Latest Contributions by KatherineZander

Is the metadata for World Imagery correct?  Can the identify tool be referencing another image not being shown when I zoom in? Here's the deal:  I am using World Imagery along the Colorado River for some edits to a polygon coverage I have.  It is important that I know the dates of the imagery I am using.  Zoomed out to about 1:2000, I see world imagery that looks just like what APFO/USDA is serving as 2016 NAIP, and Identify tells me it 2016 NAIP that was acquired 20160422. (see attached WI_2k.jpg)  However, when I zoom in to 1:1500, I see a better-resolution imagery with a very different image (to me), but Identify is telling me it is also 2016 NAIP with an acquisition date of 20160422  (see attached WI_1500k)  . The two images are not just different resolutions, but also show different realities on the ground.  I have seen this all up and down the River, it's not just this one spot. There is no way these two images were taken at the same date, and I am confident enough that the zoomed out 2k imagery is 2016 NAIP.  But I like the finer imagery when zoomed in and would like to use it, but cannot unless I know the date it was acquired (most up-to-date imagery is more important than resolution). So, is the information incorrect, or is there a different way I can find the acquisition date for imagery I see? Thanks! ... View more

I am in ArcPro and trying to edit the vertices of a graphic (not a feature) I made.  This was very simple in ArcGIS, where I was able to drag, add, and delete vertices..  I can't seem to find this option in ArcPro.  Is this still a function available?  ... View more

I have an area with tiny polygons close together that I need to label.  I'm attempting leaderlines to see if that will work.  However, my leaderlines are overlapping the labels themselves.  I'm new to ArcPro, but have decades with ArcInfo and ArcGIS.  Is there a setting somewhere that I can't find that makes the label have priority over the lines?  Can I code it?  The attached file leaderline_overlap shows how ghastly it all looks, I may decide to try something else, but this would be a good thing to know in the future.  The attached leaderline_settings shows, oddly enough, my leaderline settings.  Thanks! ... View more

EDITED TO ADD A FIX: I reached deep into the bowels of my .apm on the Yuma, and added the background layers to the display.  For some reason, the background layers did transfer over in the copy of the directory, but did not tranfer over as a layer in the .apm.  Their symbology is still intact, thankfully.  Is this the nature of the beast?  Or is there a setting I am not using that would save me the bother of doing this? --KZ P.S.  Don't you just hate figuring out the answer right after you give up and ask for help? --------------------------- ORIGINAL POST: Hey there!  I am a newbie at ArcPad and SDE.  We've converted from personal geodatabases to SDE to allow for versioning data collected in the field with our new Trimble Yumas.  We are taking our Yumas out for their inaugural data collection very soon, but I am having some trouble displaying background data. I have a number of featureclasses in the .amp that are all within the same SDE featuredataset, and they are editable. I also have two featureclasses from personal geodatabases that are being used solely for background information and are not editable (exported as background .axf).  They all display on my desktop computer, and (obviously) are listed as layers in my ArcPad desktop. However, when I copy the ArcPadData directory to the Yuma, only the editable featureclasses are transferred.  The two background featureclasses are not even listed as a layer.  This is true for all five of our Yuma's, each with their own versioned DataForArcPad directory. This makes me think that background .axf layers are not stored in the same directory as everything else that makes an .apm work?  Yet, when I look in the DataForArcPad directory, I see an BackgrounLayers.axf file.  Am I missing some essential step to get these from desktop to Yuma? The basics:  Desktop and Yumas both running ArcPad 10.0.2 .  Desktop running Windows XP 64 bit, Yumas running Windows 7. Thanks for any help. Katherine Zander US Bureau of Reclamation Boulder City, Nevada ... View more

Hey! I want to map some polygons adjacent to each other that do not share any similar values in the attribute table.  For illustrative purposes, imagine a geodatabase of states in the United States that I want to display as groups of states (with no boundaries between the states that are similar, creating "mega-polygons")that share something in common that wouldn't be in the database, like, states along the Colorado River, or, states in a particular watershed, or states with fairs that serve roast sweet corn.  Information that I don't want to populate the database with, but want to cartographically represent. I can find information on creating symbol layers to make these grouped mega-polygons if they share common values in the database, but is there anyway to select adjoining polygons and effectively dissolve the shared boundary between them? Thanks! Katherine ... View more