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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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Import tables from Postgres into Arcmap

I have set up Esri Geoportal server on linux using this tutorial: http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/geoportal-server-setup-on-linux.pdf I have opened phpPgAdmin and imported .csv file into and created tables from those. Is there any step…
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Use relative paths for hyperlinked documents in ArcMap

I am trying to use ArcMap's built-in Hyperlink Script function to enable the user to open a document linked to a map feature using relative paths. In other words, we have a defined directory structure that gets deployed to remote sites, but each…
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ArcMap Extension GetTempPath returns with an extra SubFolder

I am creating an installable extension for ArcMap using C#/WPF/VS2010. (which may or may not have any bearing here). One thing I would like to do is store data in the users temporary folder. So, I get the folder like so: public static string…
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IQueryDescription SQL Query Returning Limited Records

I created a SQL query that is working in SQL Management Studio, but as soon as I transfer the query into ArcMap's IQueryDescription to try and run it with a User Form, the results that I'm getting back are very limited and there is no clear pattern…
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Ignore hidden features returned by identifyTask

I am building an app using javascript, google maps v2 and ESRI 10.1. I have a DynamicMapServiceLayer and a single layer in my ESRI map service. I dynamically show or hide features on the layer using the ESRI setLayerDefinitions function based on…
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Failed to read netcdf file. Help needed

I have try my best to read this file using few softwares, Idrisi, ArcMap, Envi but failed. The only software that can read this data is Panoply at http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/ To my surprised, Panoply recognised that data as HDF version 5…
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Flight path from KML file not showing when exported to ArcMap

I am a beginner with Google Earth and would greatly appreciate it if anyone is able to help me out with my inquiry. I have a KML file which opens fine in Google Earth (found here: KML File. It is a file containing a flight path, and I was hoping to…
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Simple div container for map not displaying correctly in FF or chrome

I'm attempting to display a map using the ARCGis javascript API and dojo inside a dot net nuke module. In IE9 this works fine, however in firefox and chrome The map centers offscreen and only half of it can be seen within the div. The other half of…
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How do you get a unique id for a layer or generate one in Arcmap?

Is there a way in arcobjects to get a unique id for a layer? If you do a search by layer name there could be possible duplicates. If there isn't a property is there a way to generate an id? I tried using the GetHash() but that didn't stay…
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Python- ArcMap - Calculate Fields

I am python newbie and I am trying to count the number of words in a column (Name) in ArcMap by using !NAME!.count(' ') + 1 but I run into problems with strings like : First N' Infant Care Center "Baby World" type.exceptions.Syntaxerror, even…
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Getting Polygons to display multiple variables using a stripped color scheme in ArcMap

I am creating a map in which i want a polygon to display two separate variables within it. Therefore I want a stripped polygon relating to both the keys from the separate factors however I have no idea on how to do this. I messed around with…
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ArcGIS : Labels only rendered at 10,000,000 scale

I'm using ArcGIS Server 9.3 with an Oracle 10.2g database. I've created an MXD which contains my feature class and I've configured it to show one of the attributes as a label - both the feature class and the label are set to be visible at all…
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Bug output feature class

I just encounter a little bug, maybe someone can help me. I'm creating Thiessen Polygons. I define my shapefile in Input Features, and in Output Feature Class, then I have to possibilities either keep the default file or save my output where I…
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Output Extent (Environment Setting)

I would like to know how to set up the Output extent on ArcMAP using Python. I have a loop to Create Thiessen Polygons, but I didn't mange to change my output extent the size I want. arcpy.Extent(293490,5898230,316430,5930230) for i in…
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Is there a way to get graphic text to scale in ArcMap?

I'm using this code to create text in ArcMap. But I can't seem to get it to scale like annotation text when you zoom in. Does anyone know how to do this? //'First setup a color. We'll use RGB red IRgbColor pRGBcolor = new…
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