Latest Contributions by DT

From the Dataframe or Layout view, ArcMap has right-click>data frame properties> coordinate system tab.  The workflow allowed blazing fast identification and option to change the current dataframe coordinate system, and any necessary transformations.  Not too mention (subjects for another day) all the other immediate, intuitive, and very handy tabs.  All without navigating away from your map view (in background so you could even test without closing by clicking Apply!).  Note you could even use a layer to make the changes.  To do that is Pro, you must navigate the entire Catalog to the feature class, instead of picking an existing map layer from the dropdown: If you needed to change the location units on the status bar, the general tab under the same right-click sequence had that for you instantly. If you needed to change more options, note the handy "Tip" on the General Tab.  So simple yet functional and intuitive. Please provide all aforementioned functionality for ArcGIS Pro - and make it work.  Right now, part of the functionality appears available but does not respond.  First off, you have to navigate away from your map or scene to Ribbon>Project>Options>Map and Scene>Spatial Reference.  If you used the "Spatial Reference of the first operational layer", you better hope you remembered which that was, or which one "Import mxd" brought in.  Otherwise, you're SOL, because it doesn't tell you.  If you change it to "choose spatial reference", it doesn't respond.  To change location reference, you must navigate to Project>Units.  Thankfully this is on the same screen, so you don't have to navigate further from the map than you already are.  Note, this is NOT North America Albers Equal Area Conic: ... View more

Create functionality to right-click a field heading and "Index", without needing to go through a GeoProcessing workflow.  Currently the analyst much divert into a geoprocessing tool workflow that requests the name of the field to index, and another name for the "new" indexed field, which appears to be errantly requesting a name for a new field.  The tool does not appear to actually create a new field under this name, nor do I want it to.  But the workflow is very odd and confusing.  It is so confusing that the application itself is confused.  It continues to "tell you" that the field has not been indexed yet (after a successful geoprocessing session).  Even after "refresh" of the geodatabases and the maps. ... View more

The title says it all.  The static help pane and subsequent workflow to get deeper into the help menu was a defining characteristic of ArcMap.  It needs to be enabled in ArcGIS Pro, especially if the almost completely unrecognizable interface is staying the same. ... View more

"Cumulative Data" needs to be available as an option under the Time "Context".  It is not.  It is available under the Time Tab in ArcMap.  I thought maybe animations could be created quicker utilizing the 64 bit environment.  I was wrong - it is quicker to generate animations in ArcMap due to a cleaner workflow and interface.  It is also a better animation, since Pro is missing functionality such as "Cumulative Data". ... View more

The right-click menu in ArcGIS Pro is missing numerous functions that are available in ArcMap.  These functions need to be as comprehensive, or more so in Pro.  Example one of many:  In need of a map within a few minutes during a board meeting, I was joining a table to a feature class.   I needed to check that the field used for the join had the same properties so that the join is successful and trouble-free.  In the attribute table, right-click on a field>Properties shows you within a second, literally.  Right-click in ArcGIS Pro doesn't have "properties".  Nor was I able to find it after scanning the contextual ribbons or "project window" for more than a few minutes.  It was quicker to open up ArcMap and reload the data.  The more I use Pro, the more disappointed I am.  I am quickly finding out any time "saved" in a 64 bit environment is quickly negated due to the qwerky workflows and dysfunctional interface of Pro.  I couldn't care less about a "slick and buttery" interface.  "Slick and buttery" doesn't get work done. After forcing Pro onto myself for over a month, I am officially downgrading it to heavy processing where the multi-threading can be utilized.  It is in no condition for replacement of ArcMap. ... View more