Latest Contributions by RobertBorchert

Are people doing edits on your online service? I keep the master copy of my clients database in a personal SDE and upload data changes to the server when required.  that upload can be automated to run nightly as well. I am a server administrator who is totally new to ArcGIS. I just set up ArcGIS for Server 10.1 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and am now investigating backup and recovery. There is a section titled "Backing up and restoring your ArcGIS Server site" in ArcGIS Help which basically says that in order to make a backup you need to "delete all machines from your site", taking the site offline, then back up the relevant directories and then run the "create new site" wizard, trying to remember to do it exactly the same way as when you first configured the site. REALLY? This can't be serious. I can't imagine anyone making regular backups of their ArcGIS server using such a disruptive, labour-intensive and error-prone method. Maybe if you have a dedicated ArcGIS server administrator who has no other duties - but how many organizations have such a person? As with all our servers, I configured Tivoli Storage Manager to take nightly backups of the server files. On cursory look, the files in configuration and data directories seem to be there. TSM complained about some files that it couldn't back up because 'the object is in use by another process', but they don't seem very critical to me: C:\Apps\ArcGIS\Server\geronimo\var\txlog\howl_1.log': the object is in use by another process C:\Users\arcgis\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_arcgis\2096': the object is in use by another process C:\Users\arcgis\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_arcgis\2160': the object is in use by another process C:\Users\arcgis\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_arcgis\2408': the object is in use by another process C:\Users\arcgis\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_arcgis\3344': the object is in use by another process C:\Users\arcgis\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_arcgis\3624': the object is in use by another process C:\Users\arcgis\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_arcgis\3772': the object is in use by another process C:\Users\arcgis\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_arcgis\3996': the object is in use by another process Is such a backup really unusable for recovery? ... View more

If you only need to do it the one time then simply use a combination of Select by Attributes and Field Caluclator on the table. Select by attributes columnA > columnB and ColumnA > columnC This will give you all the columnA which are larger then both B and C Then from that selection query populate columnD with the Value of ColumnA Then do similar queries for ColumnB and ColumnC Do it three times and you are done. You cold also create this as tool in model builder and save it as a button. Out of the box.  But as I wrote if you only need to do it once or every few months it is just as well to do it with select by attributes and field calculator. Hi, I am wondering if there is a tool that will look at a row, find the maximum value from column A, B, or C and then update column D with the name of the highest-ranked column. I could implement this as a cursor in Python but I would like to know if there is a set-based method that could be performed with ArcGIS Desktop (I have previously done this in SQL Server, but want to keep the requirements to a minimum). At this stage the data is a polygon derived from an intersect, but it could also be modelled as a series of rasters. Thanks, Matt ... View more

From your Contents you need to share it with the group. Hello, I uploaded a shape file to my map. I can see it on my map (the administrator), but my colleagues get an error when trying to open it, saying the layer cannot be added to the map? Anyone have any suggestions? I created a test account and got the same problem from a different computer. Cheers, ... View more

Create a geodatabase with a feature dataset in the projection you want it to be.  the export your event to that feature dataset. I manually import a CSV to create a table which I use to make an XY event layer during the creat process I can select the coordinate system of my CSV (NAD 27 LL) and the transformation to use for the conversion to the data frame (Web Mercator). I have been reading about the make xy event functionality, but I am missing the transformation part. ... View more

Couple questions. Have you upgraded your Database to 10.1? How large are the  MXD's that you are trying to open? Are you trying to open online sources? Are you using MXD's that were created before 10.1? Do you regularly compress your geodatabase? Are you features in a Geometric Network and or in SDE? In Windows Explorer navigate to your geodatabase.  How large is it? Now in ArcCatalog compress your geodatabase.  Now how large is it?  If it went down dramatically you should see an increase in performance. Open your windows explorer.  Right click on the properties for your hard drive.  How much space do you have left on  your hard drive?  If you have anything less than 10% you have space issues.  Does not really matter how large your hard drive is but what percentage is left is critical.  If you have less than 10% delete or uninstall anything you can then... Run Disk Cleanup on  your hard drives. Run Disk Defragmentor on your hard drives. After compressing your database, running cleanup on your HDD and de-fragmenting your HDD are you still having issues? If your MXD that you are using is very large (over 7mb) you may need to take steps to reduce it. I have been having issues with opening ANY mxd in 10.1. The software itself opens fine, but if I try to open a mxd it takes a long time to load. I have tried deleting the normal.mxt and have tried creating different mxds and trying them, but it seems as though it takes a long time no matter what. It is not 'drawing' while I wait for it to load either, rather it just shows the little blue loading circle. Once the mxd is open it is fine as well. Any suggestions? Thanks ... View more

That is more of a hardware issue.  If your original data was in SID that could cause issues as well. Perhaps you could give it a shot instead working in the Rasters native format to georeference it.  Then import into a database. Yes, I am working with statewide 10 Meter DEMs currently housed in a file geodatabase with the intention to place them into an SDE.  I am having to do the basic processing to get them corrected.  They are currently in a file geodatabase raster dataset, and I was wondering if any other of the formats would provide me a faster rendering time? ... View more

