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ArcMap is the former flagship application of ArcGIS Desktop and the tag for that (arcgis-desktop) should also be added for any questions about its GUI

ArcMap is used primarily to view, edit, create, and analyze geospatial data. ArcMap allows the user to explore data within a data set, symbolize features accordingly, and create maps.

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Can I have the "store relative pathnames to data sources" box checked as the default?

Is there a way to have the "store relative pathnames to data sources" box checked as the default rather than always having to go into the document properties and check the box? ArcMap 10.0.
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ArcMap's "Join Field" tool takes so long when just "Joining" works instantly. Help?

I'm using ArcMap and I'm trying to write a script that automates a join and then does some reporting. I'm not very experienced with joins and I'm running into a problem. When I do a join manually (right clicking the shapefile and specifying the…
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How to make a group of polygons larger?

I need to edit the vertices of about 30 polygons in an equal way, how would I go about this? Alternatively is there some method to just increase the size of a group of polygons 200%?
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Split Polyline at Set Intervals

I have a polyline layer that has been joined to a table and I need to split it at certain distances along the line. The attribute table contains the distances at which I would like to split the lines. The attribute table looks like this: I need to…
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How can I determine what fonts are used by an mxd?

A client has sent me an mxd and a file gdb. When I look at the symbols, they don't look good. I think they need to send me some fonts. Is there some way I can use arcmap to determine the name of the font file I need so that I can request it from…
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Free software similar to ET GeoTools?

ers, At my prior position, we "often" had to capture Geology data from geo-referenced images. Yes ... sometimes a necessary evil, but it has been a while since my hardcore digitizing days. Regardless, we used this handy add-on for ArcMap called ET…
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Arcmap [ArcView License only] 10 labels at different scales

Is it possible to have different labels at different scales (without duplicating layers)? For e.g. I have loads of point shapefiles and would like to label them with ID, Name and postcode. My idea was to give more information as we zoom in -…
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How to calculate the average velocity over the flowpath length?

I’m working on building a GIS based groundwater travel time distribution (TTD) model similar to the one developed by Schilling and Wolter (2007) http://lilt.ilstu.edu/ewpeter/GEO435/Readings/2012/Schilling_Kelly.pdf. The conceptual model of cell…
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ArcMap Corrupting Map Templates?

Yesterday ArcMap crashed and corrupted the toolbar layout of a map I used as model. No TOC, the Menu bar is on the left, ... Nothing dramatic, so I replaced them to something that is more of my liking: I saved, closed my map (to save the display…
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Selecting Point Features by Distance and Name

I have a multi point Townland file. I want to be able to remove duplicates within a radius of 3000 meters from each individual point?? I cannot simply remove duplicates as they are from various locations. E.g. There may be five points called…
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All layers disappear when zooming in ArcMap?

I just upgraded to ArcMap 10.6 from 10.3 and am running into this problem, and I'm seeing that all shapefiles (points, polygons both) disappear when I zoom closer than 1:7,000 and then reappear when I zoom out again. At first I thought it was just…
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GWR and OLS regression models

I'm somewhat confused about regression models. I decided to create a GWR model for a project using 35 polygons of health data. However I find now that my model has flaws and I cannot create a GWR model probably because the dataset is too small. When…
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How to increment the data frame time by one day in ArcMap 10?

I often use ArcMap 10 to display dynamic text using the dataFrame time. The above might display something like 2011/08/16 However what I really want to be able to do is add 1…
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Need to convert points to polygons of a specific size, using the point as the center of the polygon

I have a large collection of aerial photos with no georeferencing other than the Lat/Long location of the camera. Georeferencing them invididually is not an option (too much time, too many photos, some are oblique, some vertical). I need to…
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ArcMAP Clear Cache - Function

Do any of you use the Clear Cache function much OR upped your cache from the default 100mb? We export PDFs from MXDs and it has been reported to us by a few that upping this number or clearing the cache helps generate PDF exports successfully - I…
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