Latest Contributions by JonathanQuinn

What service pack are you on?  Can you add a basemap from a GIS Server connection? 1)  In ArcCatalog, expand the GIS Server folder. 2)  Double click on Add ArcGIS Server and select Use GIS Services at the screen that appears 3)  For the URL, enter http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services 4)  Once the connection has been made, either use the Add Data button or drag and drop the basemap you'd like to use into the map. ... View more

Sorry, you're right, I meant List by Drawing Order.  So is the problem specific to only adding a basemap?  You mentioned you can't add a group layer either, (right click on the Layers data frame and go to New Group Layer), correct? ... View more

Are you on 10 or 10.1?  Style files need to be in the appdata folder, as they need to be linked to the account you're logged in with, so you "update" a style file rather saving a new one.  The dialog is to "Open" a style file, rather than "Save" one, so you don't save a new style file.  You should browse to the one you have in that folder location, (it should be set by default), and then you'll save a new style in the style file.  You can then browse to this style file through Windows Explorer.  Make sure the App Data folder is visible by going to Tools > Folder Options > View tab and select Show hidden files, folders, and drives. Aside from style files, you can also save the symbology as a layer file.  Right click on the layer in your map and go to Save as layer file.  This layer file stores the symbology you've used for the layer, and you can move this layer file to a place on your network. ... View more

What browser are you using?  I can upload it fine using Firefox.  You've tried both adding it to your My Content section and directly to a map? ... View more

Roy had posted in a different forum and the problem had actually turned out to be he was in the Source tab in the Table of Contents rather than the List by Visibility tab.  Is this the case for you? ... View more

Can you try to rename your Normal.mxt first? Make sure that all ArcMap and ArcCatalog instances are closed: 1)  In Windows 7:  Navigate to C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.0\ArcMap\Templates\.     In Windows XP:  Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Userprofile>\Application Data\ ESRI\Desktop10.0\ArcMap\Templates\. Note:  If you can't see the Application Data folder, go to Tools > Folder Options > View.  Under Hidden files and folders, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives.  In Windows 7, press Alt to get the toolbar that the Tools menu is on. 2)  Rename the Normal.mxt to Normal_old.mxt. Open ArcMap and see if the problem is reproducible. ... View more

We get the 499 error because the hosted service is not shared with everyone.  If you'd like us to take a look at the service, can you share it with everyone? ... View more

I'm thinking that you may not have shared the map or the data within the map to everyone; when I click on the link to open the map, it brings me to ArcGIS.com and requires me to sign in.  Can you make sure that both the map and the data within the map are shared with everyone? ... View more

Do you have any values within within the attributes of the points that can be grouped?  If so, you can use the Iterate Feature Selection tool within Modelbuilder to iterate through each group, make the selection, run any other tools.  If you don't have a field to group values on, you can create a fishnet that will cover the extent of your data and then use the Iterate Feature Selection tool again to select each grid, use the Select by Location to select points that fall within the grid, process the data, then use the Collect Values tool to collect the output.  Finally, use the this model in a separate model and use the output of the collect values tool as the input to a Merge tool to merge the data back together. Here's a image of a sample workflow: [ATTACH=CONFIG]18338[/ATTACH] The larger model was just dragged into a new model from ArcCatalog.  The last output of the submodel is a parameter so it can exposed within the main model. ... View more

Are you iterating through multiple folders, and then within each folder, iterating through the shapefiles within the folder?  So you essentially want to capture the last folder within the directory? ... View more

Ah, ok.  I'm not aware of any such data on ArcGIS Online, sorry. ... View more

Do you mean in regards to the clustering effect when zoomed out? ... View more

So you can't even browse to a feature class by clicking on the folder button next to the drop down arrow? ... View more

I'm not sure why the drop down is greyed out, but you could look into using some geoprocessing tools to create your area of interest feature class.  For example, you could create a fishnet and then use the Select By Location to select for grid features that only intersect your data.  Perhaps you could also use the Buffer tool to buffer an existing layer within your data that completely covers your data and use the output as the Area of Interest feature class. ... View more