Latest Contributions by BenVan_Kesteren1

hey,  I know in the past I have risked corrupting my ESRI Enterprise Geodatabase as I have added/removed tables using SQL, this was a hard learned lesson as I didnt know there were references to these tables, in other tables (table registry etc). When it comes to adding or dropping fields, can I do this using SQL rather than using the arcpy or geoprocessing tools? I am finding my map services are creating locks on my datasets, and the tools fail to run. I know in the past if I use SQL this will bypass the locks and fields can be added/removed with no issues, but I am now fearful that as this is an ESRI database, could this have knock on effects that come back to bite me later. Any thoughts with this? ... View more

Hey,  I have a user who has reported that when they try to add a photo to a survey form, the camera page opens, but never finishes loading. They have sent me this screenshot of the screen that opens when they click the camera icon within the survey: They open the camera directly from Survey123, and it sits in this fashion with that icon in the centre spinning indefinitely. I have confirmed their camera does indeed work if they were to just use the native iPhone app, it works fine as a standalone camera.  I have also used the same users phone to try to attach a photo which was taken using the native iphone app, and use the browse button, select the photo from camera roll, and this is the end result: you can see that the photo is referenced, but there is no preview of any photo within the survey123 form, but there is a preview when scrolling through the camera roll. When this form is submitted, once again it can be found on the server sans photo, all other form information is submitted no worries. I have tried taking photos in both HEIC format, and JPEG, this has no effect.  I have tried using my own iphone 7 (same model as the other user) and mine works fine, no issues at all. Also tested on Android Phone I then created a brand new survey123 survey with a single item, this is a camera item, and the exact same issue happens for this one user, and not to me, so it does not seem to be survey specific, but very phone specific. Has anyone come across this, and possibly found a solution? ... View more

I have been asked to define the road widths of all our road reserves, and I am wondering if this is a simple process using the correct tools... I have a road centreline POLYLINE layer, this is a single polyline that runs the entire length of any road. I also have a road segment POLYGON layer, this is broken into road segments for asset management purposes. Just to give you an indication, this is how they look, centrelines are dashed blue, and outlines red solid: I know there will be some strange outputs no matter how I carry this out (court bowls etc), but as a starting point if I could use my road centreline, find perpendicular at the midpoint of the road centreline, and then extend outward until I intersect with a road outline, and return that distance, this would get me a result in the majority of cases. Any rough ideas on how this could be achieved? Cheers ... View more

Hey,  We have users with ipads completing surveys on the Survey123 app, and every single photo that they take seem to be rotated -90 degrees. I understand this is because they are holding the ipad portrait, but my question is, can we get the photos to auto rotate?  Is this a limitation with iphones, or the app? Has anyone else had this issue? Here is an example survey result. ... View more

I have several lines, rectangles etc in a layout within ArcGIS Pro 2.3.3 and I am setting up a new layout in the same project.  In my original layout all the units were in mm, I don't recall changing any settings to make this happen, I assume these were how the units are to begin with. I am now creating another layout, but when i customize my elements in this new layout the settings are all in cm, and I have no idea why. I am wanting to make these uniform, and use mm in both.  I found in the settings this page, I have set to mm, but this has had no effect: Can someone please point me to the setting I am looking for?? Cheers ... View more