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ArcGIS.com & ArcGIS Explorer Online 26 Mar 2010 | 03:48 am
At ArcGIS 10, ESRI is trying to further tie the ArcGIS brand with online integration. So they are launching ArcGIS.com, which from what I can gather is a fusion of ArcGIS Online and the ArcGIS Resourc...
ArcGIS 10 - Package an MXD and all its data into a Map Package 30 Jan 2010 | 11:36 am
A new feature at ArcGIS 10 is the ability to create a map package (file extension of MPK) using all the data that is in a map document (MXD). It will act just like the layer package that was introduce...
NAD83 to WGS84: Which Geographic Transformation should I use? 19 Jan 2010 | 05:46 am
Projections and transformations can be very confusing, especially if you don't do it very often. A common transformation when working with North American datasets is NAD 83 projections to WGS 84 (Lati...
Increment a numeric value 5 Jan 2010 | 09:24 am
Have you ever wanted to increment or increase the value of a field by 1 or a fixed amount? Here are the steps to do so in ArcMap 9.x: 1. Add or use an existing numeric field(Short Integer, Long Integ...
How to make the Attributes window pop-up after you add a feature 10 Jun 2009 | 05:15 am
Did you ever wish that the attributes window in ArcMap would pop-up after you added a new feature? Well at the 9.3 release ESRI made this possible. Steps to setup: Start an edit session in ArcMap C...
MXDPerfStat - Map Document Performance Analyzer 20 May 2009 | 08:47 am
MXDPerfStat Developed by ESRI, but is an unsupported tool which requires ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Engine. It is a command line tool, but don't let that scare you. With a .bat file it is very easy to...
Most common ArcPad file formats 8 May 2009 | 08:15 am
ArcPad file formats: AXF (ArcPad Exchange Format) --> “Lightweight Geodatabase” built on SQLCE APM (ArcPad Map file) --> Similar to an MXD file, the APM file stores map layers included and layer se...
ArcGIS Mobile Observations 9 Apr 2009 | 02:25 am
I have been testing ArcGIS Mobile for possible use in an upcoming fieldwork project. I used the out of the box ArcGIS Mobile Application vs. the SDK. ArcGIS Mobile is an alternative way to do simple f...
First Blog here 6 Sep 2008 | 08:27 am
Hi, my name is Karl and I am a GIS Coordinator at GeoComm the Public Safety Mapping company (not GeoCommons!). This is my first blog entry at this new blog. I am still trying to figure out how I want ...
