Link, don’t paste pictures into ArcMap layouts
While very convenient to simply copy & paste an image from Picture Viewer, an internet browser, or whatever into your map composition, don’t do it. […]
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Parallel ArcGIS and Osgeo4W python installs
You can install both ArcGIS and Osgeo4W at the same time, and switch the default system python between the arcgis and o4w installs as long […]
Continue reading »Increase Coordinate Precision Display while Editing
By default only 3 numbers are shown after the decimal point. To change the number of decimals displayed in Edit Sketch Properties look under Editing […]
Continue reading »Mapbook
DS MapBook is a visual basic 6 developer sample for ArcMap which simplifies the generation of map series (e.g. NTS maps). There is a project […]
Continue reading »Change symbol properties en masse
Ever been frustrated that you couldn’t change the properties for multiple ArcMap text or graphic elements at once? That only after converting all labels to […]
Continue reading »Attach python script to a button
From the ESRI-L mailing list: I recently summarized some research to see if a python script could be converted into a .DLL file and called […]
Continue reading »‘Open Table’ button for ArcMap
How to open a the table window for the selected layer or standalone table in the table of contents in ArcMap with a button. It […]
Continue reading »Batch Print Maps
Using ArcMap 9.x. @echo off :: print-all-maps.bat echo. echo. Printing all maps in current directory to default printer echo. echo Press [ctrl-break] to abort. echo. […]
Continue reading »Reshape Line Using Trace
How to use the trace tool in ArcMap to reshape a linear feature? The problem is that you cannot select both the feature to trace […]
Continue reading »Query Available Licenses
To which I now have a good working solution for scenario (B) and pointers towards (A) that might eventually turn into a shell script. We’ll […]
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