Latest Contributions by CatCook

No worries! Jim Cousins GIS Project Scientist S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc.<http://www.sspa.com/> 7944 Wisconsin Avenue | Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Direct: (301) 500-2271 | Office: (301) 718-8900 jcousins@sspa.com<mailto:jcousins@sspa.com> PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This email and any attachments are intended only for the addressee(s) and may be confidential, proprietary, privileged, or otherwise protected by law from disclosure or use by a third party. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and its attachments, and destroy any electronic or hard copies that you may have created. ... View more

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Cat First, do you know about ArcGIS Earth?  It is free software that understands ArcGIS data formats and structures and may provide a great alternative.  ArcGIS Earth   However, to the question of exporting images, look for the "NoData" value in the export UI.  I am guessing when you export you are accepting the default of "Nodata = 256", and that results in promoting 8 bit data to 16 bits (which is undesirable; enter 0 for nodata instead).   There are reasons for why 256 is offered as default that I won't take time to explain.  but if you put 8 bits of data into a 16 bit format, it will often appear black even though the data values are there. I only have a moment for a brief reply.  If this isn't clear enough let me know Cody B ... View more

Also you need to define the projection system (UTM) to the scanned toposheets before georeferencing. Then Georeference, followed by reprojection of the toposheets (Web Mercator) as proposed by Dan. ... View more

You would be advised to get the csv saved as a featureclass or shapefile, then add your locations.  Or edit the csv and do the reloading, trying to add to an existing is kind of going against workflow ... View more

This is possible with custom url parameters in the configurable apps.  https://community.esri.com/message/644910-is-it-possible-to-modify-the-default-zoom-level-on-the-minimalist-app?sr=search&searchId=c6f40930-40e4-4e0a-9203-c46beee118ef&searchIndex=0‌ How are users navigating to the locations? -Kelly ... View more

Drawbacks For us having to download the work area each time was a pain.  Esri designed this for small areas that would be downloaded and synced each day.  We wanted all the area all the time since, like you, devices might not hit wifi for a week or more.  You can only side load a basemap not any other layers.  Also can not use the sd card so it limits space.  In the end we used a 3rd party app that lets us carry all our layers and basemaps for over 3 million acres all offline.  It could also carry 30gb of offline data on a sd card. Battery   In our 3rd party app with a new tablet we are getting 10-12 hours or more of near constant use.  The screen being the biggest issue since sun requires the brightness to be cranked all the way up.  Turning the tablet on and off all the time can burn battery also.  30 days is asking a lot for any full color screen device these days.  That said our lighter users are down to charging every other week now. Devices We picked up some last model down Samsung tablets for $130 from Costco.  The newest ones with rebate are still $150 or so.  Has a good built in GPS, great screen, good battery, and a external SD card (which was critical).  Hard to beat that price.  Compared to the old trimbles they are pretty much disposable.  We are at 2.5 years now on the originals and they are still going.  Battery life is not as good as it was of course.  Had maybe 3-4 out of over 100 that died.  Also note these are WIFI only tablets - so we only sync in the office.  GPS is separate so it works fine off wifi - many cheaper tablets have no GPS anymore so be careful. ... View more

Sorry saw I said scene layers in my previous post. Any supported layers in the scene viewer can be grouped together not just scene layer. In the map viewer however there is no option to put layers in groups. **Updated my previous post to say Scene Viewer. ... View more