ArcGIS Pro 2.3

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ArcGIS Pro 2.3 just became available today.  Check out what’s new here.

Quite a few customer requests were added to this release.  To view what they are, ESRI has made a video of each request.

More info can be found here.  Release notes can be found here.

The system requirements for 2.3 can be found here.  ArcGIS Pro will not be supported on Windows 7 after January 2020.

And if you have been running ArcGIS Pro on a Mac using Parallels or VMware Fusion, at 2.3 you will not be able to do that anymore.  Instead you must use Boot Camp.  Read more about that here.

ArcGIS and TLS 1.2

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ESRI recently sent out a reminder that starting April 16, 2019, they will be updating ArcGIS Online to enforce the use of TLS version 1.2 only.  The update is likely to affect most ArcGIS software and your custom solutions.  If you have not updated and validated your system’s support for TLS 1.2 only, you may lose your ability to connect to ArcGIS Online.

If you use ArcGIS Pro to connect to ArcGIS Online, you are fine if you are using versions 2.0 to 2.3.  If you are using Pro 1.2 to 1.4.1, these versions are all retired and you are encouraged to upgrade to the recent version.

If you use ArcGIS Desktop to connect to ArcGIS Online, version 10.7, to be released in first half of 2019, will support TLS 1.2.  Version 10.6.1 and earlier will require a patch to enable TLS 1.2.  ESRI has provided validation web services so you can quickly verify that ArcGIS Desktop, third-party apps, and custom components will work when TLS 1.2 only is enforced.

For more info on this, see ESRI’s technical support article on TLS.  Also see the list of software products affected by this change.  To enable TLS 1.2 on ArcGIS Desktop, see this FAQ.  Validation web services can be found here.

Moving To PostgreSQL (Part 3)

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Welcome back!  Last time in Part 2 we configured PostgresSQL on a Linux server.  Now it is finally time to create an Enterprise Geodatabase in PostgreSQL.

Keycodes File

You now need to find your keycodes file.  This file was created when ArcGIS Server was installed on one of your servers.  This file is written to \Program Files\ESRI\License<release#>\sysgen folder on Windows servers and /arcgis/server/framework/runtime/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/ESRI/License<release#>/sysgen on Linux. Copy the keycodes file to a computer that you run ArcGIS Desktop on.  You will need access to it when creating the Enterprise Geodatabase.  Continue reading →

GIS Courses at Rio Hondo College

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Rio Hondo College GIS courses start the week of January 26th. Registration is open. GIS classes are on campus and an Intermediate GIS course on location at the LA County Department of Public Works (900 S Fremont Ave, Alhambra). A Geospatial Programming (Python) & Web Services class (GIS280) is also offered on Tuesday evening.

A list of GIS classes can be found here under heading Learn GIS. Fees are $46/unit and some classes can be used to transfer to CSU, CGU, CSULB & others. Steps for applying for admission and registering for the classes can be found here and can be performed entirely online with no fees. Applying for admission however should be done early to provide you the option to registering without delay as classes can fill quick.

Please contact Professor Warren Roberts at wroberts@riohondo.edu for inquiries about waivers needed for prerequisites and corequisites or any other info that you would like to ask.

Moving To PostgreSQL (Part 2)

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Welcome back!  Last time in Part 1 we installed PostgresSQL on a Linux server.  Now we need to do a few things to get it ready so we can create an Enterprise Geodatabase in it.

Postgres User

When PostgreSQL was installed, a postgres user was created.  The postgres user is the default “superuser” to the PostgreSQL database.  Right now the postgres user password is unknown to you.  You must change it in Linux and in the PostgreSQL database.

Log back in to the Linux server and at the Linux prompt, use the passwd command to change the postgres user password.  You might need to use the sudo command with it for it to work.  Continue reading →

Quantitative Map Literacy

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Quantitative map literacy can be seen as a cross between map literacy and quantitative literacy.  Quantitative map literacy includes the concepts and skills required to accurately read, use, interpret, and understand the quantitative information embedded in a geospatial representation of data on a geographic background.

To learn more, check out this interesting journal article about Quantitative Map Literacy.