Latest Contributions by MattSnyder1

Hi Roger, I took a look at the XML and the reason it's not loading into ArcDesktop is because it doesn't match the Geodatabase XML schema.  A couple options come to mind for getting this into a shape file: 1. Use XSLT to transform this XML into Geodatabase XML schema format.  Then you can manually load them using ArcDesktop as mentioned in the original thread. 2. Write a Python script to read the XML files, parse them for the lat/long and create shapes from that. I would recommend Option #2 since you mentioned there are thousands of files.  With this option you could create a very nice automated process which picks up those files, parses them and creates all the shapes you need with only one or two clicks.  Even more so, if this is a process that you need to perform more than once. You also mentioned that you're new to development.  I am a software development consultant and would be happy to help you implement this if you want to go that direction. Thanks, Matt ... View more

It should be a link at the top right when you click reply that says "Use advanced editor". ... View more

Hi Roger, I think Jayanta is on to something here.  It sounds like your XML is not conforming to the Geodatabase XML schema definition as defined here: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//018r00000005000000 It looks like if you use the Advanced Editor (little link at top right when creating a new post) then you will get an "Attach" option at the bottom right of the advanced editor.  Otherwise here's a quick way to check if your XML file is formatted properly.  If you open the XML document in a text editor you should see a format such as this: <Workspace>      <WorkspaceDefinition>           ...(stuff in between)...      </WorkspaceDefinition>      <WorkspaceData>           ...(stuff in between)...      </WorkspaceData> </Workspace> Does your file look something like that? Thanks, Matt ... View more