Latest Contributions by DougGreen

Even though you are adding a feature class to a feature dataset that was previously registered as versioned, I believe the newly added feature class is not registered as versioned. I think you have to free locks and register the feature dataset as versioned again. ... View more

I think you were so close. Maybe what you're looking for is in the properties of the map view.  I have also noticed that if you don't see this change immediately after turning it on, go to the "Insert" tab and click the "Refresh Map Series" button.   ... View more

Well it looks like there's some confusion here. First, you assign the value of the three variables. Then, you are re-assigning the same three variables to different values within your "if" statements. I think the error is due to trying to return the variables at the same time as assigning them the new value. I think you need to figure out if you want to return the values within your "if" statements or if you want to return the url's you set as the initial values of your variables. Then, set the values within the "if" statements. When you're all done assigning/setting values, return one item. You can't return all three variables I don't believe. ... View more

Can the clients use ArcGIS Pro? You can add a feature service to a map in ArcGIS Pro and edit with full editing capability. It does appear that there's a way to do it in Map Viewer Classic for polygons.  ... View more

Well I'm not sure the file system would detect it but any software that consumes a shapefile would be able to recognize it. ... View more

You could use the buffer tool. It is going to create all sorts of overlaps though. You could use the buffer tool in the editing tools that allows for leaving square ends or only buffering to one side.  ... View more

I don't see anything under the Python API or the REST API. When I check the network section of dev tools in the browser when running a rebuild index command, I see that there is an "updateDefinition" POST sent to my service at a url: https://services6.arcgis.com/[sensitive_data]/arcgis/rest/admin/services/[layer_name]/FeatureServer/0/updateDefinition There is a payload with a token and some info that specifies the shape field and to perform async. Perhaps it's something they haven't exposed yet. It might be good to suggest it as an idea. ... View more

Oh I am sorry I didn't realize that. It doesn't seem like something that common would require an advanced license. You could search the Code Share to see if anyone has shared an existing script. ... View more

Oh that's a good question. The "Split a Feature" functionality is an active-editing, interactive tool where you specify the location at which you want to split the feature. This means it isn't available as a python Geoprocessing operation but I could see a way to perform geometric functions (read and write) to perform the task. However, there's also a geoprocessing tool called "Split" that chops up a set of features using another set of features. This can be run in python using parameters. I imagine you're talking about the first one though? ... View more

I've done a similar thing using ephemeris data tables to find which cities received more sunlight during daytime hours and how time zones and daylight savings affected it. There are tables that can be generated using this software. You'll then have to parse the data and convert it to point and then line data for your purposes. Python will be your friend ;). I don't know of existing ephemeris data in GIS format but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. ... View more

I suspect it's due to an incorrect Spatial Reference or the lat/lon being swapped? (Lat = Y, Lon=X). If you are using WGS84 lat lon, the WKID is 4326. This snippet section leads through setting up a spatial reference and constructing a geometry.  ... View more

It shouldn't as part of regular updating. That's by design. If it did, they would have to repoint all their maps everytime they update the layer. This can change but it's usually due to a redesign of the layer but I wouldn't expect that to happen. You could check the REST API to see if there's some property that could expose last update. But I'll tell you that most of my layers merely get "edits" performed which would not change the "LastUpdated" property if there is one. ... View more

I don't know of a way to determine the most recent update but that doesn't mean there isn't a way. If individual data records were added, deleted or changed, and they store updated dates in the field values, you could loop through the field values to check for any dates newer than the last update time. ... View more