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1 ArcGIS Tips / Tricks & Tools An assortment of everyday usable stuff that may increase your productivity or just make others say… WOW! we believe in making use of what others will let us borrow - we don't have programmer resources available often, or for gis projects, so much of what we do is 'borrowed' or out of the box or modified from existing code. there are lots of things you can do with existing resources, things to make doing the gis activities you need to do easier for repetitive tasks, and that with a little know-how and resourcefulness there is a whole lot more potential to GIS that you can offer your employer. Everyone has ‘things’ they take pride in, maybe they made something themselves or got a group of people using. Often they improve productivity while using existing resources.

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ArcGIS Tips / Tricks & Tools

An assortment of everyday usable stuff that may increase your productivity or just make others say… WOW!

we believe in making use of what others will let us borrow - we don't

have programmer resources available often, or for gis projects, so much of what we

do is 'borrowed' or out of the box or modified from existing code. there are lots of

things you can do with existing resources, things to make doing the gis activities

you need to do easier for repetitive tasks, and that with a little know-how and

resourcefulness there is a whole lot more potential to GIS that you can offer your

employer.

Everyone has ‘things’ they take pride in, maybe they made something themselves

or got a group of people using. Often they improve productivity while using existing

resources.

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Presenters?

• Bryan Townsend

– GIS Administrator, York County, SC

• Brad Barnell

– GIS Manager, Greenwood County, SC

• Shane Sprouse

– GIS Analyst, Greenwood County, SC

• Sandra Ellenberg

– GIS Analyst, Greenwood County, SC

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Blogs? (lots of info nuggets here)

• http://gismatters.blogspot.com/ (david maguire)

• http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/links/ (Brian Goldin)

• Getting Started with GeoChat – Richie Carmichaelhttp://spaces.msn.com/members/MrRichie/

• http://slashgeo.org

• (like the slashdot.org website “news for nerds, stuff that matters,” but with geospatial twist)

Why read blogs? Latest in GIS happenings; news, product reviews/issues, ways to use gis

There are numerous ESRI Staff blogs. David Maguire (esri Director of products)

SpatiallyAdjusted – links to other blogs -

More GIS/ESRI Staff Blogs….

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Places to start when you need help

• Arcscripts.esri.com – extensions, scripts

• Support.esri.com – forums, downloads

• Edn.esri.com -- ESRI Developer Network

• Google.com

Try searching support.esri.com when you have an issue. Someone has likely had

your same problem and posted how they fixed it. If you run into an issue where

nobody has posted, “pay it forward” when you resolve it by posting how you solved

your issue.

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Other Resources (tips)

• KesslerGIS.com Tips and Tricks

• Connecting to an Excel Table for use in

ArcCatalog and ArcMap (*out-of-box @ 9.2)

• Recover your identify results window or any other

window that has accidentally gotten moved off

your screen

When researching tips and tricks for this session I knew we would present what we

knew well and were already using. There are a few others who have put together

materials similar to this and the next few slides provides a ‘summary’ of these

tips/tricks that were discovered.

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Other Resources (tips)

• Vermont Center for Geographic Information

• ArcGIS and Tech tips

• Lots of ArcScript suggestions, some tips and tricks

(location of normal.mxt, calculating field tips), a

listing of free tools & other tools

http://www.vcgi.org/techres/?page=./white_papers/techtips/ArcGISTips.cfm

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Other Resources (tips)

• ESRI Wisconsin User Group (EWUG)

• 2004 presentation “ArcGIS Tips and Tools”– Geoprocessing wizard toolbox, recognizing ArcInfo interchange

files, working with tables, generating a report, common calculation formulas using vbScript, Shortcuts, thumbnails

– cartography (transparency, clipping data frames, templates, printing/exporting maps)

– work performance tips (grouping layers, data frame focus, new layer visibility, cancel drawing, pausing the drawing in ArcMap,removing buttons, create graphic circle with specific radius, calculate area of graphic in ArcMap, count features within graphic area),

http://www.ewug.org/images/2004/ArcGISTipsAndTools.pdf

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Other Resources (tips)

• Utah AGRC – Tips and Tricks (technical document section)

• About Fields in the ArcGIS 9.0 Geodatabase

– Field definition, field name, field types, issues with

loading and exporting data (using the simple data

loader, exporting from pGDB to shapefile)

• http://agrc.its.state.ut.us/agrc_gistraining/tipstricks/tipsdata/ArcGIS9_Fields.pdf

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Where did we find it?

