geospatial tidbits for and from the Yukon
Sooner than later, every GIS user in the territory will need to convert spatial data into our standard Yukon Albers projection and be presented with a dialog that has no less than 17 choices and wonder “What is the right choice??”.
Continue reading »Fix some labels-on-linework problems using Maplex Labelling toolbar >> Weight Ranking. I’ve been using Maplex label engine for years, but didn’t really pay attention to […]
Continue reading »Break a complex definition query into logical segments and spread over several lines to make understanding and debugging easier. Also use a syntax colouring text editor.
Continue reading »For smooth background images in ArcMap turn on Bilinear or Cubic Convolution. To make this the default, see “Arcmap >> Customize >> Arcmap options >> […]
Continue reading »The Imagery Workflows Team at Esri have an interesting Custom Raster Function tool that adds on-the-fly contour generation to the Image Analysis window in ArcMap […]
Continue reading »For years and years we’ve been using Shaded Relief a.k.a Hillshade images in order to visualize and assess the qualities and deficiences of elevation models. […]
Continue reading »Yukon Albers is the default projection for most Yukon Government data and projects. Here are 3 methods to get your data into that projection. InteractiveOne-at-a-time: […]
Continue reading »When you insert a north arrow onto a page in ArcMap, by default it will align to north of the data frame, the page in […]
Continue reading »How to automatically merge polygons sharing a common boundary, keeping all attributes from class “A” features? Interactively I would do this in an edit session […]
Continue reading »I’m in the process of moving waypoints to a more precise location as noted on our field survey datasheets. Once I move the points, shouldn’t […]
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