Latest Contributions by AndresCastillo

Here are some quick snippets to verify your oracle database is configured properly with spatial libraries. --LIBST_RASTER VALID: --/app/oracle/product/19.10.0.0.210119/lib/libst_raster_ora.so --ST_SHAPELIB VALID: --/app/oracle/product/19.10.0.0.210119/lib/libst_shapelib.so SELECT * FROM USER_LIBRARIES; --10.4.1 Geodatabase SELECT * FROM SDE.VERSION; --PMIGISD5.FPL.COM select * from global_name; --"Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production --Version 19.10.0.0.0" SELECT * FROM v$version;   --POINT ( 10.00000000 10.00000000) select sde.ST_AsText(SDE.ST_Geometry('POINT (10 10)', 0)) from dual; https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000011293   If extproc is not configured, properly, follow this article: https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/gdbs-in-oracle/configure-oracle-extproc.htm   Also verified working with existing fc in the gdb in an ArcGIS Desktop client, and Verify creating and editing a fc in an ArcGIS Desktop works as expected. ... View more

The below Esri docs show that it is possible to manually set service indices from the source mxd/ArcGIS Pro project: https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/map/publish-map-services/map-authoring-considerations.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_4C54586DEB0445B4B97AF15856E546AB Problem: Pop-ups for feature layers in a web map are switched after overwriting a feature service https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000016891 ... View more

searching for free or low cost resources can be tough, but here are some great resources: video by "Geospatial World": https://youtu.be/8ivqOvEka4A   Thanks @JonEmch for sharing! ... View more

See attached WHATLG.zip file.   To use it: open lmstat.bat with a text editor Replace the LM ip here: <insertLMIPHere> run WhereHaveAllTheLicensesGone.exe   As of 05/21/2021, the lmutil.exe file included in this zip works. As time passes, a new lmutil.exe file might need to be obtained, which can be found with the My Esri download of License Manager. ... View more

Here are some resources for achieving this in ArcGIS Desktop, Pro, and python:   How To: Calculate latitude and longitude for point features https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000008944    Calculate/Add Geometry attributes tools: https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.6/tools/data-management-toolbox/calculate-geometry-attributes.htm https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.6/tools/data-management-toolbox/add-geometry-attributes.htm  Note that if you are trying to script it out, it appears that you cannot specify the desired units.     via ArcPy: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/114416/calculating-geometry-area-in-arcgis-desktop-using-arcpy  https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/8163/getting-latitude-and-longitude-of-projected-point-using-arcpy  From the National Wildfire Coordinating Group: https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/936-1-calculate-geometry-using-python.pdf   https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-automate-quot-calculate-geometry-quot-degrees-minutes/td-p/53193#M4212   https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/155476/using-python-to-field-calculate-lat-long-with-decimal-degrees-rather-than-meters   https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/calculate-field-with-code-block-python-script/td-p/711254   ... View more

This article discusses adding a Tile Layer url to your portal, then accessing the portal item via ArcGIS Pro and ArcMap: https://socalgis.org/2020/12/02/add-google-maps-to-arcmap-and-pro/#:~:text=Once%20logged%20in%2C%20open%20a,box%20%E2%80%9CUse%20as%20Basemap%E2%80%9D.   Here's some of the Google url's the article mentions: Google Maps: https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=r&x={col}&y={row}&z={level} Google Satellite: http://www.google.cn/maps/vt?lyrs=s@189&gl=cn&x={col}&y={row}&z={level} Google Satellite Hybrid: https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x={col}&y={row}&z={level} Google Terrain: https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=p&x={col}&y={row}&z={level} Google Roads: https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=h&x={col}&y={row}&z={level}   This article discusses exporting a small image of your desired area from Google Earth, then georeferencing it to view in ArcGIS Pro/ArcMap: How To: Use Google Earth images as basemaps in ArcGIS Pro https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000023334   Here's some other discussions on this online: https://www.hatarilabs.com/ih-en/how-to-add-a-google-map-in-qgis-3-tutorial https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23017766/google-maps-tile-url-for-hybrid-maptype-tiles ... View more

Esri Technical Support has an article with respect to running python scripts using the 'relative' path that contains the ArcCatalog connection name (i.e 'Database Connections/MyDatabaseName.sde/), outside of an ArcGIS Environment.   For example, running from Windows Command Prompt, or Task Scheduler.     FAQ: Why am I getting "Error 000732, < dataset name > does not exist or is not supported", in a script run outside the ArcGIS environment? https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000011874     There is a caveat, in that: 1 as long as you specify the python installation that comes with the ArcGIS install (C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.4\python.exe python), and 2 also the the sde connection file is stored in the 'Database Connections/MyDatabaseName.sde/ directory (aka the user profile in which the process will be run: C:\Users\<userName>\AppData\Roaming\Esri\Desktop10.4\ArcCatalog), the script will run.   This is because that python install is technically part of the ArcGIS Environment. ... View more