Inside the Geodatabase

SNaC-ing on Geodatabases

2009-11-05T19:32:00Z

If you want to use Microsoft's geometry or geography spatial types with ArcGIS 9.3.1, you should install the SQL Server 2008 Native Client on your ArcGIS client computers. Not everyone will run into a problem when querying the geometry and geography types in SQL Server 2008 from ESRI software; it depends on how up-to-date your Windows system is. However, if you get a deferred prepare error when displaying or querying feature classes that contain Microsoft geometry or geography columns AND a SQL trace...(read more)

Inside the Geodatabase 9.4 beta edition! - blogging on geodatabase dev @ 9.4 beta

2009-10-26T19:42:00Z

For those of you participating in the 9.4 beta program, we’ve started a Beta specific Inside the Geodatabase blog . The new GDB beta blog will serve as a place to post about all of the new functionality and improvements that we’ve been developing for the 9.4 release. We’ll be posting to it regularly about all of the new additions, workflows, help content and what’s happening behind the GDB scenes. You, the beta user, can supply meaningful feedback on the new batch of geodatabase goodies. Fun Times....(read more)

New Code Sample - The Error Checker

2009-10-13T23:45:00Z

James MacKay has submitted a NEW CODE SAMPLE to the ArcGIS Engine .NET Code Gallery called the Error Checker. This handy little snippet is a utility that takes an input decimal or hexadecimal error code and gives you a list of all potential enumeration values. The download comes with documentation that goes into more detail of course, but this sweet workflow graphic should explain the utility’s ease of use: If there was only a better way to annotate screen grabs ........(read more)

Geodatabase Toolset for ArcCatalog - Free Download

2009-09-21T17:57:00Z

The Geodatabase Toolset (GDBT) for ArcCatalog is now available for 9.3 and 9.3.1. Download the toolset for free off of the ESRI products page. The GDBT is an unsupported extension to ArcGIS Desktop which provides a collection of tools that you can use to troubleshoot, monitor, and investigate ArcSDE geodatabases.The GDBT works with geodatabases stored on SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, DB2, or PostgreSQL databases. It provides a wide variety of information including: The total number of rows in the...(read more)

Migrating from Single-user Geodatabases to Multiuser Geodatabases - Podcast available!

2009-08-13T17:05:00Z

A new instructional series podcast is available called Migrating from Single-user Geodatabases to Multiuser Geodatabases. The podcast provides reasons to migrate from MS Access personal or file geodatabases to multiuser geodatabases. It also highlights some key concepts to be aware of before migrating as well as GIS data migration methods. Read the Transcript Listen to the Podcast...(read more)

Clipping Rasters - Part C - Reverse-Clipping on a raster (aka Masking)

2009-08-07T18:28:00Z

NOTE: you may want to read and understand the previous 2 clipping blogs before reading this one. Raster Clipping - Part A - Better Raster Clipping options in ArcGIS Raster Clipping – Part B - Using an irregular shape to clip a raster dataset At the 2009 ESRI User Conference, many users were asking if it's possible to do a “reverse-clip” on a raster dataset. So instead of clipping out the data that you want to keep, you take the middle out of the raster dataset. There is no tool that actually can...(read more)

'Programming with the Geodatabase API' demo theatre posted

2009-07-30T18:03:00Z

We’ve taken the slides, code, and data from the UC demo theatre “Programming with the Geodatabase API” and posted them up on the Engine Code Gallery. This includes: · The slides that were presented · Code showing how to query, edit and create data in the geodatabase · Code showing how to create custom components that work with the geodatabase API You can check it out HERE...(read more)

Geodatabase Essentials Presentations 2009

2009-07-24T16:53:00Z

As promised, here are the slide decks for the Geodatabase Essentials presentations from this year's User Conference. The first session given by myself and Colin “The Stuntman” Zwicker focuses mainly on introducing the geodatabase, what it is, why you would use it, what types of geodatabases there are. We also introduce all the fundamental datasets and behavior housed within the geodatabase for modeling real world entities: Tables, Feature classes, Raster, Domains, Subtypes, Topologies, Networks,...(read more)

Training Spotlight: The Geodatabase

2009-07-20T18:04:00Z

Well the conference is over and it's back to Redlands. We've been getting a lot of good feedback about the tech sessions and demo theatres, I'll get the Geodatabase Essentials sessions on here later this week. I hope everyone who attended the conference got a lot out of it and had fun in the process. It certainly is helpful for us to get a feel for the types of projects our users are involved with and see how the software is being used. This post is just a heads up about some suggested training for...(read more)

Meet the Geodatabase Specialists @ UC2009

2009-07-06T21:10:00Z

If you have questions about any geodatabase topics while you’re at the user conference stop by the Geodatabase Island in the Showcase area. The island is organized into sections based on functionality and specialists for each area will be in and out when they’re not doing presentations. We are also setting aside two hour slots on Tuesday and Wednesday when specialists for certain aspects of the software will be available at the Geodatabase Island. So the best way to find the right person to talk...(read more)

UC2009 Geodatabase Demo Theatres

2009-06-30T18:03:00Z

Members of the geodatabase team will be giving presentations in the demo theatre area throughout the week at UC2009. These presentations are smaller and more intimate than the technical workshops, and revolve mainly around live demonstrations of specific areas of the software. It’s a good opportunity to delve into a topic of interest as well as get questions answered by a specialist on the material. Here are the demo theatre topics and when they are offered: Tuesday 7/14/09 Time Presentation 10:00-11:00...(read more)

Geodatabase Technical Workshops @ 2009 ESRI International User Conference

2009-06-23T21:50:00Z

It’s that time of year again. The 2009 ESRI International User Conference is three weeks away and the geodatabase team is busy preparing technical workshops and demo theatres to present down at the San Diego convention center. There will also be a geodatabase island in the showcase area where members from the team will be available, so be sure to swing by with any questions or interests you’d like to talk about. There’s a lot going on this year so there are a few web pages to help keep your finger...(read more)

ArcGIS Implementation Examples at UC and Industry Specific Templates

2009-06-09T18:25:00Z

A few posts ago we talked about the Water Utilities Resource Center . Along with all of the great content on that site another key aspect is their use of an industry specific, downloadable template . This template provides relevant basemaps, an updated water utility data model, and a series of ArcGIS Desktop editing tools so water distribution improvements can be added to the geodatabase efficiently. There is also documentation in the downloadable package describing its contents and a video on the...(read more)

New Code Gallery Download: Geodatabase Domain Tools

2009-05-21T18:14:00Z

A new sample has been added to the code gallery that shows how the Geodatabase API can be leveraged to provide greater control over domains than what is possible with ArcCatalog out-of-the-box. It contains a custom geodatabase property page, written in C#, which when installed will appear alongside the existing Domains property page. The page provides the following functionality: For ArcSDE geodatabases, displaying the owner of domains Sorting and reordering coded value domains Finding and optionally...(read more)

Raster Clipping – Part B - Using an irregular shape to clip a raster dataset

2009-05-14T20:42:00Z

This is a follow up to last week’s post . Last week we talked about clipping raster datasets based on a single polygon or graphic. This week we will look at clipping a raster dataset based on selected features within a feature class. Sometimes you will have many polygons in a feature class and will want to use a specific set of features to clip your raster data. This can be done by creating a selection set within ArcMap. First you will want to make a query or choose a selection set. In my example...(read more)