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Switch ArcGIS License Levels on demand

Posted on 2015-Jan-28 by matt

As many of you have discovered, at times you can’t switch from ArcGIS Basic to ArcGIS Advanced because the radio buttons in ArcGIS Administrator are […]

ArcMap, How-to

Rich table formatting in ArcMap

Posted on 2014-Nov-12 by matt

The default, plain, way Embedding a table in an Arcmap layout has been around since its inception, and it’s pretty easy, though the menu item […]

ArcMap, Cartography, How-to

Export ArcMap table to text

Posted on 2014-May-27 by matt

First of all, is it really text you’re after? There’s: ArcToolbox > Conversion Toools > Table to Excel Copy paste to Arcmap Location bar:Toolboxes\System Toolboxes\Conversion […]

ArcMap, How-to

Link, don’t paste pictures into ArcMap layouts

Posted on 2014-May-12 by matt

While very convenient to simply copy & paste an image from Picture Viewer, an internet browser, or whatever into your map composition, don’t do it. […]

ArcMap, Tip

Parallel ArcGIS and Osgeo4W python installs

Posted on 2012-Jul-11 by matt

You can install both ArcGIS and Osgeo4W at the same time, and switch the default system python between the arcgis and o4w installs as long […]

ArcMap, Python, Scripting

Increase Coordinate Precision Display while Editing

Posted on 2011-Jun-30 by matt

By default only 3 numbers are shown after the decimal point. To change the number of decimals displayed in Edit Sketch Properties look under Editing […]

ArcMap, Tip

Mapbook

Posted on 2010-May-28 by matt

DS MapBook is a visual basic 6 developer sample for ArcMap which simplifies the generation of map series (e.g. NTS maps). There is a project […]

ArcMap, Cartography, v9.x

Change symbol properties en masse

Posted on 2010-Feb-16 by matt

Ever been frustrated that you couldn’t change the properties for multiple ArcMap text or graphic elements at once? That only after converting all labels to […]

ArcMap, Tip