Latest Contributions by JeffreySwain

Chances are that you have an .ecw.  If that is the case then this behavior has been captured in a NIM059863 and has been resolved in 10.1.  If you have another type of data, then please create a Support Incident so that we can test and document this behavior. ... View more

Do the two rasters differ in the band combination?  From your description, they both sound like 4 band rasters.  I would recommend when you create the mosaic dataset to create it as 4 band, add the two rasters and then use the Extract Bands function to pull together the 3 that you want. Since it seems that you have a particular setting of 4 band in ArcMap.  If one raster looks like you want with 4-2-1 and the other 4-3-1, then you may need to use the extract band function on the individual rasters rather than apply to the whole mosaic dataset.  You can access the individual functions by opening the attribute table and then selecting the individual raster and then adjusting the function there. ... View more

When you say 'symbology' do you mean the min/max values of the raster?  Or the color ramp?  The color ramps should be available to be selected, but there is not an import process from TIN to raster.  In the attached screenshot, I selected 'Elevation # 1' for each TIN and raster.   [ATTACH=CONFIG]14597[/ATTACH] If the values do not match up then the symbology will never look the same.  I chose a coarse cell size for a quick export, which has contributed to the generalized look of the raster.  The TIN is more angular but the symbology is similar. ... View more

The tool that Eric is mentioning will use the Multipatch and then, 'burn' in or add to the DEM you have.  The 'archive multipatches' you are referrring to are .dae? Or .skp?  If so you should convert them back into Multipatches in a geodatabase, prior to burning into the .dem.  You can still use the original DEM in your solar analysis, once the buildings have been added to it. ... View more

Try creating the cost distance with just one of the inputs and then when determining the Cost Path use the other ones.  The reason you are getting the single cell paths is that you have the same inputs for each, so there is no 'path'.  You asked the algorithm to find the quickest path from these locations to themselves.  Try to create a cost path for one of the points and then try using the other points as the inputs in the Cost Path tool. ... View more

You will still have to export the multipatch into a .dae, which should be able to load directly.  On Google Earth 6.1, I have that option to load it directly. ... View more

This might be do to the fact the TIN is not in a coordinate system.  I would check to see if the TIN is projected or not.  You do not even need the TIN in the scene in order to display it in 3d.  You can just simply path to it.  Try that and see if you are getting the desired results. ... View more

Depending on the amount of overlap that you have, you can create a mosaic dataset and then use the Build Footprints tool and then define a shrink distance enough to cover the fiducials that you want to remove.  It may take a little of testing to determine the correct shrink distance, but since the Build Footprints tool offers the ability to reset the original footprints it should not be too bad. ... View more

bjhunter - When publishing to server you need to have the license for Server.  You have to have the Spatial Extension for server to provide that capability. The desktop license only applies when working in Desktop.  sanjeeva - For your publishing are you using a Windows Server?  I see that the Schematic Extension will only work on a Windows server per the above chart.  If that is the case,then I urge you to create a Support Incident to look into it further. ... View more

After your slope analysis is done, you can then use the Extract by Values to pull out just the values within your desired range.  The new raster created could be analyzed to determine how many pixels are contained and therefore the area covered for each setting.  Also you could use the reclassify tool to divide the ranges into certain values, so the 15 to 20 % in one class, 21 to 40% in another and so on.  That raster would have the number of pixels in each range. ... View more

What you may consider is converting the raster to a TIN, create a polygon that covers the desired area and then use the Interpolate Polygon to Multipatch.  This will create a 3d object, which should display as 3d in Google Earth.  I do not think that Google Earth offers the 'Base Height' Functionality that is available with ArcGlobe/ArcScene.  The 3d Object should display in Google Earth in 3d like the other models do. ... View more

If you are exporting the sketchup model as a .dae, then there are three ways to import it in ArcGIS.  You can create a point and then import the 3d symbology, create an empty multipatch feature class in a geodatabase and then insert the multipatch manually or you can use the Import 3d Files tool. The .dae cannot be added directly, you have to import it one of these ways. ... View more

The Point File Information tool will create a series of polygons based on the lidar data.  That could be used for the index grid, since it will have the original LAS data there.  What you could use is the tool at 10.1 that will convert the LAS Dataset directly to a raster if that is your preferred display method.  You would have to create the LAS dataset, but the process is simply adding the LAS data directly to the LAS Dataset, no pyramid creation is necessary like a terrain. However at 10, I do not know of a way unless you cyclically process each individual file from LAS to terrain to raster for you to end up with the 700 LAS and 700 DEMs.  I suppose since you have the larger terrain, you can convert it to a raster and then iterate through the point file information polygon and clip each one.  I am not sure which one would be faster based on what you have already done. ... View more

NeoGeo If you are having issues with creating the overviews based on your error message, then consider where you are  writing the overviews, by default it will be in the same directory as your file geodatabase.  If you do not have the room or if there is a file there of the same name, you can get those errors.  If you plan on splitting up the location of the overviews and the geodatabase, then use the Define Overviews tool to specify a new location of your choosing.  Maat That is an open ended error message.  Without more information there isn't really much to go on. Some of the reasons I have seen the process fail is that the rasters chosen cannot fit into the parameters set in the mosaic dataset.  So if you define a particular coordinate system and the added raster is either not defined and cannot fit (mosaic dataset is in WGS 1984 and the rasters are undefined but the spatial extent would be a number greater than 180 [the maximum a decimal degree can be]).  I would encourage you to create a Support Incident and have someone take a look at your workflow to help determine what is going on. ... View more

There are a few unpublished enhancement requests for the specific ability.  All are marked as to be considered in future releases of the software.  I would encourage you to create an Support Incident to be added to the enhancement request to increase it's visibility to development or create a post on the Ideas website like this one for a plan and profile tool. ... View more