Inside the Geodatabase

SNaC-ing on Geodatabases

JonMurphy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

JonMurphy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:42:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New Code Sample - The Error Checker

JonMurphy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:45:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Geodatabase Toolset for ArcCatalog - Free Download

JonMurphy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:57:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

JonMurphy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:05:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

JonMurphy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:00 GMT

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...(read more)

'Programming with the Geodatabase API' demo theatre posted

JonMurphy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:03:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Geodatabase Essentials Presentations 2009

JonMurphy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:53:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Training Spotlight: The Geodatabase

JonMurphy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:04:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Meet the Geodatabase Specialists @ UC2009

JonMurphy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:10:00 GMT

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...(read more)

UC2009 Geodatabase Demo Theatres

JonMurphy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:03:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Geodatabase Technical Workshops @ 2009 ESRI International User Conference

JonMurphy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:50:00 GMT

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...(read more)

ArcGIS Implementation Examples at UC and Industry Specific Templates

JonMurphy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:25:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New Code Gallery Download: Geodatabase Domain Tools

JonMurphy — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

JonMurphy — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:42:00 GMT

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...(read more)