Latest Contributions by PatrickMcKinney1

I had a question regarding connecting to ArcGIS Enterprise Geodatabases ("SDE") using Python scripts. My goal is to copy datasets from our production database (and a file geodatabase) to a file geodatabase to our CAD network. The enterprise database is one what we'll call "server 1."  And the file geodatabase we're copyin from is on "server 2."  I am able to copy data from a file geodatabase (server2) on our network to the CADnetwork. But it fails on SDE datasets.  The error message is about the dataset not existing or not being supported (error 732). ArcMap nor ArcGIS Pro is installed on the CAD server running the script, but it does have ArcGIS Server installed. When I run the Describe function on an SDE connection file on the CAD server, the "dataType" is "File." But when I run it on my computer, it is "Workspace." Do I need to install ArcGIS Desktop, or is it potentially some other issue? ... View more

I am developing an ArcPy script that will copy data from our "courthouse network" to our "cad network."  Due to restrictions on the CAD network, I must access the drive I'm copying data to using fully-qualified domain name, and pass a username and password. I'm not sure how to do this through a Python script.  Can anyone help? Thanks! ... View more

I wanted to get people's thoughts and opinions on adding a full-screen widget to a web map embedded on a website. Is this a feature the average used would want?  Or expect? Would entering the map in full-screen mode be an added benefit? Or is the purpose of a map embedded on a page to be small and limited in size? Basically, what are the pros and cons of adding this feature? ... View more

I am encountering a quirk or potential issue with the Search widget using the JS API 4.x  My search widget includes a geocoding service and feature layer source. I have set a zoomScale property for both sources.  When searching against the geocoding service, the scale is being honored (I believe).  But when searching against the feature layer, it is not. I am aware that I could use the goToOverride method to resolve this.  However, it is my opinion that the widget is not working properly.  Any help is appreciated. I have a demo at https://codepen.io/pmckinney/pen/MWYLggN. Sample searches: 15 W High Street, Carlisle New Courthouse 321 Gettysburg Pike, Mechanicsburg MDJ 09-3-01 ... View more

I wanted to share a solution I developed to incorporate the alt attribute to the featured images associated with the Map Tour Classic StoryMap.  My solution adds the alt attribute to the images in the carousel, the block where the text is on top of the image, and for the image modal pop-out.  My assumption is that there is probably a better way to approach this problem then I did.  Therefore, I created a GitHub Gist to share my solution.  I am hoping other web accessibility-minded developers can contribute to improving this solution. View GitHub Gist ... View more

I am working on developing a JavaScript solution to add the  alt  attribute to images in map popups. Using the events listed in this repo's readme, I cannot get consistent results when changing between webmaps. I have tried the code in different  topic.subscribe  sections within the  custom-scripts.js  file. Is there an event that fires when the webmaps change? I'll provide my sample code below. Any help is greatly appreciated: let webmap = app.map; webmap.on('click', function() { // only execute code if a popup is displayed on click if (webmap.infoWindow.isShowing) { // img elements within the feature popup let popupImage = document.querySelectorAll('div.image > img')[0]; if (typeof popupImage !== 'undefined') { // popup title - bridge name let bridgeNameElement = document.querySelectorAll('div.esriViewPopup > div.mainSection > div.header')[0].innerHTML; // add alt attribute using bridge's name popupImage.setAttribute('alt', bridgeNameElement);// || 'some string' } } }); ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

Is there a way to manually set the colors when using color ramps to symbolize data in ArcGIS Online?  It seems like it would be a basic feature, but I cannot figure it out. ... View more

I had a question regarding maps and apps created in ArcGIS Online.  It seems that a layer will only display on the legend when it is displayed on the map. If the map is at a scale where they layer is not set to turn on (scale dependency), then the layer will not display on the map.  But once a user zooms in, the layer turns on, and then it appears in the legend. Is this the default behavior of the legend?  If so, is there a way to get the layers to always show in the legend, even if they have a scale dependency set? ... View more