Key for Tips and Tricks

• (O) - Out-Of-The-Box

• (A) - ArcScripts

• (H) - Home Grown

• (S) - Support.esri.com / edn.esri.com

• (C) – ESRI Class

• Level of Difficulty or User Experience Needed

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Overview

1. (Brad) AXL File Hacks (Creating & Labeling a Major Roads Layer)

2. (Brad) Shareware JavaScript optimizer to reduce the size of an ArcIMS website

3. (Sandra) Parcel editing tools (line editing toolbar, zipper task, map book)

4. (Shane) TerraserverGP download tool

5. (Shane) Multiversion Spatial view in RDBMS to display edits in the adds table

6. (O) Change Data Source of ArcMap Doc. / Find & Replace Pathnames

7. (O) Why Download…Share using ArcIMS!

8. (S) ArcIMS Performance: Analyze Log Files

9. (A) Log Concurrent License Use

10. (C) Export all Layer Files from ArcMap using simple VBA

11. (H) Organize Data by Layers

12. (S) Archive Data Model: All deleted features archived in a history FeatureClass

13. (H) Set up a Spatial View in your RDBMS: Take advantage of hyperlinking

14. (O) Custom ArcPad data collection using Out-of-the-Box Geodatabase Design

15. (A) Geodatabase Diagrammer

16. (A) NPS Metadata tools

17. (O) System Monitoring with Big Brother/Hobbit

Lots of tips / tricks and tools here. Way more than advertised in the title of the session. This ppt will

be posted on the ineternet.

A few more not included –

• (A) - download and use xTools Pro, it has many free tools you don’t have to pay for. Delete

fields, calculate acres.

• (O) – Package data with ArcPad or Disconnected editing toolbars. ArcPad toolbar extracts

images to MrSID files, both clip to extent and produce a map document retaining layer properties

including view extents and symbology.

• (H) – NPS Metadata Tools Extension, custom toolbar from nature.nps.gov that wraps up the

USGS mp.exe FGDC metadata parser and validator, allows you to spellcheck your metadata

with MS Office, lets you export to 5 different formats, and best of all is FREE.

• (S) Geocoding development kit –

• (A) TerraServerGP – Download DRG, DOQ or Urban Area imagery from MS TerraServer. Uses

extent of features in layer (county boundaries, makes individual images for each county

boundary). It is added as a tool in the Toolbox.

• (A) - GeoDatabase Reporter

• (C) - GeoDatabase Toolset

• (A)(0) – Build image catalog from a directory of images within ArcCatalog, use vb Replace()

function to remove the path and leave the file name in another field using ArcMap. replace(

[IMAGE] ,"G:\chester_orthos_sid_out\tiles_20\", "")

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Creating a Major Road Layer

<LAYER type="featureclass" name="Major Roads" id="1" minscale="1:125000" maxscale="1:2000000">

<DATASET name="StreetCen" type="line" workspace="sde_ws-0" />

<SPATIALQUERY where="StreetClass = 1" searchorder="AttributeFirst" />

<GROUPRENDERER>

<VALUEMAPRENDERER lookupfield="StreetClass">

<EXACT value="1" label="Multi-Lane Hwy">

<SIMPLELINESYMBOL width="4" color="225,25,0" />

</EXACT>

</VALUEMAPRENDERER>

<VALUEMAPRENDERER lookupfield="StreetClass">

<EXACT value="1" label="Multi-Lane Hwy">

<SIMPLELINESYMBOL width="2" color="255,200,0" />

</EXACT>

</VALUEMAPRENDERER>

</GROUPRENDERER>

</LAYER>

Brad

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Labeling Based on Area

<SCALEDEPENDENTRENDERER lower="1:9600" upper="1:35000">

<VALUEMAPLABELRENDERER lookupfield="Acres" labelfield="Name">

<RANGE lower="1000.0" upper="999999.0">

<TEXTSYMBOL font="Arial" fontsize="11" glowing="255,255,170" />

</RANGE>

<RANGE lower="10.0" upper="1000.0">

<TEXTSYMBOL font="Arial" fontsize="12" glowing="255,255,170" />

</RANGE>

</VALUEMAPLABELRENDERER>

</SCALEDEPENDENTRENDERER>

Brad

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Labeling on a Predefined Scale Value

