Joel McCune

ArcGIS for Server

ArcGIS for Server Credentials Self-Service

I am jumping the gun a little on this one, but there is a good reason. Off and on, when time allows, I have been putting together a solution to a common issue when an ArcGIS for Server site is set up to use the local user store. When the

Ubuntu

Purge Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop

Frequently I use Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop as a virtual machine for working with a completely virgin Python development environment. Right after initial installation, I typically remove a lot of the things Cannocial tosses on there to make it a really nifty and cute desktop environment for people wanting this

pip

Upgrade All Python PIP Packages

The discussion could go on for days on why I should be using virtualenv. On my Mac, I am not...much anyway. Get over it. Given this reality, I have a number of packages installed using the Python Package Index (pip) and want a command to keep them current. Digging

lxml

Setup OSX for Python PIP

Getting Scrapy [http://scrapy.org/] installed on OSX proved to be a pain. One of the requirements for Scrapy is LXML [http://lxml.de/], requiring a C compiler. Even with XCode installed, I was missing one thing. For Python Package Index  (pip) packages to successfully compile when installing, one more

New Year?

Happy new year?...hmmmm...sure. The new year, the time it falls during the year, has always been a somewhat depressing time of year. New year, happy...not so much. Full disclosure: All of my life I have been a summer sports guy. In college I was a runner. Since

arcpy

Automatically Find and Log All Broken Layers in Multiple Maps

Last week while teaching a Python class a student asked about a logical workflow, finding all maps with broken layers under a parent directory and reporting the results. Ideally this could be set up as a scheduled task and the results either written to a log file or better yet,

Error Logging with Python

True, like any other scripting language you can easily open a file for writing and log events to the file. Python does have a specific module for this, though...and it makes life much easier. On a recent project, I was having quite a bit of trouble with a large

Django

Practical Django Projects Second Edition - Chatper Two Errors

This only took me about three and a half hours to finally sort out yesterday. Hopefully you find this post before wasting as much time as I did. If you use a 4.x version of TinyMCE instead of a 3.x version, you are going to have some difficulties.

OSX

Installing pip+virtualenv on OSX

No, I am by no stretch of the imagination smart enough to figure this out on my own. Using my superior Google-fu, I located a blog post by Jamie Curle [https://jamie.curle.io/blog/installing-pip-virtualenv-and-virtualenvwrapper-on-os-x/] walking me through the process, all the way down to the right commands to

Mountain Bike

Charlotte Take a Kid Mountain Biking

Last Saturday Gina and I headed down to Francis Beatty Park where the Tarheel Trailblazers, Dirt Divas, Trips for Kids and REI all teamed up to host an event for IMBA's Take a Kid Mountain Biking day. I brought along my camera. Although I also tossed up a

ArcGIS for Desktop

Completely Uninstall ArcGIS for Desktop

Uninstalling ArcGIS for Desktop, completely uninstalling it, requires more than simply uninstalling the program using the Windows uninstall dialog. To completely expunge ArcGIS for Desktop from your system requires uninstalling the software, deleting directories in your user profile and removing hives from the registry. If you are not familiar or

Mountain Bike

One Nine - Setup

Yesterday on the way home from bagging 35 miles of single track, Gina and I stopped by Cycle Path in Cornelius [http://www.thecyclepath.net/]. Gina needed to see about getting a road bike frame warrantied. While she was discussing this, I wandered around the shop to entertain myself. Depending

Open Source

Review: Python Geospatial Development - Second Edition

First off, I really liked this book and I found it quite interesting. Second, it is very obvious this book is written by a somebody coming from a more technical background, discovering GIS from this front. As a result, this likely is who is going to get the  most from

The Silverback: Map and Pre-Race Thoughts

A while back, for some odd reason, I decided to sign up for the Green River Games' Silverback race. It seemed like a good idea four months or so ago. Eight miles down the Green River through the Narrows followed by eight miles on the bike and eight miles

Karnali

Karnali for Sale as C1 or K1

The Pyranha Karnali has been good to me. I have had many a good day in it, but it is time to pass it along to another. The current C1 setup will facilitate either a seat belt or thigh straps and I also have the kayak outfitting I can include

C1

Four C1's on the Green

[http://res.cloudinary.com/joelmccune-com/image/upload/v1408383593/IMG_0003_oz0b9i.jpg] On Saturday morning Tad Dennis [http://taddennis.com/] called and left a message. Tad never calls me. He texts. I discovered the message when Gina and I were at REI that afternoon. His message was simple enough, "

Django

Django 1.5.1 on TurnKey Linux: Why and Install How-to

First off, my degree in college was not computer science. Development is something I have had to learn very much the hard way and I am, by no stretch of the imagination, anywhere near the capability of somebody who has actually studied the stuff. I have however, learned quite a

ArcGIS

The Feature Class in ArcGIS

A feature class is a single geometry with an attribute table...period. True, it should also have a spatial reference, and likely needs one to function correctly. Still, in the simplest form, all you need is a single geometry (points, lines or polygons) and an associated attribute table. It is

Buffer

Projections and Distortion in the News

[http://res.cloudinary.com/joelmccune-com/image/upload/v1408383685/photo_f1eli5.jpg] A colleague today brought in a newspaper clipping from the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal for 13-14 April, 2013. It was a map depicting the extimated range of North Korea's Musudan missile. A couple of

Python

Python Regular Expression Testing Tool

Recently I have been working on creating a Python tool using regular expression matching. This most definitely is something I am not well versed in. It has been a steep learning curve. Along the way, I did discover a really useful tool for testing the regular expressions I was creating,

class certificate

Retrieving Esri Class Certificates

Not too long ago Esri transitioned to delivering class completion certificates electronically. This makes it a little easier to avoid misplacing them, making copies and retrieving them if lost. If you have attended an Esri class, you can find your certificate by pointing your web browser of choice to the

CAD

CAD Feature Class to ArcGIS Conversion Toolbox

Converting CAD files to feature classes in ArcGIS, either Shapefiles or Feature Classes in a geodatabase, can be a time consuming process. CAD files store data grouped according to geometry. Within each feature class, individual layers in the CAD drawing are identified using an attribute field. Typically it is desirable

Post Athlete...

[http://res.cloudinary.com/joelmccune-com/image/upload/v1408383706/IMG_0758_anazbk.jpg] Pulling into the driveway just before 10:00pm and walking into the house, I step over three pairs of shoes in the entry way and head up the stairs. Opening the fridge to get a beer, everything in

Homebrew - Package Management for OSX

Yes, although this blog has primarially morphed in to a complete GIS geek's blog, my personal computer is still a Mac. Work provides me with a good Windows computer. I have an older Windows 7 desktop at home with an ESXi [http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.

arcpy

Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook

First and foremost, I have to concede, Packt Publishing recently provided a copy of Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook to review. Packt provided a copy free of change in exchange for a review on my website. To their credit, there were no expectations or strings attached. I can