Latest Contributions by JimCousins

You need to choose a feature attribute hierarchy. What you create with overlay analysis requires this as a follow up process, as it will return the overlap as a separate polygon. If you can not create a hierarchy, then run a union analysis, and display the overlap as a different symbology to indicate your area of uncertainty. Regards. ... View more

I am not certain I fully understand your needs. I have created a copy of a feature class in the map, set my symbology to reflect what I want in the legend, set a definition query to FID = -9999 (which returns no features). Then I used that item in the legend instead of the more complex feature class. This allows you to customize the symbology and text in the legend, independent of the actual feature class symbology and text used in the display. ... View more

RhettZufelt has provided the correct answer. If you are still having issues, be aware that having the excel file open in Excel puts a lock on the file and prevents ArcMap from interacting with it. In addition, another instance of ArcMap that is open and points to the Excel file will put a lock on it, preventing interaction with it. Closing these links should enable access to the Excel file. ... View more

Thank you for your response, Bert. Do you know the unit performs under moderate canopy and close proximity to structures? Jim Cousins GIS Project Scientist S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc.<http://www.sspa.com/> 1801 Rockville Pike, Suite 220, Rockville, MD 20852 Direct: (301) 500-2271 | Office: (301) 718-8900 jcousins@sspa.com<mailto:jcousins@sspa.com> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This email and any attachments are intended only for the addressee(s) and may be confidential, proprietary, privileged, or otherwise protected by law from disclosure or use by a third party. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and its attachments, and destroy any electronic or hard copies that you may have created. ... View more

I have been looking at this myself. I am still trying to get the real costs and specs, but the Trimble Catalyst seems a possible solution, for my needs anyway. It is certainly very affordable, but this depends on your collection needs. It is basically an antenna ($350) that you connect to your smart phone / tablet. You acquire a subscription to the "Catalyst service" which has a stepped cost depending on level of precision needed, from $40 to $350 per user per month. This subscription can be annual or "on demand". Still figuring this bit out, and an accuracy assessment for different collection environments, like amount of canopy cover, and building shadow. I am interested in what your final selection is. - Jim ... View more

You need to enable "jump lists". Right click the taskbar, and select "Taskbar Settings". In the next window choose "Start", and at the bottom, enable  "Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar". Regards, Jim ... View more

Select the features you wish to, right click on the source layer and choose >> Selection>>Create Layer From Selected Features. If you wish this to be permanent, export the resulting layer to a new file. ... View more

Ashley Peters, any additional information? What type of layer is it, or is it all layers in the map? It sounds like you have addressed any potential problems with the ArcMap installation. Does this behavior occur in other map documents, or just this one? If just this one, you could run MXDdoctor (in your start menu under ArcGIS) against your map and see what it comes up with. Regards, Jim ... View more

David has a point. If you have not added the 2007 Office drivers, an xlsx file is not readable in ArcMap. This link addresses the .xlsx format: Understanding how to use Microsoft Excel files in ArcGIS—Help | Documentation  Regards, Jim ... View more

there is a tool ArcToolbox >> Data Mangement tools >> Features >> Add XY Coordinates that will add and populate X Y columns in your shapefile. Beyond that, what do you mean by "Is there a way to read out the coordinates of individual points on Arcmap?" Regards, Jim ... View more

Layout Error 1 displaying the preview as very blurry / pixelated may be an indication of communication issues with your plotter. Have you successfully used this plotter from arcmap before? It almost appears that your preview is showing an extremely small area. If you check the dataframe properties, do the x/y location and width and height make sense? What happens if you set up a new map document, and then copy/paste your layers into that? If the issue is still there, try a different printer just to test printer communication. Any printer regardless of page size - just to test display under a different configuration. Regards, Jim ... View more

Thanks regardless, Joe. WE’VE MOVED! Please note our new address: 1801 Rockville Pike, Suite 220 Rockville, MD 20852 Jim Cousins GIS Project Scientist S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc.<http://www.sspa.com/> 1801 Rockville Pike, Suite 220, Rockville, MD 20852 Direct: (301) 500-2271 | Office: (301) 718-8900 jcousins@sspa.com<mailto:jcousins@sspa.com> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This email and any attachments are intended only for the addressee(s) and may be confidential, proprietary, privileged, or otherwise protected by law from disclosure or use by a third party. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and its attachments, and destroy any electronic or hard copies that you may have created. ... View more

I should provide a link to my source for the information that I have: Link to publication: http://downloads2.esri.com/support/documentation/ao_/710Understanding_Map_Projections.pdf ... View more

What I am actually seeking is a citation that I can use in a publication. Something along the lines of: Environmental Systems Research Institute. Understanding Map Projections. Redlands, CA, Environmental Systems Research Institute, 2000.    The basic form for a book citation is: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date. I am uncertain that ESRI is the publisher, and of the date. Copyright is for 1994 - 2000, so should the publication date be 1994? I was hopeful that someone had used a reference to this in a paper, and could share their citation for this. ... View more