one of MANY layers brought in from the DWG, but luckily all the other layers updated in sync to the correct XY location after defining the first one. However, the elevation units do not update automatically. I know that the z-values are in US survey feet referenced to NAVD88. I just recently learned that vertical datums cannot be defined in a Civil 3D 2020 DWG - you have to get this info from the engineer or surveyor. The z values are unitless. All of the MANY CAD layers have their elevations units defaulted to meters in ArcGIS Pro 2.8. I'm guessing this is because Pro adds the default base ground elevation surface to new scenes which is in meters (WGS84), and undefined layers get the scene coordinate system applied (?). Now I have to manually change the elevation units property for each of the MANY DWG layers from meters to US_Feet. There has got to be a better way, right? Either a setting in C3D, or a different import process? Maybe create the scene first and update the scene elevation unit properties to US_feet first before importing the DWG? Or maybe there is a way to bulk update the elevation units for all the layers in a scene? ... View more

Currently, ArcGIS Online allows you to configure the feature and table search for maps as described here. Allowing users to be able to search by layer attributes, such as asset ID, instead of just the default Address and Places is a very helpful feature. However, when authoring web maps and apps for novice users, the user may not realize that searching for these additional feature attributes is an option when viewing the Search box. This is because the default "hint" text in the Search box is "Find Address or Place". You can add your own "hint" text for the additional fields enabled for searching as described in the instructions above, but this new hint text is only displayed when the user uses the Search drop down to switch to constraining the search to a new category. When a map is first opened, the default search category of "All" is active, but the hint text still only indicates that "Addresses or Places" are searchable, when the additional categories are also searchable by default. For instance, if a user wanted to find an asset by its ID #, they may not think they could locate it with a Search tool that can "Find Address or Place", and may not bother further investigating the search pull down. They would not assume they can just begin typing a numeric ID in a search field for "Address or Place". I would like the hint text for the default "All" category to be configurable. Even if only one "hint" text can be configured, as is the case now, I would like that hint to be applied to the "All" category instead of just the new categories. ... View more