Latest Contributions by EllenBryson2

Agree it's picky. And disturbing that ESRI would deprecate a service that many are still relying on. I am able to get the prompts in 1750 so perhaps you can too. Here's a snapshot I just took. I'm on a Windows 7 machine. [ATTACH=CONFIG]34259[/ATTACH] I have set both a custom locator and a custom find. Both point to http://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/services/World/GeocodeServer Here's my configuration file Services tab. [ATTACH=CONFIG]34258[/ATTACH] Try that and let us know if that works? ~Ellen Thanks Ellen.  The format is quite picky and not required via ArcMap but seems to work.  The issue I am still facing is that within build 1750 I do not get prompted for the format as I type.  If I use build 2500 with the service URL that does not include "rest", I see the prompts, but not in 1750.  I am running build 1750 on Windows 7 and curious to know how it is you are seeing the prompts, because without them a user would have no clue what format the service wants, which makes the service pretty useless. ... View more

Thanks for the vote on ArcGIS Explorer. Let's hope ESRI continues to support this great resource. I've discovered a couple tips that help with the new Find geocoder. When you first start typing your address in the Find area, prompts appear below the box and the parameter it wants next is bolded. Here's what it wants, in order: Address, Neighborhood, City, Subregion, Region, Postal, PostalExt, CountyCode. Here's the tip. If you don't have one of the parameters it wants, enter a comma to indicate that you don't have that. See attached for how I'd enter an address. I didn't have a neighborhood, I entered a comma, and now City is bolded, and I can type in my city location. I still cant find some addresses I know I should be able to find (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, for example!). But following above tip seems to make the geocoder more reliable. Hope this helps you. ~Ellen [ATTACH=CONFIG]34212[/ATTACH] Like Ellen, I too support an AGSE 1750 user community and was glad to see Mark's configuration file.  When I test the find tool with valid addresses using a custom config pointing to http://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/services/World/GeocodeServer/, it can not find any addresses I search for.  If I'm lucky, it will find the city in the correct state I asked for.  We are using the same world geocoder in ArcMap 10.0.5 with the exact same address and it works great.  I am reaching out for help here.  Google Earth is looking pretty good again, but I hate the notion of promoting it since all of our Esri desktop clients (Map, Reader, Explorer) can use our enterprise SDE and image services but GE cannot, and I hate to set our investment in authoritative data aside for one simple function. ... View more

Hi John I am able to use ArcGIS Explorer Desktop 2500 on my personal Windows 8 machine without problems. Just an FYI. I too hope that this free and very capable GIS viewer is around for a good while. Ellen zydeco42, You are asking about "ArcGIS Explorer Online," which is a depreciated online tool, that is still functioning but not supported anymore. This is the forum for "ArcGIS Explorer for Desktop," which is a client based program, not a browser based program. While there are no official statements about depreciation of ArcGIS Explorer for Desktop, it is not looking promising. The current release doesn't work on Windows 8. Soon there will likely be no free viewer with ESRI. Best Regards, John ... View more

To my knowledge, ArcGIS Explorer does not edit polygons. It's more intended as a free and easy to use data viewer. Someone might perhaps have written an add-in that could do that, but I've not yet found one. You might consider ArcMap, which does those functions out of the box. ~Ellen Hello all! I'm extremely new to GIS, so please bear with me.  I'm trying to create polygon notes, and I want to edit them by: merging adjacent polygons splitting a polygon along a line changing individual vertices Nothing too sophisticated or analytical.  Is ArcGis Explorer capable of this, and if so, how? ... View more

I see you are asking about ArcGIS Explorer 1500, but the same issue and solution was discussed for 1750 in this item. http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/102267-Build-1500-Find-Route-and-Directions-Return-quot-No-Results-Found-quot?highlight=Find I suspect that this affects 1500 the same way. ~Ellen ... View more

I seem to have solved this issue, although I don't know why this would work. Any suggestions are still appreciated. The way I solved it was to completely clear my cache in ArcGIS Explorer. Fixed it right up! Well I'm stumped. I'm trying to add a WMS service to my ArcGIS Explorer map. This worked until sometime in the last four or six months when it seems to have broken. http://SDMDataAccess.nrcs.usda.gov/Spatial/SDM.wms? I can add the service in ArcMap but can't add it to ArcGIS Explorer. When I try to add it straight in ArcGIS Explorer, it finds the services (see attached), but when I click the service I get the error Unable to add service .... In ArcMap I can create a layer for the service and when I add that to ArcGIS Explorer the error is "unknown coordinate system". The coordinate system for the service is GCS_WGS_1984. I have the  Projection Engine Expansion Pack installed, so I'm not sure what's wrong here. Any help greatly appreciated. ~Ellen [ATTACH=CONFIG]32528[/ATTACH] ... View more

