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Amir, This is very interesting and could solve some issues that we have experienced when building subdivisions. I will download the sample and test the code with some data. Great idea. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting. ... View more

Amir, Sorry if I implied that the shipped attribute rules are workarounds - they are not.  I was referring to any additional rules that may need to be created to satisfy Dean's request, specifically dealing with cartographic lines and annotation. If I understand Dean's request, he is seeking a way to track the annotation and cartographic elements that are associated with parcel configurations and ensuring that once the parcels are retired, the cartographic elements and annotation are not deleted, but marked as retired. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting   ... View more

Amir, I believe that is an acceptable interim workaround. I believe (and I apologize for assuming that I know what Dean is seeking) much of this can be accomplished using these types of workarounds on both cartographic features and annotation, but Dean may be asking that it become part of the Parcel Fabric core functionality and not a workaround. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Amir, A large majority of our Clients are primarily focused on the issue immediately in front of them -  staying current and ensuring that the parcel data is accurate and reflects the current state of ownership. However, as you can see by Josh and Pauls's discussion, more and more are beginning to understand that their data has historic significance and think about the establishment of a legacy / archival system in which they can ensure that the current data is accurate and at the same time recognize that the existing or historic data serves an important purpose and is too important to discard.  Many of these agencies have been archiving their edits and preserving annual snapshots of the parcel geometries.  We have several clients that use these historic snapshots to review the chains of title and aid in the determination of parcel boundaries for complex or problematic legal descriptions. Since the data is constantly being adjusted and tweaked, the archived geometries often do not match the current parcel geometries. With the ability to preserve the lineage as well as the previously defined geometries, the parcel fabric could serve as a significant repository of this data. As Josh and Paul have mentioned, the ability to create forward lineage and retrofit backward lineage is very important to these organizations. My personal view is that the creation of a record without geometries is not as critical as the ability to easily create records for the historic parcels. The problem is ensuring that the newly created historic parcels reflect the adjustments and changes in the location of parcel corners. I envision that the process would be similar to the process of Importing Parcel Fabric Points in which one could establish a tolerance in which the historic boundaries within the tolerance would automatically be adjusted to fit new points, establish new records and capture the existing records and backfill the RetiredBy attribution. Just my 2 cents. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Dan, Thanks so much for the shout-out to Panda Consulting at 29:28. I am glad that this metaphor helps explain how Condominiums can be modeled. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Ross,  In the Parcel Fabric converting 2-point lines to a line-string is simple. Select the lines to convert to a line-string, execute merge (being sure to uncheck keep original features) and merge into an existing line.  The result will be a line-string. Good luck, Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Amir, As always, a great presentation. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Amir, Thanks for the clarification. I will look into the Conflation toolset. Thanks, Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting   ... View more

Amir, Thanks for clarifying the manner in which the geoprocessing is working.  I had assumed that it was more like an automated way to create links between disparate features similar to the spatial adjust where individual vectors (links) are created on the fly to denote similarities between features and allow the adjustment of one feature to match another. Your description implies that there must be some relationship between the feature classes prior to any adjustment of the parcel fabric points. Is that correct, or even required?  I assumed that no relationship was needed and the tool performs a search for vertices within tolerance and connects them. I see now that the tool does not that way. Thanks again. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Thanks, Christine, this is a much better explanation than I provided. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Ross, There is not a separate linestring tool in the ArcGIS Parcel Fabric.  Rather, you can use the standard line tool (versus the two point line tool.) This is comparable to the linestring tool in the ArcMap Parcel Fabric. I hope this helps. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Amir, Great meetup yesterday. We at Panda Consulting are looking forward to putting the updates into production and helping our clients understand how to use the new functionality.  Thanks also for the shout out on the create records enhancement and for enhancing the traverse tool to work with polygons.  Keep up the good work. Frank Conkling - Panda Consulting ... View more

Jonathan, I just tested the procedure on my data and the lines (and seed) must be associated with the active Record in order to build.  If you still experience the issue, you might reach out to tech support. Good luck, Frank Conkling ... View more

Jonathan, Without actually seeing the subject features, I would guess there are two possibilities: 1. The edited lines no longer "close" back onto themselves and do not form a closed polygon.  2. The new lines are not associated with the record.  You might select the edited lines and assign them to the record.  The build process looks only at lines that are associated with the record when attempting to perform the build. Good luck, Frank Conkling Panda Consulting ... View more