Latest Contributions by PaulStephenson

Had a couple of quick questions about customizing the ribbon in ArcGIS Pro. Using the Customize the Ribbon interface I've found in that if I remove an item (the Analysis tab for instance) from the ribbon in I cannot add it again. I have the option to reset all customizations but the option to Add-> an item is always grayed out. Am I missing something here? Would also like to set the customization by the project, not the machine. Can this be done at the project level? Using ArcGIS Pro 1.1.1 Thanks ... View more

ArcGIS Online: There may be cases where you would like to grant a User level role the ability to edit attributes but you would like to grant an Editor or Curator (or similar) role the ability to edit geometry of features. From the layer properties you can set the editing permissions, but it applies to all users.  From the default viewer/map you can turn on/off editing, but that pertains to all editing types. You can set user privileges so that they can "Add layer to new map with full editing control" even when geometry edits are not allowed, but this override is a one-time deal: You cannot save the map and retain the the editing rights. Web AppBuilder does have this control within the Edit widget which is fantastic; however if you want to edit the same data on Collector for instance, those editing options are not available. There are simply times when you would want different web maps using the same data to have different editing capabilities based on the user. I would suggest that these editing capabilities are set at either the map level (within the web map properties), or at the layer level within the web map itself, or even within the definitions of roles. Thanks Paul   ... View more

Just recently for the upcoming release of ArcGIS Online, the zoom level, or level of display has been set so that users can finally zoom to very detailed levels (1:71!) which is great for features close together on the ground. The basemaps don't currently draw any clearer beyond a certain level, but you can continue to zoom until that level is reached. However if a local basemap is used (ie not ESRI's) you cannot zoom in beyond the level set when creating it. Does anyone know if / how to set a local or custom basemap to perform the same way in ArcGIS Online - to zoom to the 1:71 level (even if distorted after a certain level) without having to create the cache at that level? Thanks! Paul ... View more

If you have more than two or three attachments for a feature it would be great to have the ability to sort them based on priority or a standard order. In desktop, they sort alphabetically. On ArcGIS Online, they sort based on order created. A sort could be determined by adding a field to the attachment table and assigning a value to that field, which would represent priority. Another thought would be to setup a method to assign attachments to standardized attribute fields - similar to hyperlinks, but with the ease of adding attachments.   ... View more

If you have more than two or three attachments for a feature it would be great to have the ability to sort them based on priority or a standard order. In desktop, they sort alphabetically. On ArcGIS Online, they sort based on order created. A sort could be determined by adding a field to the attachment table and assigning a value to that field, which would represent priority. Another thought would be to setup a method to assign attachments to standardized attribute fields - similar to hyperlinks, but with the ease of adding attachments.   ... View more

I'm looking to get a better understanding on feature services and geometry. It seems that feature services do not hold their geometry fields in ArcGIS Online. I'm specifically interested in Shape.STLength() for ArcGIS for Server-hosted data, but have noticed that ArcGIS Online-hosted services published from file geodatabase format do not seem to hold any geometry data either. I could create a new field and populate it with the length values but that doesn't make things easy if new features are still being created. The map service however does retain those values, so my current work-around will be to go that route. Anyone have a simple explanation for this or can point me towards some info on this topic? Thanks Paul ... View more

I've noticed that since the old "Basic Viewer" application was renamed as "Classic Viewer" the title in Chrome defaults to a very cartoonish font. I've cleared browsing cache and checked on a couple of different PCs - IE and Firefox retain the original font, but in Chrome it's gone ridiculous. I was able to change the font displayed with an html tag in the configuration page, but then the browsing tab includes that html as part of the title, which doesn't look nice. I know there are a lot of existing maps out there that still use this template, and the Chrome users must be scratching their heads. The new Basic Viewer is nice, but it really does not have the look and feel that it wants to be taken seriously, so I think there are many cases the Classic still does nicely. Any thoughts? Am I completely missing something here? Thanks Paul ... View more