Select by location checking 100,000s of envelopes for 1 feature
I've been having problems with Select by Location running very slowly. I ran an experiment in which there was one point feature to do the section and I selecting all the lines within 200 m of that one...
View ArticleSpatial sort a field without ArcInfo
For ArcPad's display purpose, I need to spatially sort point feature class named "WO" by field "WONUM" by descending order. The purpose for this is to visually show the latest date and numbered point...
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Calculating former events
hey, Attached there are three polygons (2x light blue, 1x dark blue) which where captured on 3 different days overlaping each other. Is there a possibility to write such an overlapping count in a colum...
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Sorting spatial joins
Hello All, I am working with transportation data geocoded to street center-lines. When I spatially join the point datasets to the roads, I get results that double count points at an intersection. For...
View ArticleField name in-line variable substitution in ModelBuilder SQL query
I've created a multivalue list of table field names by calling a python script in ModelBuilder. I'd like to iterate through the list of field names and create SQL queries for the "Select Layer by...
View Articleshapefile name lenght
Hello, Is there a maximum length for the shapefile name? I read somewhere it is 10 characters. Is it true? Thanks
View Articlepossible to convert Topology layer to Tiled map service layer
I'm using the World Topology basemap but would like to clip to a small portion of the map and ultimately produce a smartphone application with this new map. I know I need to cache the map but I can't...
View ArticleSDE2SHP - Fatal Error
Hello, When I tried for to export an feature class from the geodatabase to a shapefile, it failed and it reports a Fatal Error, Segment Violation? Any idea what it could be? thanks
View ArticleQuestion: How do I convert a NAD27 to NAD83 in projection?
I recently been sent some shapefiles that are in NAD27 and the projection to NAD83 I am using does not match the output of the bearings and distances from the NAD27 file. I heard using the...
View Articlecalculate field based on sum of overlapping polylines
I am looking to calculate the sum of overlapping polylines in a field. I have fish distribution data and I would like to create a richness field to calculate the number of species on each stream...
View ArticleBuffer wizard crashes every single time in ArcMap 10.1
I am trying to create a simple buffer around a polyline using the buffer tool in ArcMap 10.1. Literally, after clicking o.k. ArcMap crashes (I get the "Please tell ESRI about this problem" dialog box...
View Articlexslx to xls table for attribute join, how to keep all reccords?
I have a table of zoning records that I need to join to the geometry for land parcels in ArcGIS 10. But there are too many records, about 430,000 parcels and associated records. The parcel .shp has...
View ArticleTopology - unexpected result
Hi - not sure if someone can explain a result that I find unusual. Feature class amended in scratch gdb. Feature class copied to gdb_1. Feature class copied into gdb_2 from gdb_1 via export to...
View Articlecalculate field for several fields in several tables
Dear all, I am trying to use the calculate field for several tables inside a GDB. These tables have a several common fields that should be fulfilled with the same info. Normally, using the batch for...
View ArticleDuplicate Records - How to Merge Attributes from 2 Records Into 1
I merged 2 separate shps into one master shp. Now, I have a shp that contains many duplicate records. Each shp contained some records that were also in the other shp as well as some unique records. The...
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Polygon to Raster misses data
I am writing a script that converts features to a binary raster based on presence/absence in a cell. In practice, when converting polylines to raster using "Polyline to Raster (conversion)", any cell...
View ArticleERROR 000837: The workspace is not the correct workspace type
I have a very simple python script that does a compress on one of our enterprise GDB's. The script used to successfully run every night but is now receiving the following error: "ERROR 000837: The...
View ArticleAdd Stop Start Batch File Script To Model
Hi, I have a batch script on my server which stops and starts web services. Is there any way I can incorporate this into my actual model? Thanks Mark
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Field Calculator - Python - using 3 fields for parameters get syntax error
I'm trying to create a model to do field calculations using 3 fields for parameters. I get the attached syntax error when I do. I'm successful in using 2 fields as parameters but when I add the 3rd, I...
View ArticleLayers in map failing to draw
Hey guys, after uploading xy data, I try to "export data" into a new shapefile, but I am getting the following message: One or more layers failed to draw: Colored$ Events: Syntax error (missing...
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