Latest Contributions by MichaelBranscomb

Hi, Agreed, Make Image Server Layer should do the trick. It returns a Raster Layer which you can add to ArcGIS Explorer. First of all you can create the service then use the OOTB "Analysis Gallery" in ArcGIS Explorer to consume the service. From there you can write a custom Add-in if you like to provide an alternative, tailored UI for your workflow. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Have to checked the file permissions (i.e. security) and file properties (e.g. read-only)?? Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, I suspect you meant to post this in the ArcGIS Desktop forum? - http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/5-ArcGIS-Desktop-General Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, - If you are using the UI: See the Query tool (http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/1500//en/query_editor.htm) - If you are developing an Add-in: See the FeatureLayer.QueryDefinition property (http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/componenthelp/index.html#/QueryDefinition_Property/000300000sn9000000/). Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, If you're not seeing the 3D view then it's likely that your graphics card driver is out of date - if it's a laptop try your laptop vendor's website or alternatively try the graphics card vendor's website. If that doesn't work take a look at the system requirements checker: http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri_if/1186/10895 Regards Mike ... View more

Peter, As far as I'm aware we have not yet been able to reproduce this issue. If you are not able to upload data to the forum please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, I don't believe you need to use a GP service to do this - you should just be able to use the Image Service itself (but in the same way you were probably expecting to need to write a GP Service). You would pass the raster ID into the Mosaic Rule parameter of the Export Image request which would create a raster dataset from which you then create a local RasterLayer. - Example Image Service: http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World/Temperature/ImageServer/exportImage?bbox=-180,-55.5,180,83.5 - REST API Help (for info): http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/SDK/REST/index.html?exportimage.html - For an example SOAP WSDL see http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/services/World/Temperature/ImageServer?wsdl If you're writing a .NET Add-in for Explorer then the ArcGIS Server SOAP API is probably going to be the easiest to use but you could use the REST API if you are that way inclined. Here's an example from the SOAP API Help (http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/apis/soap/SOAP_CSharp_Examples.htm#ExportImage): ExportImage //define image server string url_DEMService = "http://ais3/arcgis/services/testDEM/ImageServer"; testDTED_ImageServer imageSrv = new testDTED_ImageServer(); imageSrv.Url = url_DEMService; //define image description GeoImageDescription geoImgDesc = new GeoImageDescription(); geoImgDesc.Height = 600; geoImgDesc.Width = 800; geoImgDesc.Interpolation = rstResamplingTypes.RSP_BilinearInterpolation; ImageServiceInfo isInfo = imageSrv.GetServiceInfo(); geoImgDesc.Extent = isInfo.Extent; //define a hillshade function and attach to a rendering rule RenderingRule renderRule = new RenderingRule(); HillshadeFunction function = new HillshadeFunction(); HillshadeFunctionArguments argument = new HillshadeFunctionArguments(); argument.Names = new string[] { "Altitude", "Azimuth", "ZFactor" }; argument.Values = new object[] { 45, 315, 1.0 }; renderRule.Arguments = argument; renderRule.Function = function; renderRule.VariableName = "DEM"; geoImgDesc.RenderingRule = renderRule; //define export format ImageType imageType = new ImageType(); imageType.ImageFormat = esriImageFormat.esriImageJPG; imageType.ImageReturnType = esriImageReturnType.esriImageReturnURL; ImageResult result = imageSrv.ExportImage(geoImgDesc, imageType); //download result string fileName = @"c:\temp\hillshadeFunction.jpg"; System.Net.WebClient webClient = new System.Net.WebClient(); webClient.DownloadFile(result.ImageURL, fileName); Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, I suspect you mean ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap/ArcCatalog)? If so - please post your question in the ArcGIS Desktop forums: http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/5-ArcGIS-Desktop-General Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, You can tailor the user experience and add/remove functionality via "Application Configurations" - see http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/1500//en/appconfigs.htm for more info. If you want to password protect the map you could use regular windows file security or alternatively consider creating an "Extension Add-in" which you would then deploy as part of an Application Configuration. This Extension Add-in gives you the chance to run some code as the application is starting - in which you could validate the logged in user against an Access Control List, or hook into your enterprise security approach perhaps. Or you could display a prompt asking the user for their credentials then again do the validation against your list/user database. See http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/componenthelp/index.html#/d/0003000003tv000000.htm for more information. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, Unfortunately there is no access to Image Service properties via the API in the current release. I you would like to see this added in future please submit the idea at http://ideas.arcgis.com Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, I think you meant to post this in the ArcGIS Desktop forum: http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/5-ArcGIS-Desktop-General. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, This was a deliberate change at version 1500 - the accuracy of the Z values, particularly at a global scale, varied too much and we therefore modified the overall behaviour and introduced a more accurate way to obtain the Z values in the API: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/componenthelp/index.html#/GetSurfaceElevationGeometry_Method/000300000tvs000000/. This means you'll need to write an Add-in using the SDK - but the benefit is that you'll have a more streamlined workflow (i.e. you should be able to automate the Note/NMC > XML > Excel process to simply produce a spreadsheet of the values you require). Regards Mike ... View more

Terry, You can perform a spatial intersection using the Table.Search() method (http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/componenthelp/index.html#/Search_Method/0003000008v6000000/). "Tables" in ArcGIS Explorer represent both non-spatial data and spatial data. The Search method takes a Filter which has a SpatialSearchType property - which can be one of Contains, Intersects, etc (see http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/1500/sdk/componenthelp/index.html#/FilterSearchOptions_Enumeration/000300000m41000000/). There's no sharing/packaging support in the API though so you'd need to work out a way to do this. You're probably aware that there are a variety of 3rd party .NET Shapefile libraries available which would let you do this. I'm aware others have done things with the XML representation of a Note from ArcGIS Explorer to import to ArcGIS Desktop. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, This looks like it might be a bug. I'm currently confirming whether this is the case. Regards Mike ... View more

Hi, When you say "in the past" - which version of ArcGIS Explorer were you using? 500? 900? 1200? Cheers Mike ... View more