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How to automate creation of Network Turn Features from line segments?
I have a road network which I will add Turn features in. From the road network, I have created a model that cuts out the line segments where the turn features will be located. My problem is how to ...
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Python: “Import Script” greyed out
I have a tool that I created from a Python script which I update from time to time. Usually I will right-click the tool and choose Import Script, but lately this has been unavailable, as shown below:
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Adding points to represent non-chosen locations
I am looking for a way to set up a discrete choice model in ArcGIS for foraging behavior of individuals, in a grid of 15 locations. To do that I need a point for every possible choice they could have ...
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ArcGIS10.2 crash opening python window
I was trying to test the data management commends in python, yet arcgis crash every time I I try to open to python window.
According this post, it is the python version issue. I do have other versions ...
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How to detect broken hyperlinks with arcpy?
I have zero experience with python but am trying to search for broken hyperlinks in a large gdb (temporarily converted to a shapefile)-
Used code from a previous question (Hyperlink broken path - ...
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Identify different networks inside a line shapefile
I'm dealing with a quite big line shapefile containing road tracks. The roads are connected to each other, creating distinct networks. These networks are independent and they are not connected to each ...
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Extract MultiValuesToPoints yields identical value for each band
I'm attempting to extract hyperspectral remote sensing data to a point featureclass using the ExtractMultiValuesToPoints ArcGIS tool. The value of each band (228 bands) should be appended as a field ...
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What causes Scripting Error 000714 in ArcGIS when using GetParametersAsText?
I am trying to create a script tool in ArcGIS 10.2 in order to incorporate into a model. The script needs to incorporate three inputs which i've built using GetParameterAsText function then setting up ...
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How To Export Selected Data Driven Pages to PDF?
I have a map book with data driven pages that shows the fire boundaries, roads, etc for our fire rescue department. I want to automate the process of creating individual mini map books for each fire ...
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Python scaling issues and possible subprocess conflicts?
I have always found such great analytical and programming expertise on StackExchange in the past that I hope you can help me.
Background: I have a project that involves spatially joining and ...
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Python Script within ArcMap running GME Command passes a double forward slash when writing the log file
I thought I made some serious headway there today. My script works perfectly fine when run from a Python Shell, but in ArcMap, whether the script is run from the Python Command line, or within a ...
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Is it possible to run a search cursor on a multipart feature class?
I have a multipart feature class of cities. I want to run a search cursor on a cities feature class where:
one city is selected and a select layer by location is run to select all parcels that are ...
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Is there any way to symbolize a user-supplied input parameter in ModelBuilder?
I have a model built in ESRI ModelBuilder that is run from its tool dialog, where the user supplies the input feature layer that then gets processed in the model. I need the input feature layer to ...
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Use GDAL/Python to add rasters (tiff) to an ESRI File Geodatabase
I'm using GDAL python to create a bunch of tiff files from a netcdf file.
def modelout_to_geotif(netcdfile, outdir, VarName):
""" Given the path to the netcdf output,
produces geotiffs for ...
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Removing FID as an option from ArcGIS Tool Validation Parameters
I am currently building a script tool which requires the user to select a sorting field from a list (built using a dependency on the featureclass). This Element is working fine, but I would like to ...
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Can i use CreateMapSDDraft in the arcpy.mapping library to set the scale range on tiled services at 10.1?
I know that esri has exposed many properties to the acrpy lib for publishing services. I need to published a tiled/cached map service but i need to set the min/max scale when i do that. Can this be ...
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model to connect points with line and set the digitize direction according to height
I'm trying to develop a tool that connects a point layer (manholes) with lines (waste water pipes) and sets the line direction according to an height attribute acording to gravity(from high to low). ...
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Running python script outside of Arcmap's python console
My codes works fine in Arcmap's python windows. But when I try to run it in a command promt windows, It says that;
ERROR 000837: The workspace is not the correct workspace type.
But it works fine ...
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Changing the symbology of layer when converting from Layer to KML using Python
Is it possible to change the symbology of a layer file using Python? I have a script that creates a layer file and converts it to kml, but every time I run it the symbology color in the kml of the ...
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Batch Clip (Editing Session)
I'm trying to correct some topology errors in my geodatabase, now focusing on two feature classes: grass and buildings. They must not overlap. However, there are plenty of spaces where the grass was ...
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How to use paths with non ASCII characters for subprocess calls with ArcGIS
I know that it is possible to create calls using unicode character encoding like \xf8 for non ASCII characters but how do I do it writing a path in a script just like: 'e:\gis\python_ø\notepad.exe' ...
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Automate data entry into Access from ArcMap
I have an Access 2007-2010 database that I'm currently working on by manually searching for roads in a defined set of areas in ArcMap 10.1 and then filling in the area's ID in an empty column in the ...
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Watershed delineation; how to program
I've been trying to roll my own watershed delineation program, taking a flow direction grid and pour points as input.
I coded up a quick search algorithm in Python which inspects the flow direction ...
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how to open a layer's table in a map document
Trying to create a map document programmatically. Added a featureclass as a layer. When I open the map document in ArcMap, I want the table for that layer to be open.
Found TableView (doc) and ...
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How to utilize GPSQLExpression data type in Python Toolbox
I am trying to write my first Python Toolbox for ArcGIS (neat stuff by the way). The tool is simple enough - it connects to SQL Server and downloads data for the user. The trick here is, I want the ...