<SCALEDEPENDENTRENDERER lower="1:1200" upper="1:2400">

<VALUEMAPLABELRENDERER lookupfield="Scale"labelfield="Label">

<RANGE lower="100" upper="99999">

<TEXTSYMBOL font="Arial" fontsize="10" />

</RANGE>

</VALUEMAPLABELRENDERER>

</SCALEDEPENDENTRENDERER>

Brad

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Compacting JavaScript Files

Brad

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Compacting Options

Brad

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Compacting Results

Brad

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ARCGIS “NON-GURU” Tips

• Some of you may think the the ArcScripts and Developer’s Samples are just for the “Gurus”.

• Please explore the many options out there. You will be amazed at how easy these tools will be.

• Don’t be afraid to call ESRI support.

• Read the User forums.

• Other new User’s have the same questions.

• Bonus Tip For Attribute Transfer Added to this presentation.

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Line Editing Toolbar:

• This set of code contains a toolbar with six commands for the editing of lines and three additional commands for displaying characteristics of lines (vertices, dangles, and directions). The purpose of the toolbar is to provide some additional functionality for editing of line work. Some of the commands are similar to what can be done with ArcEdit.

I missed the features of ArcEditing coverages when we changed to ArcGIS editing.

So I was glad to find a great toolbar that offered the things I had come accustomed

to using. This way I can turn on the vertices for my lines and see the directions etc.

Go to ESRI support http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=13729 to download

this script (filename Line_Edit_Toolbar.zip).

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Functionality in this toolbar includes:

• 1. Display vertices and end points.

• 2. Display directional arrows.

• 3. Display dangles.

• 4. Split at midpoint.

• 5. Divide lines.

• 6. Proportion lines.

• 7. Remove dangles.

• 8. Create intersections.

• 9. Flip Command.

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Map Book

• We had a need in Greenwood County for a Map

Grid Book. Our first version was created with

AMLs. This Map Book script has been very helpful

in creating grid books for Law Enforcement, EMS,

Dispatch and even Public works uses.

• DS_Map_BookVisual_Basic creates a Map Series

that can be exported out to jpg or pdf.

We had a need in Greenwood County for a Map Grid Book. Our first version was

created with AMLs. This Map Book script has been very helpful in creating grid

books for Law Enforcement, EMS, Dispatch and even Public works uses.

This Map Book Developer’s Sample is found

ArcGIS\DeveloperKit\samples\Cartography\DS_Map_BookVisual_Basic.

Or there are a few new ones such as MapbookTool.zip online in ESRI ArcScripts.

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Map

Book

• Map books are

multi page

documents

based on a

dataset and an

index grid

representing the

pages.

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Map

Book

• The Index grid

for a map book

represents how

the dataset set

should be divided

up for plotting at a

more workable

scale.

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Map Book Toolbar

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Zipper Task

• This sample allows features within a user specified tolerance to be snapped to the edit sketch.

• Using the sketch tool a polyline sketch is created. When the sketch is finished, a dialog appears asking for a tolerance and the layers to be adjusted.

This great editing tool Developer’s Sample is found in

ArcGIS\DeveloperKit\samples\Editing\Zipper_TaskVisual_Basic. When you have

lines or polygons that have gaps that need to closed, this tool will save the day.

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Zipper Task

• Features from the specified layers that fall within the tolerance are then aligned to the geometry of the sketch.

• The Trace tool is used to create a sketch of the geometry in the feature, and the Zipper Task will then use this geometry to align the other features

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Attribute Transfer Tool

• This sample puts selected features from a source to a destination layer.

