Latest Contributions by KarlWilson

There's an idea that roughly covers this topic that could do with some votes: https://c.na9.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=08730000000btEU&mc=0 Although I may submit a new idea later that is a bit more comprehensive, once I've learnt a bit more... ... View more

If you edit a feature in one version, and delete it in the other, the Conflicts dialog will let you choose which version to keep. So the functionality effectively already exists to intervene and stop a feature being deleted, it just needs to be extended to cover non-conflict changes. The logical place to put this would be in the Version Changes dialog. In the meantime, perhaps you can force a conflict by updating a single (redundant) attribute across all features in the target version. Then if a feature is deleted in the edit version it will be in conflict and allow you to review it. However you could end up having to click away at the Conflicts dialog quite a lot to review all the changes one by one (it's not possible to select multiple!). ... View more

I have now tried the Data Reviewer extension, and this gives me a bit more functionality by allowing me to browse through the results of the "Version Differences" tool, and make amendments directly to these affected features in the main map view. In order to see any deletes between versions however, I need to write the results to the Reviewer Table. From here I don't see any way of rejecting a delete / resurrecting a feature that has been incorrectly deleted. So if somebody deletes the wrong feature in one version and saves their edit, how do intercept this error before posting it to the DEFAULT version? ... View more

there is currently no tool or technique to combine the conflict detection manager and the version changes tools ... as the "power user" and the one with all the permissions, I can't simply accept or reject any edit. I still need to identify and check the edits using version changes and/or other tools (see next paragraph) and, if I find any problems, communicate them to the editor and get them corrected. I'm new to the whole versioning thing, but it seems to me that the QA person is severely limited by not being able to actually review (i.e. accept/reject/amend) edits whilst looking at the changes between versions. Is there a best practice approach for dealing with bad edits? - Or does the QA person have to visually check all the changes, make a note of any issues and then contact the person responsible? Rudy pointed me toward a free script in the Resource Center. I've found it stable, easy-to-use, and helpful (if not a 100% solution): "Show Edits Since Reconcile" at http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/...C-60E304332809 I notice that this hasn't been updated for 10.1. ... View more

Feature services do not support annotation feature classes Are there any plans to support this in future? ... View more

Annotation is far too fiddly to manage as it is. It should be much easier to make changes that are reversible without "messing it up". ... View more

Please let give me more information about the unintended consequences of using feature datasets for something they are not designed for and what you think they are designed for.  My apologies I am not trying to be p*ssy I am just flummoxed. A couple of links on the subject: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/43077-How-to-organize-data-in-SDE-%28feature-datasets-or-not%29 http://esriaustraliatechblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/can-you-use-feature-datasets-as-logical-folders-to-store-feature-classes/ http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/11537/is-there-a-performance-hit-from-using-a-feature-dataset The main reason for me is the feature dataset "locking" issue. ... View more

Try using FME to manage your CAD to GIS migration. http://fmepedia.safe.com/topic/CAD-and-GIS You can build workflows visually and have fine control over your data. ... View more

Karl, can you tell me if the "FDO Provider for ArcGIS", or "FDO Provider for ArcSDE", whichever it is called from within the software, is still part of the latest AutoCAD releases (2013, 2014), and if it supports ArcGIS 10.x geodatabases? I'm afraid my experience of AutoCAD Map 3D is limited to a quick look at a 2013 trial version. I installed the 64bit version, so first had to find some 64bit SDE DLLs using this link: http://totalcad.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/finding-and-extracting-the-64-bit-sde-dlls/ Once up and running, I was able to connect to our 9.3.1 ArcSDE geodatabase. The terminology used in the connection screen was "OSGeo FDO Provider for ArcSDE". Ultimately I gave up with the product once I realised that it didn't have any support for curved geometries. ... View more

Thanks Marco, that was very useful - especially chapter 14 on CAD integration which is relevant to my own work. A few points: 14.1 Regarding FDO technology in AutoCAD Map 3D: "It allows feature and attribute editing of data stored in a geodatabase, including the use of geodatabase defined attribute domains," - Attribute domain codes are editable, but the associated domain descriptions are not displayed. 14.2 Regarding ArcGIS for AutoCAD: "Using ArcGIS for Server, the Feature Service allows editing of an ESRI Geodatabase, including support for versioning, domains and subtypes, from within AutoCAD." - Same issue with domains as above - I'm not sure about subtypes being fully supported (I haven't been able to check this recently) - Also, is it worth mentioning that annotation feature classes aren't supported in feature services, and so can't be edited via ArcGIS for AutoCAD? - They can only be displayed via a map service. 14.3 "Editing of an ESRI Geodatabase through web services is therefore currently only available for AutoCAD Map 3D users using ESRI�??s ArcGIS for AutoCAD" - Is it worth re-iterating here that this is also true for the vanilla AutoCAD version, so AutoCAD Map 3D is not required? ... View more

Just saw this too: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/About_georeferencing_CAD_datasets/001000000010000000/ ... View more

To reference your (vector) CAD data you would need to load it into GIS first as shapefiles or feature classes. Then you would use the "Spatial Adjustment" tools in an ArcGIS Desktop edit session to reference this vector data to your basemap. You would need more than one surveyed control point though, otherwise all your data could rotate freely about that point. I suggest surveying a good spread of additional control points if you can, for the best accuracy. Alternatively pick easy to identify features that are both in your CAD data and on the basemap so that you can tie them together. You should be able to work out the UTM coordinates of your chosen CAD features based on the offset in x,y from your surveyed position. With this approach you are limited somewhat by the accuracy of your basemap. Some useful links: http://www.aubreyrhea.net/gis/index.php/2009/11/georeferencing-for-vectors-overview-of-spatial-adjustment/ http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/About_spatial_adjustment/001t000000t5000000/ Note - In ESRI terminology, "Georeferencing" is for raster data, "Spatial Adjustment" is for vector data. ... View more

You could try using the data model from the Campus Basemap Template. ... View more

It's an excel spreadsheet. I guess the table view is just that then, a view of the data. I had conceived it more as an "in-memory" copy, and therefore editable. ... View more