arcgis-server

ArcGIS Flex API: Convert a screen point to a MapPoint

Using the ArcGIS Server Flex API, is there a way to convert mouse coordinates on the screen or the a map control to spatial coordinates in the map? It seems like there's functionality to convert map points to screen points, but a function for converting in the other direction seems weirdly absent. ...

Using Direct Connect access to ArcGIS databases in standalone applications

Hi everybody I work in an enterprise designing, creating and maintening custom applications on the base of ESRI ArcGIS. Some customers use Direct Connect, to connect to databases stored on Oracle or MS SQLServer. I have a problem with a standalone application for several months now. I have an application, written in Delphi. One of ...

Why are my ESRI:Tool items having their images reset when I select any other tool on the page?

In my default.aspx page, I have some ESRI tools (and some commands) in a toolbar, so something like this. <ToolbarItems> <esri:Tool ClientAction="MapPoint('Map1','%toolbarItem%',false,'crosshair') DefaultImage="~/images/default_tool.gif" EnablePostBack="True" JavaScriptFile="" Name="TestTool" SelectedImage="~/images/selected_to...

LINQ and JSON.NET when the property names vary

I am attempting to parse some JSON content in to C#. For the simpler cases I am having great success with JSON.NET and really appreciate the clean approach offered by the LINQ provider. Here's an example where I'm downloading information about a layer in a map and filling in some properties on a class called (suprisingly!) Layer: ...

Alter map layer symbology dynamically (ArcGIS Server)

What is the preferred method of altering a layer's symbology dynamically? My web app consumes a map service via the REST API, but I don't mind using the SOAP API or ArcObjects (.NET). ...

Where do you get ArcGIS development questions answered?

Where do you have the most success getting your ArcGIS development questions answered? ESRI forums? Stack Overflow? Google? Mailing lists? Blog posts? ESRI documentation? I can usually get answers to my ASP.NET/Oracle/JavaScript/C# questions in short order, but questions about ESRI products and APIs are a different matter. Posts founde...

Set a double click event without disabling default mouseup/mousedown behavior.

I'm trying to enable a double click event on a flex control without disabling the default mouseup/mousedown behaviors. I'm using the ESRI Flex API for arcgis server, and I have a map control with one background layer and a GraphicLayer. The graphics layer has several Graphic objects that respond to mouseover, and allow the user to pan ...

how to count or summurize distinct values in Json with dojo

I'we got a Json response from a ArcGIS server that look like this: { "displayFieldName" : "ELTTYPE", "features" : [ { "attributes" : { "ELTTYPE" : "Faldunderlag", "DATANR" : 721301, "ELEMENTNR" : 40, "AREALTYPE" : "BELÆGNING", "SHAPE.area" : 26.4595572 } }, { "attributes" : { "ELTTYPE" : "Prydplæne",...

Need recommendation for ArcGIS Engine,ArcGIS Server and ArcSDE interview question.

Hi guys, I am preparing for GIS interview.I am looking for good ArcGIS Engine,ArcGIS Server and ArcSDE interview questions. I just googled some,but the questions that I found are not that much detailed to the technology. Can anyone recommend me something ? ...

Web-based map authoring with ArcGIS Server?

I'm embarking on a project in which users will author, save, and share their own maps over the web. We will provide them with a large number of feature classes, but users will effectively author their own maps, map symbologies, etc. Furthermore, they will create and edit their own feature classes, which they can both map and share with o...

Editing spatial data with ArcGIS Server .NET ...

Hello guys... I have a Mapserver application with SDE layers... I´d like to know how can I edit my SDE spatial data (add/edit a point/line layer) in .NET ... Thanks ...

Script or automate feature class creation in ESRI/ArcSDE

I'm looking for info on how to write SQL scripts to automate the creation of a versioned feature class in ArcSDE I want to be able to automate the process itself as well as put the scripts under version control. Can anyone point me to a resource that explains how to do this? Is this even possible? It seems like there are lots of interre...

DynamicMapService on GoogleEarth?

Hi, can anyone tell me if it is possible to display an ArcGIS dynamicMapService on GoogleEarth via the GoogleMaps API? It works fine with KML but my services are only visible on the 2D maps. Any ideas? ...

Simultaneously displaying KML and ArcGIS Server mapservice?

Hello, does anyone know if it is possible to display a KML simultaneously with a ArcGIS Server mapservice on google maps? is there an example somewhere? best Jens ...

Display KMZ file on ArcGIS Server + Google Maps API

I am trying to put a kmz file from my server in a google-maps-map using ArcGIS Server Google Maps API. It works fine with KML but KMZ does not show up. Any suggestions? ...

Unable to cast COM object (IMapServer --> IMapServerObjects)

I have just deployed an AGS-based application to our web server. This app worked great in development, but after deployment to the server I get the following errror: Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IMapServerObjects'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the...

Sun Directory Server can't connect ldap server

I'am installing ArcGisServer for the Java plataform on Centos 5.5 x86_64, this is not a supported platform but I have overcome almost every problem preventing the success of the installation. It uses exhaustively Sun Directory Server. The last error i receive was: ldap_simple_bind: Can't connect to the ldap server - No route to host It...

is ARCGIS 10 very slow?

hi , has anyone having problem with latest release of arcgis 10? my services running on ags 10 is very slower than 9.3.1. And Arcgis Desktop is Really slow which cause me to downgrade back to 9.3.1. Is it just me or anyone else having issues like this? ...

Object Reference not set to an instance of an object on MouseMove

Hello- I'm using Silverlight 3.0 with ArcGIS Server and when my application is loading if I hover my mouse over the map control I get an "Object not set to an instance of an object" on the MyMap_MouseMove function which is supposed to return X,Y coordinates to a label. That makes sense because my map hasn't fully loaded and I'm asking ...