Latest Contributions by WillyLynch

THis is a nice work around but it would be useful to petroleum and mining users to have as COTS ... View more

The AK DNR DMLW reports the same problem-- they use laptops without serial ports and need USB support. ... View more

This would be even more useful if the X, Y and Z values showed up in the status bar.  This idea was discussed at a MUG meeting with mining geoscience users. ... View more

Esri provides the import tool from LandXML to TIN with 3D analyst Conversion Tool http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00q900000022000000 I have not seen the reverse as a tool but it maybe possible using Data Interoperability extension tools. ... View more

3D webscenes offline - This idea is “under consideration” and at ArcGIS 10.2 with 3D Analyst it is now possible with more to come. You can export ArcScene SXD documents to Esri CityEngine 3WS files and these can be viewed with a local webserver- offline. A simple local webserver can be launched with Pytyon27 as http://localhost:8000 and the browser pointed to the 3ws file.   See: Export To 3D Web Scene: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/00q9/00q9000000np000000.htm Publish a CityEngine Web Scene to ArcGIS online http://cehelp.esri.com/help/topic/com.procedural.cityengine.help/html/manual/export/webscene/publish_webscenes.html#zippackage You may need to download the viewer package:   http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=38fede3935a440e49cf316dcae6aae47 And for examples of CE webscenes, see: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/communities/city-engine/01w90000000r000000.htm#s=0&n=30&d=1&md=cte-resource-type:0000000010 More is planned in coming releases... ... View more

This idea is “Under Consideration” at a very early stage for a future application but will require data storage, user interface and tool enhancements before it gets very far. ... View more

Make 3D Feature Layer, or equivalent, is being considered for a future release of ArcGIS to allow automated creation of layers with 3D properties (base height, extrusion, etc). Currently, you have to interactively use scene/globe to add these properties and it cannot be done in a GP Model. ... View more

Perhaps some of the the “Visibility” tools in 10.2 might be possible to reverse or switch 2 of the 3 unknowns to provide a solution… see an overview of the visibility toolset at: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/00q9/00q9000000n0000000.htm ... View more

Conversations between Esri Energy-Mining Industry Team and mine planning and modeling software are ongoing with vendors and Business Parnters such as Maptek-Vulcan, Geosoft, acQuiure, DSS-Geovia-Gemcom-Surpac, MinTec Minesight.  Various interoperability options are being considered. ... View more

CAD data, *.dwg, *.dxf or *.dgn would be great to be able to share as feature services in ArcGIS online.  Many mining companies use CAD tools for mine planning and that data is the source data which then needs to be shared across the mine life.   ... View more

Saw this cross referenced from the Mining User Group.  I'm just a mining user... but Leader Line labeling looks fairly robust and if the exact cartographic effect can not be fine tuned with all properties, perhaps you want to convert labels to annotation and take full control of specific properties? ... and maybe this help topic will show you how to do what your are trying to do? http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/00s6/00s60000000z000000.htm or http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/00s8/00s80000001r000000.htm  ... View more

The ideas links above with the "visual.force.com" address should work if you are already logged into the ideas site (which uses SalesForce VisualForce), but the more generic links are below.   Geologic Surfaces (Raster Grids) with Discontinuities  (this idea) https://community.esri.com/ideas/7310   Blank Grid/Raster inside Exclusive Polygons https://community.esri.com/ideas/7299   Contour Polygons https://community.esri.com/ideas/1387   Spline with Barriers Deficiencies https://community.esri.com/ideas/7309   ... View more

It should be possible to use the Data Interoperability Extension for reading/writing of 3D data from the vendors listed.  But this would require cooperation of the vendors to work with the Safe FME API and expose their data API.  The vendor can then decide how they would make the reader/writers available to others.  acQuire has done this for writing/exporting File and Personal Geodatabases but the tool is licensed via acQuire GIMS.  Development of these types of readers/writers likely must come from the vendors who have the subject matter expertise of their data models… and implications for how to store them as Geodatabase features. ... View more

Mining and Petroleum Industry users have asked for a tool to create contours as polygons in addition to the traditional polylines. The need for the polygons was for a better representation of the “contour” data as polygons for input into analysis questions like queries of features within a particular contour “area” or for easier visualization of the contour data. In the past, these “color filled contours” were possible to create but it was several steps and linked tools. At the request of the PUG and as an IDEA, the Esri GP team has created a free GP script tool that is described at: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/11/21/create-filled-contours-script-tool-for-arcgis-10/ and can be downloaded at: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=22d6a18db6e246a08a9411fcc5a1f32d The tool works with ArcGIS 10 and 10.1, but will not work with ArcGIS 9.x. ... View more

Mining and Petroleum Industry users have asked for a tool to create contours as polygons in addition to the traditional polylines. The need for the polygons was for a better representation of the “contour” data as polygons for input into analysis questions like queries of features within a particular contour “area” or for easier visualization of the contour data. In the past, these “color filled contours” were possible to create but it was several steps and linked tools. At the request of the PUG and as an IDEA, the Esri GP team has created a free GP script tool that is described at: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/11/21/create-filled-contours-script-tool-for-arcgis-10/ and can be downloaded at: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=22d6a18db6e246a08a9411fcc5a1f32d The tool works with ArcGIS 10 and 10.1, but will not work with ArcGIS 9.x. ... View more