Latest Contributions by SarahNorth

Add vertical datum as an option for dynamic text in ArcGIS Pro.  Horizontal datum is already included. ... View more

We use the Point Profile tool to create profile graphs from 3D points.  Sometimes, we have to create many of these to examine our data. The default point symbolization in the profile graph is not ideal.  The points are too big, and don't match the symbolization used in the point feature layer. You can change the point size manually, once the graph is created.  But you have to do this every time you create a new profile graph; I have hundreds to create. There doesn't seem to be an option to match the symbolization to the feature layer (the "Match with layer" option doesn't do this). I would like to see: - an option to change the default point symbol (especially size), so that graphs automatically open with a smaller point size; and - an option to match the symbolization to the feature layer, possibly also by default. ... View more

I'm developing a set of company-wide map templates in ArcGIS 10. I'm using Dynamic Text to automatically display Data Frame map units on the map (along with the coordinate system and datum). The Dynamic Text automatically uses US spelling, e.g., "meters" or "kilometers".  I need to use Canadian spelling, e.g., "metres" or "kilometres". ... View more

The Topo to Raster tool doesn't recognize multipoint features.  Which means that multipoint data (e.g., from LiDAR) must be converted to point files before you can use them in Topo to Raster.  I would like to see the Topo to Raster tool recognize the z-values of multipoint features. ... View more

The Export Feature Attribute to ASCII tool (ArcToolbox - Spatial Statistics Tools - Utilities) allows you to export features to an ASCII file.  The user can control which fields are exported and can choose from 3 delimiters. I'd like the tool to be expanded to: - allow the user to choose the field order - allow for a header line or not - allow for text values to be in quotes or not We are usually exporting data for use in other modelling software.  Format requirements can be very specific.  The files are large, so any revisions we need to make using a text editor or other software can add a lot of processing time.  Modifying this tool to allow us to export to the correct format in the first place would save us time. thanks. We frequently have to convert raster grids and point feature datasets to text files.  There are ways to do this in ArcGIS (e.g., for points: ArcToolbox - Spatial Statistics Tools - Utilities - Export Feature Attribute to ASCII; for rasters: the SAMPLE command).  But these tools give the user limited control over the export format and are sometimes slow. I'd like to see export to ASCII text file toolst that allow more control:  which fields (XYZ, ID XYZ, XYZ other value, etc), field order, what delimiter.  I'd like to be able to do this directly from a raster grid, or from point features.  (Our datasets are often very large, so converting from raster to point to text file can add a lot of processing time.) At the moment, we find that using Workstation ArcInfo to convert from grid to point to text is much faster than ArcGIS.  Then we reformat the text file with a Linux editor.  I don't think it should have to be this convoluted! Thanks. ... View more