Dump UTM and create a new GeoDatabase and convert everything to State Plane  New York West.  Try to find a map that shows you the coverage of State Plane New York and determine IF Your entire area that you a concerned about fit  into it. If you create the new GDB in the desired projection and you import your features it should convert them to State Plane as you load. My situation is I am doing a project in western NY and we are under UTM 17N, but most of the data I have is in UTM 18 N because most of the state is in 18N, so the datasets I get from the state are in 18N. Now I went into ArcCatalog and changed the projection to 17N for the shapefiles, all of which is in NAD 1983. It made them the right scale, but they are about 200 miles apart, the 18N is on the west of the 17N now. How can I align these shapefiles? Should I give a higher or lower easting? if so, how is this done. or is there a tool for which this can be done? Notes: I currently have vectors and Rasters in the map and will be transforming the vectors to raster later on when I have them overlaid correctly. I know how to georeference any raster dataset that may be incorrect. The problem right now is the vector layers. Both of the files say this below.  Projected Coordinate System: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17N Projection: Transverse_Mercator false_easting: 500000.00000000 false_northing: 0.00000000 central_meridian: -81.00000000 scale_factor: 0.99960000 latitude_of_origin: 0.00000000 Linear Unit:  Meter ... View more

Make sure the users all have the gis fonts on their computers and that your printers are enabled for True Type Fonts. Are you printing direct to a printer or to a PDF. Try exporting the print as a PDF.  In the format tab select Embed All Document Fonts. I'm trying to give users the ability to make text notations on the map and print them out. I can get the text on the map without any issues using either a text symbol or a marker symbol with a textblock in the template. But, in either case, when using the print task they both just show up as a point graphic on the final document. Is there anyway to allow printing of markup text? ... View more

These files you received are actually what is called a Shaprefile.  A shape file is a collection of different files that combine to create a single element or Feature Class in ArcGIS. As stated by the other responder.  You add them by clicking the yellow diamond with the plus sign in ArcGIS. Further. If you look at the Add Data button you will see it is also a drop down.  You can use that to add basemap data.  You will see what they are when you try it. Hello, I'm a complete newbie to Arc GIS, basically I'm doing a research project for my Masters and a lot of data I've been provided with from a government agency is in the form of GIS files because I requested locations of all their projects.  I've downloaded ArcGIS Explorer Desktop and a free trial of ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop, but cannot for the life of me seem to open these files.  My searches online haven't cleared up what I'm supposed to be doing.  Basically I have two different kinds of datasets and each has 6 GIS files. They are:  shx, dbf, prj, sbn, sbx, shp ArcGIS 10.1 hasn't allowed me to open any of the files, it just says "cannot open file".  ArcGIS Explorer is able to open the prj files, but all it does it give me a map of the planet.  When I go to add content and shapefiles(as I've seen I should be doing online), I get a "failed to open shapefile, invalid file" box popping up.  All that I've even able to do is open the dbf files on Excel, but without putting it on a map it's just a grid of datapoints on a spreadsheet.  Can someone please give me some guidance on what I need to do?  My inability to even open these files is really stressing me out.  Thanks -Matt ... View more

Most of the imagery available requires an internet (or 3g/4g) connection to access.  You could use SID files but they are huge. Hi there, I am currently using version 10.1.1 mobile and am taking advantage of using the Streetmap basemap.  This works great as you are not required to be using this in a connected session as it's local on the device.  I am wondering if there is anyway to get at imagery that would be used the same way.  It's a bit unclear in the help as to the use of ArcGIS online as basemaps. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nick ... View more

Can list some more specifics. What are you looking for  a label? Or are you looking for a page label in the layout based on a data driven page? To create a dynamic label simply open a feature classes Layer Properties and select the labels tab. In the label field use the drop down to select the attribute you want the label  based on.  By default it should place it dynamically. If you want to create a label in your layout based on an attribute.  Switch to layout view click on Insert > Dynamic Text > Data Driven Page Attribute A window will pop up with a drop down menu with the available attributes from whatever your data driven pages are based on.  I an trying to create dynamic text from a feature class's attribute table. For instance I have a feature class labeled "Easement". Within the attribute table is a field labled " EsmtWidth". I have created Date Driven Pages from the easement feature class which is my index layer. So the result I am looking for should be"10", "15", "25" "50" etc. Does anyone one know how to create dynamic text based off an attribute within a feature class. Thanks for your help. ... View more

Your over thinking it. Simply open the dwg in arcgis.  use the selection dialog to select the layer you want from the dwg (contours) then right click and export features and save as a shape file. IF you have a whole bunch of drawings that have the contour layer you can open them all in autocad at the same time.  if they come in as blocks you can explode them and then do an export and use the query to only export the contours. Chances are you the dwg will not be clean anyway and there will be some contours in a different layer and there will be some other things in the contours layer. I have some .dwg files and I would like to do the following: 1.  Convert .dwg files into .shp 2.  Then extract only the contours from the polyline feature class.  I would like to using python or scripts to do conversion but I'm not sure how.  Any scripts (python) samples would be great! Thanks, Winnie ... View more

I should mention I also had issues with the Sids.  I changed to using Bing Air and it would clip the raster to the visible extent. ... View more

Start a  new ArcGIS session and add the sid photos first. then add your other layers. I am trying to add a layer to Arcpad 10.0 but I keep getting the "The map projection for layer...doesn't match the current map projection." I have .sid aerials that are NAD83_Minnesota_North and a roads.shp that is also NAD83_Minnesota_North. I reprojected the roads.shp using the "import" projection of the .sids projection and I still get the "doesn't match" warning. Any advice? ... View more