Latest Contributions by RickCheney

Sorry about the delay in responding.  The error information is below. Traceback (most recent call last):   File "E:\holeInRaster\EraseRaster.py", line 24, in <module>     main()   File "E:\holeInRaster\EraseRaster.py", line 20, in main     result = arcpy.sa.ExtractByPolygon(ras, points, method)   File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\arcpy\arcpy\sa\Functions.py", line 1300, in ExtractByPolygon     extraction_area)   File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\arcpy\arcpy\sa\Utils.py", line 53, in swapper     result = wrapper(*args, **kwargs)   File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\arcpy\arcpy\sa\Functions.py", line 1295, in Wrapper     extraction_area)   File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\arcpy\arcpy\geoprocessing\_base.py", line 504, in <lambda>     return lambda *args: val(*gp_fixargs(args, True)) RuntimeError: Object: Error in executing tool Failed to execute (EraseRaster). ... View more

Thanks, it looks like this tool is going to work. I got the tool setup and I tried using it.  I got an error the first time but I will continue testing and maybe tweaking and see if I can get it to work.  Thanks again. ... View more

You are right, it sounds very complicated but I'll give it a try. ... View more

I was only using the US map and the state of Texas as an example, but I will look into Making a Mosaic Layer ... View more

The solution in the Erase but for raster thread is to use Raster Calculator but as far as I can see the Raster Calculator uses only Raster data and I don't have raster data for the shape that I what to cut out. Maybe I can convert my vector area into raster and then use the Raster Calculator. ... View more

It looks like the Extract by Polygon only accepts X Y coordinates for the Polygon that represents Texas, if I was extracting or masking a rectangle the X Y coordinates would be easy but I'm not sure how to specify a shape as complex and the state of Texas with X Y coordinates. ... View more

I can clip the raster data to get the state of Texas but not the United States without Texas. ... View more

I used the Reduce font size option in the Maplex Labeling Engine and the results are exactly what I need.  This saved me from individually making custom labels for hundreds of lakes. Is it possible to mark more than one answer as the correct answer?  All three answers were very helpful.  I will use the Define Classses feature to write Expressions for custom labels when I need that.  I was not aware that I could use Expressions like that. The Reduce font size option was perfect but I did not know that the Maplex Labeling Engine existed so I would have had a hard time figuring that out until Chad mentioned Maplex and then I found it.  In ArcMap 10.3.1 I found it under the drop-down menus along the top, Customize >> Toolbars >> Labeling  then under the Labeling drop-down on the left side of the Labeling toolbar, pick Use Maplex Label Engine. Thank you all, you saved me a lot of time. ... View more

Thank you Wes.   As a test, I set the labels for the Lakes as  Label all features the same way, the I added the expression below.  The expression verifies as ok, but nothing happens.  I have a Field named PARENTID and the data type is Long.  All the PARENTID fields in the attribute table have a value of 0 (zero).  I tried the expression without the cLng, like this " if ([PARENTID] = 0) then"     but that didn't help either. Function FindLabel ( [PARENTID] ) if (cLng([PARENTID]) = 0) then FindLabel = "<CLR red='255'><FNT size = '44'>" + [OFFICIAL_N] + "</FNT></CLR>" end if End Function === below does work === Function FindLabel ( [OFFICIAL_N] ) if [OFFICIAL_N] = "Bee Lake" then FindLabel = "<CLR red='255'><FNT size = '44'>" + [OFFICIAL_N] + "</FNT></CLR>" end if End Function ... View more

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