Latest Contributions by JudithCauldwell

Really like the screening widget and the ability to report back intersecting features, especially as it honours filters set on layers. I'd love to see extra functionality with this including... Ability to set a negative buffer to avoid polygons being reported if they only share a boundary with the feature being analysed - this means neighbours results wouldn't show up on the report Allow area / length units reported to be customised to include smaller measurements such as metres squared. Allow coordinates to be entered in the map coordinate system rather than just lat / long Adding a Notes heading to the print out so the notes section doesn't get lost. Even better have a tab in the widget where you can add notes for the print out with the standard styling buttons of bold, italic etc. For the map page of the report, carry through the layout selected rather the just the page size. Though I do like the fact that the legend that is printed is adaptive, rather than showing all classifications for the layer. Set a minimum scale for the map in the report, potentially even 'only show report map at cached scales' Set sort order on report fields Potential for printing a map extract for each area identified on the report (would be nice but could end up with a really long report...) Identify reported features on the map (or at least the option to) Split results tables over pages to save paper Option to print without the web header and footer Allow download of results tables / map image only (rather than feature geometry) to get round potential licensing restrictions. So just a couple of things then... but generally am really looking forward to this coming to Portal. J 🙂 ... View more

As well as Categories and Quantaties etc it would be good if you could define a symbology class by SQL. So, for example, if you have three fields any or all of which can contain a unique value for a field, you could create a symbology class that would show if a record has a value in all three fields, the first field only, the second and third fields etc. Especially if ArcGIS server then supported the functionality. :-) ... View more

As well as Categories and Quantaties etc it would be good if you could define a symbology class by SQL. So, for example, if you have three fields any or all of which can contain a unique value for a field, you could create a symbology class that would show if a record has a value in all three fields, the first field only, the second and third fields etc. Especially if ArcGIS server then supported the functionality. :-) ... View more

Having looked at the Compare template on ArcGIS Online a few enhancements came to mind... An option to select different maps for the different views A search location / address facility is, I think essential The ability to turn off layers (seems to be called content elsewhere) Print capability, measure tools etc Also the title bar is very deep, which isn’t good when the purpose of a map is the map so make this shallower. It would also provide room for other tools / options. These would make something that has potential but limited use be far more dynamic and usable for different sectors. There's an example that shows it's not impossible at http://www.esri.com/software/landsat-imagery/viewer  :-) ... View more

It would be nice to see the capability for dynamic text to be able to display the credits from the layer properties dependant on layer visibility. If it is possible I've missed it in the help documentation. :-) ... View more

Has anyone else noticed that when you use the measure tool to identify your co-ordinates and you're using British National Grid, the X co-ordinate is actually the Northing reading and the Y is the Easting instead of the correct X being the Easting and Y being the Northing. Has anyone found a solution for this? 🙂 ... View more

Set the reference scale of a particular layer only. At the moment when you set a reference scale it's set for the whole data frame. This can be awkward. Say for example basemap annotation displays best at a large scale 1:1000 and to lock it's display effectively you need to set the reference scale to 1:1000, but then you have another layer who's reference scale would be different, or you've got a substantial number of layers already with their symbology set in the mxd for a completely different scale. At the moment you end up juggling it all, taking valuable time up. The idea's this in the General tab of the properties, where you'd set the min and max scales for the layer, you'd have a box to set the reference scale for that layer only, instead of setting it for all or none. ... View more

Change all data sources for layers in one location to a different one in one go. Currently unless the data source is missing this isn't possible.   A created mxd reads layer information from a local network drive, you need to change the data source to SDE, the feature classes/shapefiles are called exactly the same. Currently you have to reconnect each layer seperately. It would be nice to simply change the first layer and then for a prompt to ask if you want to change all layers in that location to the new one.   i.e. ten layers on a network drive (Location1: X_1, X_2, X_3 etc) need relinking to their SDE equivalent (Location2:  X_1, X_2., X_3 etc) you'd reset X_1 and get a prompt saying 'Do you want to set all Location1 source files to Location2 where the names are the same?' The options could be 'Yes, No, Let me choose'   Possibly there could be a 'Closest match' option to weed out those whose names change slightly for some reason.   It would also be good if there could be a small mark (rather like the red exclamation mark) next to the layer in the TOC to inform you which layers have had their datasources changed in your current session (a green tick maybe?) ... View more

Hello, I'm trying to get the notes in ArcGIS Explorer 1500 to print on top of the map. I'm talking about the actual text of the note, not the point/line or polygon it's attached to. The callout box appears but when I go to print or copy-to-clipboard the callouts disappear and I'm left with a meaningless shape or point. I've tried pinning the note but with no joy. Am I missing something obvious? It seems rather odd that the program has the ability to create these notes but not to print them... 🙂 ... View more