Latest Contributions by WesMiller

If you have spatially referenced data you can create two fields in your table and use Calculate Geometry to get XY ... View more

Just to add to Dan Patterson ​using the in_memory workspace is a good option it will only exist until you close your ArcMap session. ... View more

I didn't think define projection would move anything either but the project tool would if you had a projection assigned. Did you accidentally use the wrong one, maybe? ... View more

Model builder sounds like the way to go! ... View more

You could create a layer file from your selected features then use the data driven pages toolbar to move forward and backward through your feature layer. ... View more

Not related to using google earth as a base map, but created a useful python addin tool that will let you view google map channels from the positioned clicked in arcmap ... View more

If you can already calculate scale based on page size i think what you may be looking for is creating a text file with XY coords in it. For example create a text file formatted like below: fromX,fromY toX,toY The first set and second set are separated by a space and the X and Y are separated by a comma like a world file for cad drawings do your anchor fromX,fromY toX,toY first and then calculate the others I'm not sure you can load them with python but you can open your link table and load them. I'd be interested to see how you come out with this project ... View more

You may also be interested in this site. ​It's a bunch of apps that work using the LGIM that can be easily configured to your data. ... View more

Sorry i had to work through the steps so I could remember how to do it. If you already have the xml file create a new file geodatabase right click the new geodatabase select import xml workspace navigate to where you saved the xml file and select it also check the radio button for schema only then click next then click finish ... View more

Try this link Implementing the Local Government Information Model with ArcGIS 10 | ArcGIS Blog ... View more

We use ESRIs LGIM data model to manage our water, sewer, and stormwater utilities. We also added a couple of fields GPSed - "Yes","NO",Surveyed" : Hydrant_Type-"Post","Standard" : MapSheet - Where to find the scanned drawings : Engineer-Who was Engineering firm on the drawings. ... View more

How do intend to use it? If you want to use in a model you could: Create a list with choice 1 "Address" choice 2 "XY" then test the list in your script if listoption == "Address":      run script else:      run other script ... View more