• This dialog also lets you map attributes between the source and destination features.

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These are defined in the Spatial Adjustment Attribute Transfer Mapping dialog, found under the Spatial Adjustment menu on the Spatial Adjustment toolbar.

Attribute Transfer Tool

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How to use:

1.Open the Attribute Transfer Mapping dialog, from the Spatial Adjustment menu on the Spatial Adjustment toolbar.

2. Set source/target layers and desired field mapping.

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•3. Select source features to be put into the target layer.

•4. Click from source to target and it will transfer data.

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ArcSDE Multiversioned Views

• Allows you to create a DBMS “view” of a versioned table.

• Use: sdetable –o create_mv_view

• Useful for customized applications that don’t recognize geodatabase versioning. For example, a GIS website application that uses ArcIMS functionality to query the geometry from a feature class, but “bypasses” ArcIMS for the attribute query. The base table is queried directly in SQL Server using ADO.Net (We do this in Greenwood County to speed up searches on our website, which are slower using ArcIMS functionality)

• In the scenario above SQL Server has no specific “knowledge” of the delta tables (A & D) that are part of a versioned feature class. Any edits to the feature class attributes are stored in the delta tables and would not be returned by a query of the base table without compressing the geodatabase in ArcCatalog.

• In a multiversioned view a Select statement is stored that queries all records from the base table and joins them with the records from the delta tables (edits) in the current version.

This is not really a “trick” per say, however most users are probably little aware of it.

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ArcSDE Multiversioned Views

• The multiversioned view allows all rows

from the base and delta tables that

represent a feature or features to be

returned transparently to the end user.

• This “trick” has worked well for Greenwood

because it significantly speeds up

parcel searching on our website and

allows us to display “live” edits there.

• See ESRI Technical Paper:

“Working with the Geodatabase Using SQL”

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TerraServer

Geoprocessing Tool

• Download from arcscripts.esri.com

• Geoprocessing tool for downloading

DOQ’s and scanned USGS topo

quad maps from Microsoft’s

TerraServer website.

• Download imagery in

various resolutions depending

on what’s available in area of

interest.

• Can store imagery as a file-based

raster dataset or in a geodatabase

raster catalog

• Can use this tool in a script or model

Shane

TerraServer

DOQ Layer

“Read-Me” file is installed along with the tool which is very useful for configuring the

tool. It also lists known bugs.

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TerraServer

Geoprocessing Tool

• Newest version of the tool includes an option to download

true color, high resolution (1/4 meter) orthos where available.

(larger urban areas)

• Input layer must have a spatial

reference. The tool will recognize

the spatial reference and the

imagery will be stored with that

reference

• Downloads based on

geographical extent of

input feature class or of

selected feature(s) in feature

class.

• Requires .NET Framework 1.1

and .NET ArcObjects support

“Urban Area” resolution available only in places like Atlanta, Seattle, etc.

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TerraServer

Geoprocessing Tool

• Most recent version works as a geoprocessing tool in

ArcToolBox.

• Previous Version works only as a Toolbar inside

ArcMap. It allows downloads as a permanent Dataset

or as a temporary layer in ArcMap. Available in ArcGIS

8.x and 9.x (Download Tool)

The most recent version is the one that works as a geoprocessing tool, hence the

‘GP’. It can be accessed inside ArcCatalog or ArcMap.

It can also be scripted like all other tools in ArcToolBox.

Older version allows downloading as a permanent dataset or as a temporary layer

but only works as toolbar inside ArcMap.

Performance seems to be better with newer version

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TerraServer

Geoprocessing Tool• DRG option – USGS topo quad data

downloaded at highest resolution available

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TerraServer

Geoprocessing Tool• 1994 TerraServer DOQ’s displayed on York County’s ArcIMS website:

maps.yorkcountygov.com

York County example. They are displaying 1994 DOQ’s downloaded for York and

surrounding counties. Lower image shows property lines and streets overlaid on

the imagery

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Change Data Source of ArcMap Doc.

