Latest Contributions by ToddBlanchette

To quickly answer: - Yes you can setup what size of town (based on population/area/etc) if that data is available. - Yes you can limit to country, or county or anything you wish. - Yes you could run several areas on the map. If you're looking for someone to develop this for you, I suggest posting your request (feel free to use the discussion here as a starting point to let other GIS developers know what you're looking for) to a board specifically for that.  You shouldn't have a hard time finding someone in GeoNet who would be willing to take this on for you, depending on your resources. GIS Jobs​ ... View more

Hi Kennedy, I just went through my ArcTutor folder, I don't have a "map" folder either... where are you seeing that you're supposed to have one? ... View more

Hi again Ivor, If I understand you correctly, you want to provide a web map that someone from the media can draw a polygon on.  From that polygon, a list of cities/towns/etc that fall within it are then sent back to them as a result? If this is the case, then running a geoprocessing service within a web app is the quick solution, as it's a pretty simple GIS task (select all points that fall within a defined area). The next question is - do you have a web mapping service already and the capability to do this on your own?  Or is this something that you're starting at zero? ... View more

Is this what you require? ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) ... View more

If you know the circulation area (polygons?) of each media, then querying the database to find all city points that fall within specific polygons is just a SQL statement or geoprocessing tool (select by location) away. [EDIT] If I read your question wrong, and you're looking at how to build (or have someone else build) a complete solution like the web app you linked to, there are plenty of tutorials and learning materials scattered throughout ESRI online resources on how to build a javascript web app through ArcGIS Online. Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS | ArcGIS Cheers, Todd ... View more

Hi Jorge, Here are the requirements for offline data usage with Collector: To author a map for offline use, the map needs to contain the following: All feature layers in the map are sync-enabled. These can be hosted feature layers or ArcGIS 10.2.2 Server or later feature services. For details on using hosted feature layers, see Allow offline editing in the ArcGIS Online help. For details on using ArcGIS Server feature services, see Preparing data for offline use and Tutorial: Setting up feature service data for offline use in the ArcGIS for Server documentation. (Optional) ArcGIS 10.2.2 Server or later tiled map services with export tiles enabled. See Allow clients to export cache tiles in the ArcGIS for Server documentation for more information. An Esri basemap enabled for offline use or your own ArcGIS 10.2.2 Server or later tiled map service with export enabled. Esri basemaps that are enabled for offline use can be found in the Tiled Basemaps group. For details on enabling export of tiled map services, see Allow clients to export cache tiles in the ArcGIS for Server documentation. You have the option to enable your street name layer as a feature service, or converting it to a tiled map service (probably the best bet if you're not editing anything). Cheers, Todd ... View more

As Rickey stated, the data frame's reference scale would set up symbology that got bigger or smaller as you zoomed past or away from that set scale level.  If you have no reference scale (the default) then the symbology will remain whatever size you published it at, at all scale levels.  If the symbology itself is not changing after you've changed the size of the symbol and republished the service, then there is an issue with whatever web app you're using to visualize your layer. ... View more

You can try and catch the error: <script type="text/javascript">       var gmap;         function initialize() {         gmap = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));         gmap.enableScrollWheelZoom();         gmap.setCenter(new GLatLng(0, 0), 2);           new esri.arcgis.gmaps.DynamicMapServiceLayer("http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Demographics/Unknown_Map_Service/MapServer", null, 0.75, mapServiceLoaded);       }         function mapServiceLoaded(layer, error) {         if (error) {           // alert the error message to the user and return           alert("Error " + error.code + ": " + (error.message || (error.details && error.details.join(" ")) || "Unknown error" ));           return;         }         // add layer to the map         gmap.addOverlay(layer);       }     </script> Cheers, Todd ... View more

Hi David, I'm not aware of any integrated way to take a signature from a customer using the Collector app.  That being said, you might be able to get away with loading a blank white signature image with a 3rd-party picture editor from the App Store that would allow for pen/touch signature to be written, and then save the image and attach it to the related feature.  Bit of a work around, and I've never tried it myself, but could be something to look at. Cheers, Todd ... View more

Hey Ibrahim, It's not a spatial reference issue (even though it's looking for one), but a type error being returned from the ESRI GeometryService.  The input of the GeometryService Union operation is an array of geometries to perform the union on.  Each geometry must be of the same type (point, multipoint, polyline or polygon), and in your case I can't exactly tell for sure what you're using - but my first guess would be polylines and polygons?  Either way, something to check, as that's what the error message is hinting at. More info at: ArcGIS REST API Cheers, Todd ... View more

Hi Jose! Try using port 5151 for your instance connection through Oracle in the command line and see if that works. If not, try adding: esri_sde     5151/tcp          # arcsde for oracle to the C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/services file. -Todd ... View more

Thanks for the reply Tobias.  If the issue isn't with the workflow, then I would be looking at the actual relationship class itself to see if there were any errors with the properties made during creation.  Especially the case if it works with some feature classes and not others. ... View more

Hi Tobias, I'm not sure I fully understand the issue you're having but I see the following: 1. The page you linked to is not telling you to set your foreign key to a unique GUID, it says to build your relationships off the parent feature's GUID so that you'll always have a guaranteed unique identifier for the 1 in the 1:M relationship (avoiding a M:M error, which isn't supported).  From the page: "We recommend that you create relationships using the GlobalID field on your layer so that primary key of the relationship (your parent hydrant feature) is guaranteed to be unique when establishing a connection to a new inspection record." 2. I can't say why your foreign key isn't populating as I don't know what your collection process is.  When you're creating a new table entry, are you first clicking on it's related feature and then creating a new associated relationship entry in the related table?  Is it possible for you to screenshot this process? ... View more

Thanks for the info Damiano! I too researched the "Illegal group reference" error, but no luck matching it to any existing ArcGIS/ESRI issues.  The closest thing I get is errors with the $ character in java. That being said, the most probable issue here, in my opinion, is that the server restart caused some form of issue or corruption of the data store/config store or the directory links. My first step would be to go into the ArcGIS for Server Manager, and try to modify the directories links and see if it might recreate a corrected path for the server.  If that doesn't work, is there a recent backup of the physical location of the data store/config store/directories list and can you retrieve a known good copy from there?  Other than these options, I can't think of anything else that might restore your services. ... View more