Latest Contributions by NigelBerjak

Is there a way to turn off the simulated symbol transparency in the legend? In ArcMap it is done simply via the dataframe properties via the 'Simulate layer transparency in legend' checkbox, but I've looked everywhere and I cannot locate it in ArcPro. Thanks, Nigel ... View more

It would be great to be able to have dynamic text linked to the paper size that is specified in the page setup. This would be for both ArcGIS and Pro. ... View more

After putting out quite a concerning post about ArcGIS Pro and how it was going to stop working if you stop your maintenance, there was loads of feedback from other users, who agreed with my sentiment (https://community.esri.com/people/s3tech/blog/2015/04/24/arcgis-pro-is-this-the-start-of-a-revolt-against-esri). Today I updated that blog post with the great news that ESRI have listened to all of us and have firmly put the issue about on-going licensing of ArcGIS Pro, whether you have a maintenance agreement or not, to bed. This short posting is simply to say that it really is appreciated when users put in their valuable opinions to blogs, forums, posts etc, however more useful is knowing that we are not just talking between ourselves. I am a critic of many software companies at times, however we should not forget to give praise when it is due, so thank you ESRI Rob Elkins​ and Jim McKinney​ for your input, feedback and the resolution of the licensing concerns that myself and others had for ArcGIS Pro. ... View more

Well, before I head off for the weekend, I was reviewing some other comments and located one about the licensing of ArcGIS Pro. As many of you likely thought, ArcGIS Pro was going to be available with your standard purchase of a new ArcGIS product, or with an upgrade. It seems ESRI has put a dampener on my weekend and making me once again review my allegiance towards them, by making ArcGIS Pro an online only license, like Adobe Creative Cloud or Office 365. As with these, if you stop paying your annual maintenance agreement, the software stops working.   I have been advocating ArcGIS Pro and learning to use it, however with this new knowledge, I have to once again rethink whether I want to invest my time and effort into this product. The long term consequences for me, as a small GIS firm owner, is that should I stop my subscriptions, I will lose my layouts, scripts, projects, full use of my data (although the data can be retrieved from other forms most likely) etc. etc. I think anyone considering ArcGIS Pro should be concerned about this license strategy as ESRI are now locking you in to a lifetime of using their products. It once again appears that the giant is trying to assert its authority without taking everyone's opinion into account. Added to this, as it is anticipated that ArcGIS Pro will replace ArcGIS in years to come, where does this leave any of us, once support is stopped for even our old faithful. Are we going to need to run ArcGIS versions within VMWare environment, just to ensure that we can access our own projects and work?   One big issue that seems to be felt by the early adopters and testers of this product is that the lack of transparency is so severe around the licensing, that it has left what may be an indelible and permanent scarring on us. With the likes of QGIS, MapWindow, Cesium and all the other open source GIS software and tools out there, is this going to be the beginning of a revolt against ESRI, purely by pushing their legal customer and consumer too far.   To read the various reviews and dialog, please visit the original postings at the link below: ArcGIS Pro License : Subscription license - will expire when maintenance stops ... View more

It seems that, with the additions being added to the next update of ArcGIS Pro, it is going to start becoming something far more powerful with respect to outputting final maps. They are going to be adding Rulers, Guides and Layout Snapping and In addition to Rulers and Guides, version 1.1 (planned for June) will include Extent Indicators and some additional metadata dynamic text. The big new thing for ArcGIS Pro at 1.1 is .NET SDK that will give you additional options for automating the sorts of things you do with layouts. says David Watkins, from ESRI.   I am also going to start promoting a new idea, which is applicable to ArcGIS and Pro, that graticules include a view scale reference option, similar to labelling and layer visibility, which would make layout grids and graticules even more, especially for templates, which would remove most of the user amendments and selections when changing from one scale to another in layout view. Once the idea is posted, if you are interested, go give it a thumbs up (at time of writing I could not create an idea to promote as there seems to be an issue with my account, which hopefully ESRI can resolve quickly).   Bye for now,   Nigel ... View more

Some may know, others may not, however Google have decided to make their Pro version, which used to cost $399, free. (Once $399 A Year, Google Earth Pro Is Now Free | TechCrunch). While many will not use Google Earth for much more than the run of the mill work, it is interesting to note that Google couldn't make this a viable commercial product, even though it is massively popular in its free version. Cheers for now. ... View more

Hi all As most of you now know, the official release of ArcGIS Pro v1 has been released, however there are not many/any additions to the layouts, which I would have liked included, that I can see. The interfacing of both the view and layout is nicely set out with the ribbons etc, and far more emphasis is now being placed on naming your elements within your view and layouts. However without simple items like guide lines, graticule grids etc. for the layout, it makes map outputs far more difficult and less attractive/useful than ArcGIS. Once I have more use of it, I will update again, however currently, for me, it is not going to be my primary ESRI software, which I was hoping it would. Perhaps this is a strategy of ESRI to not have too many people migrate too quickly from ArcGIS and therefore allow slow integration and also error finding. ... View more

Hi   I am using the ArcGIS 10.3 pre-release and have been using it for some time without issue. I don't know what happened, however now every time I try to use the Field Calculator within the table editor, the entire application bombs on me. Is there a reset function that I should apply to ArcGIS or any other solutions around, that will resolve this issue?   My last resort will be to reinstall/repair the version, but this is not ideal as I would like to know when/why the problem occurred?   Thanks,   Nigel ... View more