Find & Replace Pathnames (1 of 2)

• ArcGIS 9 allows a user to replace pathnames in

batch, unlike in 8.x

• Ever moved data from one folder to another and

seen all those red ‘!’ next to all your layers ?

• Open ArcCatalog, Browse to the folder that

contains the .mxd you want to change pathnames

in, right click the .mxd, Select Set Data Source(s)

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• A list of pathnames for associated data layers appears. You can choose a new data source for a single layer or multiple layers. A new .mxdreferencing the changed pathnames is created.

Change Data Source of ArcMap Doc.

Find & Replace Pathnames (2 of 2)

•**Does not work with sde connections very well, from my testing at least

•Don’t forget to use relative path names in the map document (file > map properties

> data source options > store relative path names)

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Why Download…

Share using ArcIMS!

• All data in an ArcIMS website (orthos, contours, parcels, etc.) can be used in ArcMap by the following process:

1. Open ArcCatalog. 2. At table of content, under node "Internet Servers", click on "Add Internet server". 3. In the dialog, use "http://maps.yorkcountygov.com" as URL of server. 4. choose all services and get a list of map services. One map service you should see is named “yorkcogisonline“.

5. Click OK to add the server. 6. Expand the node, Open ArcMap and drag the "yorkcogisonline" to your ArcMap. 7. Turn on/off layers as needed.

Sometimes the map service may not be made available (acl file with password set,

web server configuration)

Most arcims services are unpublished. To find the service, use the website url

“maps.yorkcountygov.com”

Once added to arcmap, you can perform spatial and tabular queries on the

individual layers, albeit a little slow.

There is even a way to download the data to your computer from ArcMap !

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Why Download…

Share using ArcIMS! (2 of 2)Three image services in the ArcMap TOC below;

maps.co.union.nc.us

maps2.co.mecklenburg.nc.us

maps.yorkcountygov.com

Examples of 3 ArcIMS web services in ArcMap (Union Co, Meck Co NC and York

Co, SC)

There are OGC extensions to enable connections to other OGC compliant map

servers (WMS, etc) (Minn Map Server)

our thought is to make the information available to everyone in this way – it’s the

best way for the tax payers to get the most bang for their buck.

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ArcIMS Performance:

Analyze Log Files (1 of 4)

1. Script to turn on/off log files dynamically

(..\..\ArcIMS\Server\log\*.log)

2. Script to process log files and produce html page

with useful info. Must have Perl installed

www.perl.org, look for ‘Download Perl’

– you may have to install a perl module module or

‘extension’

– all of this is ‘FREE’

Interested in improving map performance?

Need to know what layers are drawing slowest?

Which layers or map services are getting used more?

2 steps (besides knowing a little about how arcims works, where the logfiles are

created, downloading and installing perl)

- execute the script to begin logging ArcIMS requests (next slide)

- download the perl script, execute the script (next slide)

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ArcIMS Performance:

Analyze Log Files (2 of 4)

Run from the command prompt on ArcIMS server or

make a batch file containing this:java com.esri.aims.admincore.cmd.Exec http://server.domain.com username password cmd setlogs true

Note: to turn off logging, change the ‘true’ above to ‘false’.

http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techarticles.articleShow&d=20844

IIS or webserver can tell you what pages are accessed on your server –

This tells you layer specific information and resources required to render those

layers. Looking at this information you can improve performance (change

symbology, sde/rdbms indexes)

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• Download and Install Perl then;

• “ArcIMS Spatial Server log file analyzer” from• http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.samplesUtilities.viewSample&PID=43&MetaID=142

• Aimslogs.pl - analyzes your ArcIMS Feature Server, Image Server, and Query

Server log files for performance statistics and calculates average times, and

total requests and responses for each map service and layer.

• From a Command prompt or batch file;aimslogs.pl -html=outfiles\stats_logs_2005-11-14.html ".\logs_2005-11-14\*.log"

ArcIMS Performance:

Analyze Log Files (3 of 4)

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ArcIMS Performance:

Analyze Log Files (4 of 4)

Interested in improving map performance? Need to know what layers are drawing

slowest?

