Latest Contributions by AdrianWelsh

Have you tried looking at the US Census Bureau's TIGER line data? I know there are a lot of population tract polygons but I am not sure on the density. It might take a little bit of digging: TIGER Products - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau ... View more

It looks like clarity is needed on both of these threads. Is there a way to combine both of them in order to consolidate and alleviate confusion? ... View more

Melody, You could also check out the MOOC that is currently going on at Elmhurst College: Elmhurst College: Skills for the Digital Earth ... View more

Robert, as a somewhat work around, could you kind of create your own geoprocessing tool on the desktop side, publish it, and then add it as a geoprocessing widget? ... View more

Mike, I am glad that it was an easy solution! If you change this thread from a 'discussion' to a 'question' you then have the ability to mark one of these answers as 'correct'. ... View more

David, Like Darren said, you will need to convert it. Use this tool: KML To Layer—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop Make edits, then use the opposite tool to change it back: Layer To KML—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop  ... View more

Owen, Insights for ArcGIS looks pretty cool! When do you suspect this will come around? ... View more

Mike, can you make sure you are still using the same Parser to carry out this expression? It looks like this is for the VBScript Parser. It might be a good idea to make sure this is still the case. ... View more

Hi Apurv, This is a really big question without a really good answer. Esri is not going to list what their online site does not have. Though, it is very safe to assume that AGOL is severely limited compared to its desktop counterpart. There are always improvements being made with more and more features being made available, which is very promising. But, it will not be able to do all the same things as desktop can do. Here is a list of 'what is new': What's new—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/whats-new.htm To answer your questions, AGOL does not support group layers (hopefully in the future they will). And there is limited support for symbology. The amount of functionality you get, in terms of symbology, is related to the layer (map service offers more symbology options than a feature service, etc). This page has a good amount of questions answered regarding AGOL: Frequently asked questions—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS But, there has to be a trade-off. Greater functionality means more difficult usability. We want the web maps to be accessible to anyone and everyone and not scare people away. We want desktop maps to be able to do everything we want them to do, and somewhat require 'professional' people working on them, etc.  ... View more

Mat, it looks like that is a custom web page. You can access the map journal of the Uprooted but that rest is a custom web page that Esri designed (I am guessing): https://nation.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=7c5899ca6c584ebc9f5da7df278a3910 ... View more

Hi Mat, That type of story looks like the Map Journal format. In this format, you can add charts, photos, videos, etc. Here is a link to get started with this: Story Map Journal | Story Maps ... View more

Hi Mel, There are a lot of factors to consider, like Darren mentions. Accuracy, price, ruggedness, usability, applications, and the list goes on. What sort of accuracy requirements do you have? What is your budget? What applications are you hoping to use (on the device and/or on the desktop side)? Do you have access to a server of sorts (like ArcGIS for Server)? Who will be using this (experienced GIS people, regular field crews, or anybody and everybody)? What kind of ruggedness do you need (will an iPad do or do you need one that is water-proof, heat-proof, dust-proof, fall-proof, Class I Div II, etc)? How many units will you need? Those are some questions to consider. ... View more

Thanks for sharing Tim! ... View more