Mark Thanks for your response and the new configuration. The new Find function seems a bit more powerful and faster and the configuration option is really nice. And we are now able to continue to use ArcGIS Explorer 1750 with a working Find function. I also received some help from Jo Fraley, another ESRI staff person, which might help others. It was helpful for me because I needed to create the configuration and then share it with others in our organization. Create your own custom configuration which points to the new online geocoding service. To create a custom configuration, use the tool called ApplicationConfigurationManager.exe, in the 'bin' install folder for ArcGIS Explorer Desktop. Launch it, then in configuration, click on "Custom Resources" and scroll down and click on "Choose Services".  This will bring up a dialog where you can add the new service. The new service that you will add in is http://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/services/World/GeocodeServer. This will create a new configuration file. Then launch ArcGIS Explorer 1750 and on the Start circle select the option to Set Application Configuration. To share this with others users of 1750, email them the custom configuration file, direct them how to set it in ArcGIS Explorer, and then be sure to save it as their Default Map. Thanks again Mark. ~Ellen Ellen, You can use this application configuration with ArcGIS Explorer 1750.  In the configuration I have pointed find to the new geocode.arcgis.com service. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=18dd446504314a918dfd8b3cf1dced47 Mark ... View more

Mark, Thanks for your replies to the Find issue in AGX 1750.  I hope ESRI can help us with this more than simply suggesting we upgrade to 2500. We have about 40 project managers using this in field sites across PA and MD. Upgrading to 2500 has substantial costs. We've invested resources in training and tool development for AGX, including showing people how to add lat/long points and find addresses. I'm disturbed that the Find addresses functionality, a basic GIS function, has suddenly disappeared from a tool that we've invested in and that is not really that old. Can ESRI solve this issue without requiring us to upgrade? Can you perhaps put a pointer on your server at the location of the depracated service so that users of AGX 1750 get automatically rerouted to the new geolocator? Thank you. Ellen The ArcGIS online geocoding service that ArcGIS Explorer 1750 Find uses was deprecated by ArcGIS online.  Find for places and addresses will no longer work in ArcGIS Explorer 1750.  ArcGIS Explorer desktop 2500 uses a new ArcGIS online service that was created to replace the prior service, and it should be working.  Mark ... View more

Hello Can you post your the data which is not displaying? I'd like to try to solve this but don't know enough without seeing the data. ~Ellen Hi, I am trying to add XY data to my map.  My data source  GCS_North_American_1983 matches the existing layer.  I have also tried using WGS 1984.  However, neither will show at the same time as my other layers.  The original (North American) will show when I zoom to layer but the WGS (which has worked in the past in this situation) will not show even if I zoom to layer.  Does anyone have any advice?  Please and thank you in advance! ... View more

We are not ready to upgrade to 2500, especially since I see so many bugs reported. Finding addresses is a key feature of AGX 1750 and having ESRI remove it abruptly and seemingly without concern is disturbing. Is there a work-around? ~Ellen ... View more

Hope I'm understanding your question correctly. To look at just one layer at a time, turn off all layers and then turn the layer of interest back on. Turning layers off/on is accomplished by checking the visibility box to the left of the layer name in the Contents area. (see attached snapshot, with the visibility box highlighted and circled.) [ATTACH=CONFIG]31656[/ATTACH] If you don't have a Contents area visible, click the Home tab and then the tool named Contents Window. Then follow steps above. And yes, the software works very well on Windows 7. ~Ellen Can anyone tell me how to just see one layer at a time?  Does this software work on Windows 7? ... View more

I'm sorry to report that it's not working for me either (using build 1750 and not quite ready to upgrade to 2500). I tried both addresses and lat/long pairs. No response. The magnifiying glass goes gray but no response. My computer doesn't lock up, and I can retype values in the search box, but the search will not work. ESRI? Any help? Without the Find function, we're lost... Thanks! Several users in my organization found this to be malfunctioning as well. We have been using build 1750, but we tested build 2500 on a few machines and that seemed to resolve the problem. Randy ... View more