Which layers or map services are getting used more?

(map service and its layer is listed along with hits and retrieval/search time)

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Log Concurrent License Use

(1 of 3)

Set up a service that logs who uses concurrent licenses and for how long

• Ever wanted to know who was keeping licenses checked out so often? Are you trying to show justification for purchasing more licenses?

• What ESRI product is most popular with the users? When are your ESRI licenses in high demand? Where does the heaviest usage of ESRI licenses occur?

It will continuously monitor license useage and record pertinent information (UserName, ESRIProduct, Version, CheckOutTime, CheckInTime, HoursUsed) to a comma delimited text file. This output file can then be loaded into an application such as Microsoft Access or Excel for further compilation and analysis.

• Log License Use • http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14223

Watch Out!! This one is somewhat involved & technical to set up. This should be

every step.

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Uses lmutil.exe, srvany.exe, instsrv.exe and custom program posted on

arcscripts.esri.com

(Files from Windows Server Resource Kit are included in zipped ArcScript download file)

.NET framework 1.1 is a separate download

Use: instsrv [new service name] [location of srvany.exe]

instsrv LogLicenseUse_localhost "C:\LogLicenseUse_localhost\srvany_setup\srvany.exe“

THEN alter a registry setting:• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q137890/

Log Concurrent License Use

(2 of 3)

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Once the service has been started it runs every 1 minute and pulls information from the license metering software.

lmutil lmstat -a -c @ArcGIS_License_Server

Then, you can load the output into Excel, Access or RDBMS for further analysis

User, Machine, Product, Version, CheckOut, CheckIn, HoursUsed

townsendb, mis-townsendb, Editor, 9.0, 10/25/2005 10:23:00 AM, 10/25/2005 10:26:00 AM, 0.05

townsendb, mis-townsendb, Spatial Analyst, 9.0, 10/25/2005 10:23:00 AM, 10/25/2005 10:26:00 AM, 0.05

langenj, pl-langenjo, ArcInfo, 9.0, 10/25/2005 12:21:00 PM, 10/25/2005 12:23:00 PM, 0.03

crimemapping, so-crimemapping, ArcInfo, 9.0, 10/25/2005 11:50:00 AM, 10/25/2005 12:26:00 PM, 0.6

Log Concurrent License Use

(3 of 3)

@ArcGIS_License_Server is the computer all the ArcGIS

Desktops check out a license from.

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Organize Data with Layers

-Instead of connecting to an ArcSDE database and navigating through

Featuredatasets and featureclasses;

-The symbology is set, scale extents are set, layers have easily identifiable names,

they can be grouped by folders/sub-folders.

-Above: some folders and layer files found in our common S drive (available to both

city and county staff).

-Makes map making easier – finding data, symbolizing it is easier for first-time map

makers and convenient for those familiar.

-Users are encouraged to add to this collection of map layers, sharing their

creativity for others to use.

-We have 100’s of feature classes, many sql server databases, sql instances to

each database. Keeping up with all this from a user standpoint can be too much.

-Symbology can be stored, account information and named correctly in an easy to

find ‘folder view’

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• Ever set up many layers in ArcMap perfectly and want them all saved out to layer files (without right clicking and saving each individually?)

• This VBA script does just this (see next few slides).

• York County and the City of Rock Hill staff have access to each other’s ArcSDE Geodatabases. We also have a shared network drive where layer files are available.

• As symbology or data evolves we can make a few changes and export out those layer files again. That way we both can make similar maps of the same information, spend less time on symbology and more on content.

Export all Layer Files from ArcMap

Sometimes you want to share the layer, or back up your layer settings to file – from

an arcmap document.

With both city and county staff looking for the geospatial resources, having layer

files in a directory makes finding what is needed and connecting easier. It also

makes explaining sde connections easier.

Between the two governments, we want a similar look for maps produced. Sharing

symbology keeps this uniformity and everyone appreciates not having to re-create

another's efforts.

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• Open the Customize Dialogue

• Scroll down to UIControls

• Make New UIControl > UIButtonControl

• Double-Click to open VBA, paste the code here

Export all Layer Files from ArcMap

• Place this new button on a

toolbar by dragging and

inserting it somewhere.

