Latest Contributions by RobertBorchert

turn off or remove the layer with the house symbol on it. ... View more

You are correct in that it should only effect the feature datasets that were updated.  Unless someone accidentally unregistered the other feature datasets. Thanks for the response...we did add some feature classes to 2 different datasets and we still have to reversion those datasets. I wouldn't think that would affect the whole database though just those datasets(i.e. you would get an error that the layer wasn't versioned when trying to edit), is that not the case? We will try reversioning and see if that works. Thanks, S ... View more

someone probably added a new feature or made some modifications start off by assigning privileges to them again. Also, right click on one of the  feature datasets in ArcCatalog that is giving the issue.  Select Manage 4th and 5th options should be Register as Versioned and Unregister as Versioned.  If register as versioned is NOT grayed out then you need to register as versioned This is also where you can check privileges You will need to be logged in as the SDE administrator. ... View more

Is your pipe data one line or multiple lines one for each depth? You will have to break your pipe at the various depths. You can snap your point to the edge of the pipes. Try the Identity tool (if you have spatial analyst extension) You can also do a join that shows you the distance to the nearest feature. Are there a large number of depth values? If there only a few (like 20 or so) select all the depths for say 10 feet.  Then do a Select by location and select all the pipes within 5 feet or so.  Here is would be better if you did the bulk snap and snapped all your points to a pipe.  then you could do the spatial join like you did and create a new feature class with the depths attached. Hi, I have polyline data with line segments for a pipe network and point data for the depths of the pipes at certain (deviant) points. I want to combine these two datasets into a new dataset. Any suggestions on how I can do this efficiently? I tried spatial join where the points and lines intersect, but because only some of the points lie precisely on a line segment, I got very few results. Spatial join by point closest to the line doesn't work for me either, because not every line segment has a point. What I want is the depth attribute for each point to be added to the attribute table in the row of the closest line. How can I automate this? ... View more

Have you tried creating your tables as geodatabase tables instead of as excel. then you can use the data loader to add new data to the existing table and you can use a query in the data loader to specify what gets loaded. ... View more

did you upgrade your database to 10.2 in ArcCatalog. I have MXDs that open in 9.3, but not in 10.2.  The rasters were initially stored in SDE, but have been moved to another location.  The MXDs should still open with broken data links for the rasters.  What is causing the MXDs to open in 9.3, but not in 10.2?  When attempting to use 10.2, the MXD either crashes or attempts to open the MXD until Task Manager forces ArcMap to close.  Even more perplexing is the rasters within the 9.3 MXDs point to the initial SDE connection and the rasters display.  How can the 9.3 rasters display after the have been moved from the SDE connection? ... View more

Open it in MS Access and create a find duplicates query. You can then make a new table from the query and export the new table as a .csv which you can bring into ArcGIS. ... View more

don't know. I am in 10.2 and it worked fine for me. ... View more

they are all equally fine.  I would suggest that you right away convert them and put them in your database. You may also ask if they can give you shape files instead. ... View more

http://chinadatacenter.org/DataCategory/DataCategory.aspx?type=2 ... View more

http://china-archive.library.tamu.edu/datasets/chinaarchive/Geospatial/General%20GIS%20Data%20Sets/Data/ ... View more

First create two new attributes for your polygons. Make them Double they will represent latitude and longitude.  I normally them Xing and Ying Now right click on the Xing column and select calculate geometry.  Choose X coordinate of Centroid.  select also the Units.  I prefer Decimal Degrees. Do the same for Ying now from the table view export your polygon layer as a text file. bring that text file back in and right click on it and select display X,Y data. It will create an Event Layer.  Export that event layer as a shapefile or to a geodatebase.  it will carry along all the attributes of the parent polygon. How do you create a new point at the center of polygon?  Thanks. ... View more

If you do not have to have it feature linked then do it without being feature linked. In fact you can create it non feature linked and then create a relationship based on the FID after. You may also  be better off not moving it in the layout view.  May work better to do it in the data view.   Set your reference scale on the data view so everything is in the proper proportion. Several other things you can try. try it as non feature linked. turn off snapping compress your database Run Defrag on your computer Run Disk Cleanup on your computer. If you are doing it via a network transfer the data to your local hard drive, unless your in SDE in which case leave it there. Run Disk Check on your computer It may also be a computer hardware issue.  A few months ago I adjusted thousands of annotations on our system and it goes smoothly.  Annotation uses a lot more resources than dynamic labeling because it is like a polygon. Some people go crazy using Annotation.  Determine if there are some features which can get buy with dynamic use that more. Does anyone know if it is possible to stop ArcMap refreshing the data view or layout view whilst editing annotations? I currently have a task which require hundreds of annotations to be manually repositioned, this process is being slowed down by ArcMap constantly refreshing. All none essential layers have already been turned off which does speed things ups somewhat however if I could stop the view refresh after each reposition the task would be much quicker. Any suggestions more than welcome Cheers David ... View more

I had a similar issue.  What I ended up having do to is create a new features that I called Label Leader and LablePoint I put them in a geometric network so they would stay connected. I then labeled off the point and drew the leader in the way i wanted it. Hi, I am trying to label my point features with long and straight leaders. I am using ArcGIS 10.1 and using Maplex and I have tried various combinations of options available for leader but I could not succeed. Would any one help me how to get the leaders like shown in attached screenshot. Regards, Navin ... View more

Can you use the Georeferencing ToolBar?  I am not certain if it requires a specific extension. Add your CAD data to your drawing. Zoom to the area where you KNOW your cad data should be. From the Geoprocessing toolbar select the cad feature type you want to georeference and select fit to display. then using knows referenced points from the CAD and the GIS use the Add Control Points on the toolbar to select a known CAD location first then the known place it should be. The select a different CAD location (preferably some distance away) then the the the place it should be. It does not show up in the proper location. It shows up far away and is rotated differently. ... View more