ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop Command Glossaries

ashl2524 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:37:00 GMT

Have you ever wondered what is the equivalent ArcGIS desktop command for an ArcInfo workstation command? Have you ever wondered what the equivalent python command is for an AML function or Directive?

The Geoprocessing team has created the following glossaries to allow workstation users find corresponding ArcGIS Desktop commands. In many cases the mapping of functionality and commands between Workstation and ArCGIS Desktop is straight forward and obvious. Sometimes, however, finding the corresponding Geoprocessing tool in Desktop is not straight forward and obvious, and these glossaries are a helpful resource for those of you that are using workstation in conjunction with Desktop.

Workstation to Desktop Glossaries:

In addition to these glossaries, in 9.4, you will be able to use the new search functionality with Arcmap to search for Workstation commands and the corresponding Geoprocessing tool will be returned if there is a match. These glossaries will be used as a source for populating the keywords to ensure the search mechanism is as accurate as possible.

Keep in mind; we recognize that these glossaries do not show every alternative for workstation functionality within Desktop. As a result, we will continue to update these documents and if you have suggestions or alternatives, please let us know.

Using Python 2.5.4 with ArcGIS 9.3.1

bbicking1 — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:44:00 GMT

This blog post was written by David Wynne, Product Engineer on the Geoprocessing Team in ESRI’s Software Products group in Redlands.

The Python Community announced the release of Python 2.5.4 late in December of 2008. Python 2.5.4 is a bug fixes release.

While ArcGIS 9.3.1 was shipped with Python 2.5.1, Python 2.5.4 has now been certified and is supported. In limited testing with ArcGIS 9.3, no issues were encountered. To take advantage of fixes in Python 2.5.4, it can simply be installed on top of Python 2.5.1. That means, it is not necessary to uninstall Python 2.5.1 first.*

To see and to download the release notes go here.

* If you uninstalled Python 2.5.1 and you work with the Spatial Statistics geoprocessing tools, you must reinstall Numerical Python (NumPy) from the ArcGIS installation DVDs.

For more information, see FAQ: Can Python 2.5.4 be used with ArcGIS?

Geoprocessing : Python 2.5.4

ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop Command Glossaries

Using Python 2.5.4 with ArcGIS 9.3.1