• Close the Customize Dialog

and execute by clicking on

the new button.

This one is a bit more advanced since it requires an extra button to be added

through the customization dialogue, and also some VBA script to be copied and

pasted from the next slide.

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Export all Layer Files from ArcMap

Using VBA

Private m_pMxDoc As IMxDocument

Private Sub UIButtonControl1_Click()

Set m_pMxDoc = ThisDocument

Dim pEnumLayers As IEnumLayer

Set pEnumLayers = m_pMxDoc.FocusMap.Layers

Dim pLayer As ILayer

Set pLayer = pEnumLayers.Next

Dim pgxlayer As IGxLayer

Dim pGxFile As IGxFile

Do Until pLayer Is Nothing

Set pGxFile = New GxLayer

Set pgxlayer = pGxFile

'

'change the line below:

pGxFile.Path = “C:\" & pLayer.Name & ".lyr"'

Set pgxlayer.Layer = pLayer

pGxFile.Save

Set pLayer = pEnumLayers.Next

Loop

MsgBox "all layers have been saved to: " & pGxFile.Path

End Sub

Private Function UIButtonControl1_Enabled() As Boolean

Set m_pMxDoc = ThisDocument

UIButtonControl1_Enabled = m_pMxDoc.FocusMap.LayerCount > 0

End Function

Public Sub AddMapSurrounds()

Dim pMxDoc As IMxDocument

Dim pActiveView As IActiveView

Dim pEnv As IEnvelope

Dim pId As New UID

Dim pMapSurround As IMapSurround

Set pMxDoc = ThisDocument

Set pActiveView = pMxDoc.PageLayout

Set pEnv = New Envelope

pEnv.PutCoords 7.5, 0.2, 8.5, 4

pId.Value = "esricore.Legend"

Set pMapSurround = CreateSurround(pId, pEnv, "Legend", pMxDoc.FocusMap, pMxDoc.PageLayout)

pActiveView.PartialRefresh esriViewGraphics, Nothing, Nothing

End Sub

Private Function CreateSurround(pId As UID, pEnv As IEnvelope, strName As String, _

pMap As IMap, pPageLayout As IPageLayout) As IMapSurround

Dim pGc As IGraphicsContainer

Dim pActiveView As IActiveView

Dim pMapSurroundFrame As IMapSurroundFrame

Dim pMapSurround As IMapSurround

Dim pMapFrame As IMapFrame

Dim pElement As IElement

Set pGc = pPageLayout

Set pMapFrame = pGc.FindFrame(pMap)

Set pMapSurroundFrame = pMapFrame.CreateSurroundFrame(pId, Nothing)

pMapSurroundFrame.MapSurround.Name = strName

Set pElement = pMapSurroundFrame

Set pActiveView = pPageLayout

pElement.Geometry = pEnv

pElement.Activate pActiveView.ScreenDisplay

pGc.AddElement pElement, 0

Set CreateSurround = pMapSurroundFrame.MapSurround

End Function

There are two text boxes on this slide, copy from one then paste into the vba

window, then copy from the other and paste just below the last line.

Note to change the line so that the files are exported to your directory.

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Archive Data Model: All deleted

features archived in a history FC

• Whenever a feature is deleted it gets posted to another feature class with "_history" as its name. The editors don't see or notice anything when features are posted, no extra work on their part.

• Very simple to implement;

• Make a copy of each feature class you want to record history for, add some fields to each feature class, register a dll, edityour data

• Includes a ‘query by date’ tool that makes a definition query specifying features edited in a date range

Note: Sample specifies dll was compiled for use with an oracle database –we use with sql server, no changes made

http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.dataModels.filteredGateway&dmid=38

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Archive Data Model: All deleted

features archived in a history FC

• Applies to any layer where you want to track history

Note: didn’t work with annotation when I tried to set it up.

