Manually register a custom Esri DLL tool
The Imagery Workflows Team at Esri have an interesting Custom Raster Function tool that adds on-the-fly contour generation to the Image Analysis window in ArcMap […]
Continue reading »Have your Hillshade and Elevate it too
For years and years we’ve been using Shaded Relief a.k.a Hillshade images in order to visualize and assess the qualities and deficiences of elevation models. […]
Continue reading »Count number of vertices in all Feature Classes
I needed to get the number of points it takes to build all the lines and polygons in our admin boundaries. Here’s the python script […]
Continue reading »Download Aerial Photographs from the Yukon Government image server
Go to the GeoYukon portal web app, Turn off all Operational Layers (optional), Turn on Base >> Imagery layers of interest (shows footprints) Zoom to […]
Continue reading »Lightning Maps for YT?
Wildfire season is upon us, albeit quietly in the southern Yukon, but not for those near us. This has me thinking of the primary cause […]
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Friendly ArcGIS model descriptions
Creating a decent Description for models and other tools in an ArcGIS Toolbox is a friction-full experience. The provided text box is tiny. If you […]
Continue reading »Adding old content, tracking what is ‘new’
To see articles that are new-to-the-site look at the Recent Changes page. I’m trawling through my archive of old articles, many never shared publicly, and […]
Continue reading »AlaskaMapped.org – end of an era
“Service end of life” – greeted me this evening as I visited, alaskamapped.org, a long time member of my hero list. They provided performant web […]
Continue reading »How to debug definition queries in ArcMap?
Troubleshooting and debugging ArcMap defintion queries that go beyond a basic single statement can be very frustrating. Statements that work on their own easily break […]
Continue reading »Join Jeopardy
Joining a table to features is an incredibly useful tool. It saves on duplication and double (or triple!) data entry and lets us focus on […]
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