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Create custom “Export To” context menu tool using selected feature in ArcCatalog
I'm trying to create a custom "Export To" script similar to the Right-Click Export Content menu item "To Geodatabase... (multiple)". I have a 3 feature classes in a file geodatabase. I selected two of ...
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Russian in fieldname changing with Python in ArcGIS
Is there any way to rename fieldname in the attribute table of a layer/shapefile in ArcGIS 10.2 containing russian letters?
If yes, is it possible to do it in a script?
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How to create a startup prompt that populates definition queries on multiple feature classes
I would like to create an ArcGIS start up prompt or custom button that asks for a user's initials and then populates multiple feature class & layer definition queries.
More specifically, I would ...
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AttributeError: Error in getting tool information when using TableToTable tool
I am trying to use the arcpy.TableToTable_conversion tool in my python script, but seem to be getting the following error on the line
arcpy.TableToTable_conversion("FINAL_NLPG", ...
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merge_management
Here is the edited code:
import arcpy
import os
from arcpy import env
set the environment settings
env.workspace = "C:\RG\Kings County\Test.gdb"
fcs = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses("Sub_NVF_*")
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How to create a schematic view of a line feature?
DEAR PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE: Here's what we've figured out so far…
I have a line feature (polyline with curves) in ArcGIS Desktop, and I want to create a linear representation (straigth line) of the ...
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Calculating the closest distance between two points in ArcMap 10.2
I am looking for a script to calculate the closest meter to a set of addresses.
I have a feature class of meters and a feature class of addresses.
I have populated the address with fields for ...
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Automated attribute update geometric network
I have a Network Dataset of a storm water system containing two feature classes of points and lines. (All data is topologically sound with pits and pipes snapped and linework captured in direction of ...
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Only perform Near analysis on selected rows
I am writing a Python script to perform a near analysis on features from two different shapefiles with common attributes. This is happening in a Search Cursor.
However, whenever I tried to use the ...
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Why does ArcGIS Resample tool change cell size and numbers of columns and rows?
I am working with images of oxygen distribution within individual plant root systems submerged in water. The program I use to acquire these images, LookatRGB, splits the green band in half and makes ...
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Add metadata to dataset (feature class, coverage or shapefile) from a .csv using arcpy?
I am looking for a script that will take metadata information provided in an excel table, convert it to a .csv and import the values to populate some of the dataset's ArcGIS metadata elements.
I came ...
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Problem in analyzing data in a stream segment
I have to find out the head difference along the stream segment. For that I used Spatial Analyst Tool>Extraction>Sample. With that I got the elevation values in points. But after doing so, i found ...
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Python Script Producing Empty Cost Path Rasters
I'm trying to run a script that will create cost paths for a large number of randomly generated points then assign the cost to those points. But my script is beginning to create cost path rasters ...
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Subset a GeoTIFF image into regular grids and extract mean latitude, mean longitude, and mean RGB for each grid
How can I subset a GeoTIFF image with 1000 by 1000 pixels into regular square grids of 50 by 50 pixels (400 grid objects in total); and calculate mean latitude, mean longitude, and mean RGB for each ...
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Why does XYToLine_management give ExecuteError ERROR 999999 The table was not found?
I've written this script to import a csv file using ArcGIS' flavor of python.. ArcPy..
It seems to run fine up until the XYtoLine tool runs and then it fails..
This is the error message...
Traceback ...
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Script Tool Problems ArcMap 10.0
I Have a scipt tool that runs when input shape files are added from the table of contents (added from drop down menu.) However this tool will not run when they shape files are added using the add file ...
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Morphometric and hydrological analysis with Python and ArcGIS
How can I write a program using python, that calculates some morphometric and drainage indexes using numeric attributes in the attribute table with ArcGIS?
The data I have in my table are area and ...
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How can I draw an ellipse filling the dataframe with ArcPy?
I need to modify one of my template scripts to draw a circle from the centre of the (inset) data frame to the edge of the data frame. This will then be used to clip the data frame to shape. I'm using ...
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Large point to Polygon by buffer-join-buffer-dissolve issues
I have a few large datasets (about 10 million points) which I am buffering, then joining, dowgrading and finally buffering and dissolving. This is all in a model which works fine with sample smaller ...
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Creating separate Polylines from Points using ModelBuilder and Python Script Tool?
I have a list of coordinate points (long and lat) of 4 locations (points 0, 1, 2, 3) saved as a feature class shapefile.
I want to create a polyline that will connect points 0 and 3 and create a ...
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Cross platform gis api wrapper architecture
I have a python class library for arcpy which is just a couple of class definitions with my common code attached as methods and properties so that I can do code centralization for stuff that I have ...
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Min value (OD Cost Matrix)
I have an attribute table with columns that I have gained from running an OD Cost Matrix. In one column named "Total Minutes" I will select the lowest value (the shortest route). Then I will create a ...
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Intersecting Polygons
I have 10 shape files containing polygon features.
I would like to produce a single polygon layer containing portions of the input polygons where no fewer than two of the aforementioned feature ...
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Data driven page error when adding world_file
my python script for data driven pages causes a runtime error when I set world_file=True, or geoTIFF_tags=True. Else it runs and shots the ddp - in this case a grid of my city. I'm searching the web ...
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How to make turn feature class from line feature class?
I have a road network of one county in Norway . To this road network, I will make myself a turn feature class of all the road barrier in the road network.
I have a feature class with all the road ...