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Set up a Spatial View in your

RDBMS: Take advantage of

hyperlinking

• Many GIS users have photos or reports they can

access over the internet or on their network using

ArcMap

• If your featureclass has a field in it that points to a

photo on the network or online document you can

use the hyperlink tool and access the information

through ArcMap by selecting the feature.

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Set up a Spatial View in your

RDBMS: Take advantage of

hyperlinking

• Use sdetable -o create_view – just need a few basic fields

• Then edit the newly created view, for a url pointing to a parcel report it looks

something like this when adding a field that is auto-populated with the Tax ID field 'http://maps.yorkcountygov.com/gisonline/Reports/property_report.asp?layers=cobound;city;parcels;address;roads;regroads;watbod&tmid=' +

gis.TAXDATA_TB.TAXMAPID

• AS gisonlinereporturl

Hyperlink

tool

This one is for the folks comfortable with executing sde commands and modifying

views in an oracle or MS SQL Server database.

Instead of calculating fields whenever you update attributes, an RDBMS view can

concatenate information from fields and produce a URL on the fly.

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Customized ArcPad data collection

from Out-of-the-Box Geodatabase

Design

• pick lists, calendar date menus, check boxes on

forms makes data entry (faster, easier, less room

to introduce error)

• You can get custom ArcPad forms by first

designing a Geodatabase (add featureclasses with

fields, subtypes, domains) (** see gdb diag slides)

• ArcMap has an ArcPad Toolbar used to “check-

out” and “check-in” shapefiles to a pGDB or eGDB

– This check-out process creates forms that help you

maintain the data integrity of the Geodatabase when

using ArcPad

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Customized ArcPad data collection

from Out-of-the-Box Geodatabase

Design

Calendar menu

Choose from a

list of pre-defined

attributes

(numeric or text)

**Domains: see next slides, Geodatabase Diagrammer

Set field types to date for the calendar menu

A domain is assigned to a field to get a drop down list.

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Geodatabase Diagrammer

SUBTYPES – *see next slide*

By choosing a subtype, domains in other fields become active

http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=13616

This ArcCatalog command will create a visio diagram of your geodatabase. The diagram will

replicate the look and feel of the standard ESRI data model posters. You will have to move

things around and add descriptive text.

Example of a stormwater featureclass, the field names are listed along with their

data types, default value, domain assigned, length & text metadata description.

ALSO – the field with subtype is outlined and reference is made to the subtype

values. * see next slide.

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Geodatabase

Diagrammer

Defining Subtypes allows you to take arcpad customization and data integrity to the

next level. The slide shows the subtypes from the featureclass just presented.

Each subtype chosen may have different domains designated for other fields. (*see

slide)

The example here shows that;

for pipe the material field has 3 values listed (RCP, PP, & MP),

for Open channel subtype no materials are listed (blank domain), for spillway outlet

subtype chosen more values are again listed,

for junction box subtype (another blank domain), and

for the other subtype materials include the combined domains for spillway and Pipe

(another domain here)

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NPS Metadata tools

• Managing metadata can be a big task. The extension expands on existing functionality:

• Importing metadata – importing existing, batch import, or batch import parts of a template

• Exporting metadata – through MP

• Parsing and conversion – validating to FGDC standards – uses MP and err2html through ArcCatalog instead of command prompt.!!

• Editing metadata – tools to spell check, replace text

• Fix ArcGIS 8 errors introduced

I have been told that it works with metadata in ArcSDE

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System Monitoring with Big

Brother/Hobbit

• www.bb4.org• Big Brother™ is a Web-

based systems and

network monitor. A

universal color-code

interface of "red is bad

and green is good"

allows anyone to

measure the health of a

network at a glance.

License (free for gov/edu if not monitoring e-commerce?)

Running on linux machine

Monitors ms sql server service, GIS Online, server room temperature,

CPU/processes % activev

Pages staff when something happens.

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System Monitoring with Big

Brother/Hobbit

License (free for gov/edu if not monitoring e-commerce?)

Running on linux machine

Monitors ms sql server service, GIS Online, server room temperature,

CPU/processes % activev

Observe trends and history (day/month/year)

Cpu & processes used throughout day

Monitor server room heat, web pages (GIS Online)