Latest Contributions by ArcGISUser

Well... Add Data might be kept because of adding basemaps and data from ArcGIS Online.. Other than that, use the Catalog Window. ... View more

Since ArcCatalog is now in ArcMap as a Catalog Window, it is only a matter of time until they remove the Add Data button altogether... my opinion.  Check out 10, you can do everything you are asking for with the Catalog window. ... View more

I'm trying to create a query on the US Weather Warnings Service in ArcGIS Explorer Online to locate types of EVENTS (really, I'm just testing the query function).  So I click the Query Button, select the layer and construct my query: EVENT = 'RED FLAG WARNING' Seems pretty simple, but I get an error - Unable to perform query.  Check the syntax and try again. I've tried single quotes, double quotes, no quotes.  And I've tried queries on different services.  If I query for a number I get results, but not if I query text.  Any ideas? Sue Since you said that numbers worked, you mean that numbers for the EVENT field worked?  If so, are you using domains or subtypes?  Maybe you need to call the coded value/number rather than the description?  Like if RED FLAG WARNING was coded as a number nine, then you'd type in EVENT = 9 or even EVENT = '9' ?  I realized afterwards that this is the ArcGIS Online section... Not sure if my response would help at all. ... View more

Using ArcReader 10 Final build 2414.  Symbols and text in TOC are still squished. ... View more

ArcReader 10 Documentation is STILL not up-to-date.  I have ArcReader 10 Final installed build 2414. C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcReader10.0\Documentation\Using_ArcReader.pdf The cover is updated to say ArcGIS 10, but I would really like to give my ArcReader users some documentation with markups\ink.  The graphics in this pdf are also not up-to-date. ... View more

YES!!  This is something I wanted for a long time!  I would like to be able to right-click on a map element in the layout view and select LOCK.  If locked, then select unlock.  Thanks! ... View more

Hi Dan, Thank you for being receptive to my ideas. 😄  Yes, I will go ahead and file an enhancement request. Thank you again for all of your help and support! ... View more

Hello Goh_Raj, Answer 1): Yes, there has been an enhancement for the INSIDE option of this GP tool in ArcGIS 10; therefore the difference between 9.3 and 10 results are expected. Answer 2): The request NIM047493 has been "rejected" because even a centroid is inside the polygon, it may still be too close to the boundary, if not on the boundary. The improvement in version 10 is to avoid point locations too close to polygon boundaries. Your examples showed the improved results, hopefully more satisfactory overall than before. The points are not necessarily at centroids. Thanks, Dan - in GeoProcessing Hello Dan, Thank you for your quick response.  Yes, I do see the improvements.  I have to generate a list of x and y coordinates for our parcels every year (we have over 770,000 parcels) and I thought to use 10 this time for testing and maybe even for production.  I know that I was a little alarmed once I saw the results, because the output was so different that I started wondering which version produced the most accurate results.  Looking at the comparison, yes the results from using 10 HAVE improved and I guess I just wanted someone to tell me that it has.  It is slightly unusual that there are areas (like the ones circled in purple) where the points shifted instead of stayed right at the centroid. When running feature to point with �??inside�?� unchecked, the points in these areas didn�??t fall outside of the polygon to begin with, so I was trying to understand the reason behind the shift.  Normally, I would think running feature to point with the "inside" option checked, all points should stay at the true centroid unless it fell outside of the polygon, then in these cases the point can be placed inside or closest to the center.  In some of these areas, like the polygon located at the 3 o�?? clock location, it does not have the true centroid located that close to the boundaries and I don't think it needed that shift.  This could also be true for the polygons at the 4 and 10 o�??clock position too. However, I can see the need for a shift for the parcel at the 11:30 position, since that is a very small polygon. By talking to support, I have developed a process to capture as many single points at the true centroid of the polygon as possible.  This involves running feature to point with �??inside�?� unchecked to capture the true centroid.  Then I selected all the polygons without points and exported these polygons as a separate layer (to run feature to point with the �??inside�?� option checked on).  In turn, I would remove these same polygons from my initial layer so that I can rerun my process to reselect polygons without points and append these results to my second parcel layer. I would rerun this process a few times because running feature to point at default causes some of the �??centroids�?� from irregularly shaped parcels to fall on neighboring parcels and sometimes I cannot get a true count of parcels that do not have their own points inside.  I will probably try to automate this process too.  Yes, I appreciate the improvement from 9.3.1 as it is much better.  Thank you for your explanation. I do have an idea and I do understand the need to avoid placing the points too close to the boundaries.  Can I suggest an enhancement to give the user an option to define a buffer/distance first when running the feature to point operation?  For example, when running feature to point with the �??inside�?� option checked on, all points should be generated and placed at the true centroid of the polygon, but if the point is ____ distance away from a boundary, then the point can be shifted to another location. If the point is totally outside of the polygon, it would use the same placement method as before.  Just an idea, thank you for listening. ... View more

Instead of changing the double-click, how about a shortcut key like hold down "p" and click on the record to pan to the feature?  This way you can zoom to or pan to easily.  BTW, I didn't demote or promote... just commenting. ... View more

Maybe we can have shortcut keys for graphic operations?  I know I would love a shortcut key to group and ungroup graphics on the layout. ;) ... View more

I am adding an image.  Let's see if this shows up: ... View more

I am not sure about "permanently" but in 10, you can highlight some of your fields in yellow. ... View more