Latest Contributions by ChrisDonohue__GISP

A rough way one could do this is to use the Version Changes function on the Versioning Toolbar for each version.  The numbers in parenthesis in the pane on the left represent the number of edits made to that version.  Not an optimal solution, though, as one would have to check each version and then track the amounts and how they change over time. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

It is not obvious, but the extra zeroes can be eliminated by changing a setting that is buried in the Graticule properties.  I don't remember exactly which setting it was (and don't have the software in front of me at the moment), but there is a setting that can be changed. I'd suggest going into Data Frame Properties, click on the Grids tab, highlighting the Graticule you want to modify, then clicking on the Properties button.  Then walk through the tabs, which looks exactly like when one is stepping through the wizards.  The setting that changed it was not on the tab one would assume it should be on. It was called something like "font" or "style" and it was small and easy to miss.   It will take a bit of poking around, but it is there. ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Can you post a sample of what your data looks like?  I know you described it above, but at least at first glance I'm not seeing how 40,240 turns into a date, specifically what date should that be after correct conversion to MM/DD/YYYY?.  Or if you know it, what is the formula to do the conversion?  Given that, it shouldn't be too hard to code a conversion so the new date field can be populated. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

I believe that is a component of a shapefile, so I'm surprised at the error you are receiving.  By any chance do you have any other files with the same name as the .cpg one, but with different extensions (i.e. .shp, .shx,.dbf, etc)? .cpg—An optional file that can be used to specify the code page for identifying the character set to be used. ArcGIS Desktop Help 9.3 - Shapefile file extensions Dan Patterson Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Some questions to help narrow down the issue: Are you using an Enterprise Geodatabase (ArcSDE)?  Or a File or Personal Geodatabase? Are you on a Network? Any chance anyone else accessed the geodatabase while you were working with it? Also, there is always the "tried and true" close all files and reboot the computer method to see if that clears things up.  Sometimes that works (though I don't know why). Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Things that I have found that can get weird with Snapping in ArcGIS 10.2.1: In Snapping Options, the Tolerance setting can be very important.  10 pixels seems to work well, but at some scales the value will have to be increased or decreased. If there are many layers or the mxd has been worked on for quite a bit of time, the snapping seems to flake out after a while.  Start a new mxd and pull in only the layers you need for the next bits of edits. If one zooms in to around 1:10, snapping sometimes seems to stop working as one approaches 1:1.  This can get frustrating when one is manually trying to split a feature like a thin sliver in situations where it is not appropriate to automatically all of it to one polygon or another by topology or geoprocessing. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

XToolsPro is another possibility with their "Make Polygons from Polylines" process.  They have a free trail version if you want to check it out. Feature Conversions | XTools Pro This is a screenshot from an earlier version (the 10.4 one may differ): Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Yes.  Here's the process: ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) EDIT - had the reverse link there, now fixed. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

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Another thought: I know some folks in the addressing part of the GIS world have to do bulk parsing of addresses to get addresses broken down into their component parts so they can be used for things ranging from Emergency/911 response to day to day administrative tasks.  For example, most municipalities have address data parsed down to components similar to the US Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Standard ()United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard — Federal Geographic Data Committee ).  So addresses get broken down into pieces.  For example, a Street would get parsed into component fields like:  StreetPreDirection, StreetNameSuffix, StreetName, etc. My point is there are existing processes people have developed to do the parsing.  If you could get ahold of one of these processes, you could theoretically run it on your address data and then recombine only the pieces you need (i.e. ignore the Units and Buildings). So I guess the appeal now is to the GeoNet community.  Would any of you GeoNet folks be willing to offer up some code/processes to the original poster so he can do this?  (Sorry, I don't have any myself.  While I do assign addresses at the City I work at for new development, I don't work with existing data that needs to be parsed down (I get to create it in the first place )). Let me tag a probable culprit expert on this sort of thing:  https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/4422 Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

One possible approach: It sounds like you are trying to parse an address out of a single field.  If that is the case, are all the Buildings and Units in the same sequence in a record, specifically does "Unit A" and "Building 7" always fall between say the street and the city? For example: 123 Main St Unit 4 Sacramento CA 95814 456 Main St Bldg 7 Sacramento CA 95814 If that is indeed the case, you throw together code to capture everything up to and including "ST" (and all the other common road suffixes, like AV, BL, RD, etc), then capture from "Sacramento" (the city)  onwards, and then concatenate the result.  (I'll leave the specific coding of how to do this in Python to the experts, but I know this can be done in VB and other languages). However, this will all depend on how your data is arranged.  If it is OK to do so, can you post sample of your data?  That would help folks immensely in suggesting solutions (including coming up with specific code). Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

I found this in an older Help section (ArcGIS 10.0), but may still apply in modern versions.  Note - I added the underline: Missing symbols in PDF, EPS, or SVG output Map features symbolized with character marker symbols, such as point features, use fonts to graphically represent the feature. If you notice that certain features in the exported file render with text characters instead of graphic symbols, the ESRI fonts may be missing from that machine. Verify that the Embed All Document Fonts option is checked in the Format tab of the Export Map dialog box. Font embedding is supported for PDF, EPS, and SVG export, and allows the symbol to look the same even if the platform does not have the document's fonts installed. Note that some fonts do not support embedding and will not embed even when this option is checked. Source:  ArcGIS Desktop Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Also, in the Help section What are the functions used by a raster or mosaic dataset?—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop they start out with this: The raster functions allow you to define processing operations that will be applied to one or more rasters. These functions are applied to the raster data on the fly as the data is accessed and viewed; therefore, they can be applied quickly without having to endure the time it would otherwise take to create a processed product on disk. So I wonder it that means the product you are viewing is not fully processed to the point it could be exported, and instead a different or additional process will be needed to create the desired hillshade output? Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

I don't know the exact answer (and have not used 10.4 yet), but will throw out some ideas based on where I have seen things go awry in more traditional raster export: Are there environment settings that are causing the cellsize to be increased on export?  Check the output cell size to see if it came out far larger than expected. Maybe after export Statistics need to be Recalculated for the image before displaying? What type of Display Settings are being used when looking at the exported image?  When the exported image is being brought back in, is a Bilinear Interpolation or Cubic Convolution being applied to the display? Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more

Just an observation, the data to be clipped has Z values enabled, while the clip layer does not.  I'm not sure, but that could be a sign of something being off that may also be throwing this. Chris Donohue, GISP ... View more