Questions tagged [arcmap]

ArcMap is a piece of software within the ArcGIS suite. It is utilized for cartographic production as well as geospatial analysis.

Overview

ArcMap is used primarily to view, edit, create, and analyze geospatial data. ArcMap allows the user to explore data within a data set, symbolize features accordingly, and create maps.

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Erase function for SpatialLinesDataFrame in R?

I would like to erase the elements of A, a SpatialLinesDataFrame, that overlap with B, another SpatialLinesDataFrame to give A' which should be smaller than A. In other words I want a new SLDF that does NOT overlap at all with B. This is essentially…
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Network Analysis: Polygon service areas

I'm trying to run a network analysis and was wondering if there was a way to have the service area facilities as polygons instead of points? I've tried the feature to point tool but this create one point which doesn't account for the whole area of…
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ArcMap MXD and its published REST service have different results when queried

I have a point feature layer with attribute count 290. When I perform query on the basis of particular column eg: select * from PWS_Point where districtname='HINGNA' AND assettype='Borewell' the result obtained in an MXD is 8. Now I perform same…
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Invalid Syntax Error and looking through a directory and its subdirectories

I am super brand new to coding with python. For my work, we have ESRI maps (.MXDs) that need to be batch exported. The problem is that each map is in it's own folder within the main folder. I found a code to batch export my maps, if they are…
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how to import Auto CAD in ArcMap?

I am using ArcMap 10.3.1 and want to import auto CAD object . I follow this way : insert>import object but there is an error : "failed to create object. make sure the object is insert in the system registry?" after search in google and find this…
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Creating a Arcmap tool that buffers and then intersects

Im trying to create a tool that buffers a feature class (polygon) and then intersects the buffer output layer with a point shapefile. When I run the tool the buffer analysis runs and completes but the intersect analysis does not. The error message…
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How to determine in which esriTransformDirection we need to use in ArcObject IGeometry5 ProjectEx

I am working on a project in which i need to calculate the points form on CRS to another, but as we the source and target CRS are only determine on runtime. ISpatialReference source = GCS_North_American_1983 ISpatialReference target = UTM Zone 13…
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Find lowest elevation point for each of 5,000 parcels

I have two data layers: a LiDAR elevation data layer for a 10 square mile area and a second layer with polygons for each parcel in that area. Is there a way to use GIS to loop through each parcel and find the lowest elevation for that parcel?
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If/else statement in Python ArcGIS field calculator

I have a county file in arcmap and trying to assign values in field calculator based on county name. I don't have experience writing scripts. The county field is tl_2010_55_county10.NAMELSAD10, and the new field in which I am trying to assign…
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create new shapefile in arcmap using python

I am trying to add a shape file in arc map without having the longitude and latitude but did not work . so how can i add new empty shape file in arcmap by using a simple python script ?
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Python nested update cursor with nested dictionary. There's got to be an easier way

I've created a nested dictionary calling values from a table, and I need to update the attribute table for a feature class using that data. I have it working with two hard-coded fields as a test, but I need to figure out how to automate getting the…
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How to check if latitude and longitude is inside given extents?

I am using arcgis map for offline map in my Android application, so I have downloaded a map with some extent values i.e. { "xmin" : -12699130, "ymin" : 3988230, "xmax" : -12699130, "ymax" : 5178858, "spatialReference" : { "wkid" :…
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Querying election results

I'm building electoral maps from mayoral races in ArcGIS over the last 3 election cycles, trying to see if a particular part of town votes like the rest of the town. There are multiple candidates for mayor and an example table looks like…
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What are these GPS data mean, and how to correctly convert them into decimal degrees?

I have a set of household GPS coordinates data, and the format in excel sheet looks like the following (edited for confidential reason): ID GPSN GPSS GPSE GPSW 1 211234 -9 890123 -9 2 211255 -9 890155 -9 …
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Need to geocode in Arcmap using only city, state

Using ArcMap 10.x's geocode address feature, I would like to ommit 'address' and have it only use CITY and STATE to return lat/long values. How do I do this?
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