Latest Contributions by AdrianWelsh

Hi Brian, Can you not just use any of Esri's basemaps that show land data (like streets, OSM, even the imagery and topographic ones)? ... View more

...right, it looks like that is for QGIS and doesn't appear to be too difficult to deal with the plug-in for that software. I do not think it will work for ArcMap. ... View more

Maybe try this article? ArcObjects Help for Java developers What plug ins are you wanting to install? ...oh, that looks like a plug-in for another software... ... View more

Can't fight the budgets.... Don't tell anyone but there may be a way to do this in another software that may be [cough] free... qgis - Create polygon layer from polyline layer - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange ... View more

Hi Oz, How many lines do you have? You could just digitize it if it isn't too much work. ... View more

Hi Keith, Have you tried exporting your shapefile to a geodatabase and performed the join then? ... View more

Gavin, Just a couple of thoughts. Have you tried clearing your cache (deleting browser history) in Chrome? Sometimes I find that this helps with my ArcGIS Online maps. Also, have you tried viewing this basemap in Chrome incognito? Where are you located? ... View more

Hmmm, at this point, I would put in some print statements for debugging to see what is actually being returned by "newArea" and "orgArea" to make sure they are valid and to make sure it is what you expected. Is it certain that those two are numbers and that they are divisible with each other? ... View more

Hi Patrick, Consider blocking your code properly in the thread to make it easier to read: Use Advanced Editor > double arrows > syntax > python Also, consider using arcpy.da.SearchCursor instead of arcpy.SearchCursor as the "da" method is newer and faster. Where is the code throwing an error? Do you get an error message? ... View more

Kelly, It looks like you cannot perform an analysis unless you are logged into that particular organization, is that right? I mean, if you are working with your own data, then this is ok but otherwise, you cannot 'analyze', data without being logged in. Is this because it consumes credits? ... View more

Out of curiosity, do you have 10.2.3 version (which appears to be the latest version)? What OS is running on your HP Elitebook? ... View more

Dan, For working with extensions in ArcPy, would it be good to always start the scripts off with : import arcpy if arcpy.CheckExtension("3D") == "Available":     arcpy.CheckOutExtension("3D") else:     print "3D Analyst license is unavailable" Or does that mess things up if the license is already checked on in the local desktop ArcMap? ... View more

Hi Gavin, Can you share the link to the basemap here so that we can test it? ... View more

Hi Edward, I agree with Jeff on never using the "Create Layer From Selected Features" option since things rarely go well with it. Jeff lists some good alternatives. You could also look into creating a definition query to just show the data that you want to show from that particular dataset. Displaying a subset of features in a layer—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop ... View more