Latest Contributions by RickCheney

Hi Dan, thank you so much for your help. The GPX data represents campsites. Many of the campsites have a rating. The ratings are 1 through 5. The rating numbers can also be 3.5, 4.7, etc. I'm able to edit the gpx data so I first tried this <rating>4</rating>, that didn't work so I tried putting the rating numbers into the <Descript>2<Descript> tag and I also tried putting the ratings into the <Comment>3</Comment> tag. The <rating> tag is not represented in the Attribute table. The attribute table has fields for Description / Descript and Comment but the data in those tags does not appear in the attribute table. My goal is to add these campsites to my map and then display the rating number as part of the "symbol" for the campsite, or if that is not possible, somehow have the rating print on the map near the campsite symbol. EDIT/UPDATE: after running some tests it looks like the GPX to Features conversion tool in ArcMap automatically builds an attribute table with the following columns: OBJECTID, Shape, Name, Descript, Type, Comment, Symbol, DateTimeS, Elevation, DateTime The attribute table has those columns whether those tags exist in the GPX file or not. Also, if other tags are in the GPX file, for example, <rating> the tool does not add those to the attribute table. Also, if the GPX file has data tagged as <Comment> or <Descript> that data does not populate into the attribute table. I am testing adding a tag to the GPX file that has the rating for each campsite <rating>4</rating> and then using online GPX to Shape converter to add the data to the map as a Shape file. If that works, hopefully there will be a way to set the rating to show as part of the symbol. UPDATE: my first try converting gpx to shapefile did not convert the ratings into the shapefile attribute table. UPDATE: I put the ratings data into the <type> tag in the GPX data file. Then I used the website listed above to convert the GPX file into a Shapefile. Then I added the Shapefile to the map and in the Table of Contents I right-clicked on the shapefile data and clicked Label Features. As far as I know, Label Features will only apply the <type> field as the label. This "hack" worked although I am sure there is a more elegant and proper solution.

I'm using ArcMap version 10.8.1 I'm trying to use the GPX to Features conversion tool. When the GPX file is converted and added to the map, the attribute table is missing columns from the original data. I tried re-labelling some of the data but that didn't help. I was not able to upload the GPX file so I uploaded an image of a small sample of the GPX data.

‎06-24-2020

Sorry for the delay in responding. I will need a few days to study the information at the links provided. I'm still trying to figure out which projection (or whatever) to use. I will reply back with either more questions or to mark as answered. Thanks again.

‎06-22-2020

Thank you very much Dan! I will look through the information at the links you provided. I do want to get everything into a common coordinate system and the Project tool sounds like the way to do it. I am not familiar with the Project tool. I tried searching ArcMap but I didn't find anything. Where do I find the Project tool? Also, I'm not 100% sure which coordinate system to use but I think I should use NAD83(CSRS98) ?? Is that correct, the map is for the area along the border of Minnesota and Ontario, Canada

‎06-22-2020

My map has various data sources. Sometimes I get the following error: "This coordinate system has a geographic coordinate system that differs from one or more data sources in the map. Use the Transformations button to set or change these transformations" For example, when I view the properties for the Data Frame, I get the error. I understand that I can use the Transformation tool as shown in the attached image, but I'm not sure which settings to select. I don't understand how to use the tool in general. Any guidance or advice you can offer is greatly appreciated.

‎07-30-2019

I have many maps made with ArcMap for desktop. In the picture below I have a box with text and an arrow pointing to a location. I don't remember what I used to make this but I think it is made with the "Draw" toolbar and it is a rectangle with a separate "line". The line has an arrow on one end. Some of these are similar except without the arrow. I had many of these on my maps and now they don't show on the maps. I don't know for sure if it is related but this seemed to happen after I upgraded from 10.6 to 10.7 They don't show at any zoom level or data view / layout view. Anybody have any ideas how to get these back? Maybe they are in a style file? Are they considered annotations? Let me know if you need any more information or if you want me to check specific things.

‎10-25-2017

Thank you! I could not find the files listed at the link. I went to Windows control panel and Programs and Features and selected ArcGIS 10.4.1 for Desktop and clicked Uninstall and then selected Modify, I selected Python and something like this feature not available (or whatever), which uninstalled only the Python part of ArcGIS. Then, I restarted the computer, went back to control panel, programs and features, selected ArcGIS again and modify and this time I selected Python and the option to make it available all the time (something like Run from this computer). Restarted the computer again and ArcMap started normally.

‎10-25-2017

I am running Windows 7 and ArcGIS 10.4.1 ArcMap was working fine but now when I try to start ArcMap the splash screen pops up and goes to Loading Document then disappears. I found some info relating this to the version of Python but I don't know how to tell which version of Python I am using with ArcMap. Any ideas to solve or at least troubleshoot the problem?

‎07-23-2017

Thanks for the help Gerry. I downloaded the data as shapefiles, one from an American source and the other from a Canadian source. I don't have raster or DEM data for this map because the map will be used on GPS only.

‎07-23-2017

Thank you Abdullah for all your help.

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upgraded from ArcGIS 10.6 to 10.7 and lost data

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