Latest Contributions by NorthPark

Let me know if you want any help setting up robocopy scripts. ... View more

SDE for SQL Express is included with Standard and Advanced licensing. Technically personal and file geodatabases are multiuser, however performance will suffer over time. If they don't need to see the edits someone is making immediately, you could set up a robocopy script to create and update a local copy nightly and just edit the network copy. I use robocopy scripts extensively to keep various hosting locations updated and for backup. ... View more

Are these users all on the same network? What license level do you currently have? Are all just accessing the data or are multiple people editing? ... View more

Have a look at Hosted Feature Services. This should allow you to set the edit permissions more granularly. ... View more

Have a look at Hosted Feature Services. This should allow you to set the edit permissions more granularly. ... View more

Why not just dual boot the Mac instead of running in a VM? That would likely solve all of your problems. ... View more

In my wife's case, it is because the ATM/CAD software used in the 911 center doesn't support newer versions. ... View more

Unfortunately, she doesn't either. You should be able to still get it directly from ESRI however. ... View more

I think my wife may have a set where she works, she still has to keep a machine with 9.3 for compatibility with the County's 911 system. I will ask her and if so, I can post the installer somewhere for you.  Eric ... View more

My question was more as to how I can direct the agency to update things on their end. It would appear that they will need to publish all of their locators as services. Thanks ... View more

You might want to have a look at the Configurable Map Viewer. It is on my list of things to play with in the near future for the same AGOL/Portal login reasons. CMV - Configurable Map Viewer  ... View more

I am in the process of implementing the LGIM with some modifications and I am planning to set up the same kind of relationships for a number of tracking log tables. For example, a Hydrant Service Log that will update a field in the hydrant layer as part of adding a new record to the table. Looking forward to see how others have implemented something like this. This schema change has been a great exercise in really thinking through my data model and coming up with ways of making much more use of other non spatial tables to cut down on data duplication by using relates. ... View more

You refer to bike trails. Are these trails in the woods or are they more of a bike path generally in the open? If it's in the woods, GPS coverage can be problematic in the woods in another month or so as the canopy fills in. The higher end units have technology for dealing with shadow, but they are pretty pricey for the kind of collection you are talking about doing. ... View more