Top new questions this week:

When to use Model Builder over Python Scripting and vice versa?

I'm new in python scripting in ArcGIS but not Model Builder. I'd like to know what's the benefits of Python VS Model Builder. Why should we write script for GIS automation while we can use Model …

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asked by wetland 30 votes answered by Aaron 35 votes

Can I transfer custom QGIS settings from one computer to another?

Can I export custom general settings from my QGIS installation to a file so that I can transfer the settings to QGIS on a different computer? Does QGIS have them already saved to a file located …

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asked by Guest25 12 votes answered by gene 5 votes

Can I add an ArcToolbox tool to QGIS?

I have been using a publicly available tool in ArcGIS called SPreAD-GIS. It is a series of python scripts that are "implemented as an ArcGIS toolbox" (with tbx file). I am new to QGIS. Is there a …

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asked by Gary 8 votes answered by warrieka 9 votes

How to find the buildings (polygons) a user can see from a given location (point) and orientation (angle range)?

I would like to retrieve the set of buildings I can see from a given location (point -lat,lng) and orientation (interval of angles) + certainly with a given depth (e.g. 100 meters). Ideally I would …

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asked by nmaisonn 8 votes answered by HeyOverThere 4 votes

Howto setup and use a remote GIS workstation (QGIS,GRASS,PostGIS)?

I'm using QGIS (and sometimes GRASS and PostGIS) on my 2009 MacBookPro for my thesis project. I was wondering (during an endless batch generalizing in QGIS) if I can set up a server so I can work from …

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asked by sanzoghenzo 7 votes answered by kas673 8 votes

CORS issue ArcGIS 10.1 IIS (Cross Origin Resource Sharing)

I have ArcGIS 10.1 installed with the web adapter for IIS. I've added a config file to the root of IIS7 to enable Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) as per this page. I've pushed the cors enabled …

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asked by David Wilton 7 votes answered by Simon 3 votes

What is the best free web GIS browser?

Hi I have created several projects for several different clients. Each project has OS maps, shapefile layers from Government Bodies, Shapefile layers created, AutoCAD dxf loaded in (in various …

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asked by Gerald O'Reilly 6 votes answered by RyanDalton 6 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

ArcMap 10: Labels not appearing

Not sure what the issue is, but I'm unable to get labels to display in Arcmap 10. The obvious things are accounted for (as far as I know). Labels are set in Properties, layers are checked to label in …

arcgis labeling

asked by Jacques Tardie 8 votes answered by Jacques Tardie 2 votes

Why can't the breakpoint be "hit" when debugging an ArcGIS 10 Add-In?

Now and then I run into the following problem: I start debugging the Add-In and breakpoints are ignored. Almost seems like the communication between the IDE and the component is not working. My …

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asked by Jakub 6 votes answered by blah238 4 votes

Can you answer these?

AGS 10.1 geoprocessing service returning the wrong URL

I have an image export geoprocessing service that runs on ArcGIS server 10.1. It works by writing an image out to the scratch folder, and returning the location of that image. Basically just this: …

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asked by Dan Monego 3 votes

Can custom map tiles be properly rendered via ArcObjects within my ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop AddIn?

Within ArcObjects for ArcGIS 10.1, we are attempting to render pre-generated map tiles as a basemap (group) layer. The tiles themselves are of the typical web mercator aux. spherical tiling scheme. …

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asked by Josh 3 votes

network coverage for mobile phones - europe

I am looking for GIS data with the network coverage (mobile phones). Something like the layer shown in the cell mapper website where I can select different countries and all the providers to export a …

data telecom

asked by A.R 1 vote