shrug-l: Re: ArcSketch

Wed May 3 10:44:25 EDT 2006

I took a quick look at ArcSketch last night, and I agree that it is a useful
tool to get people around a computer and start drawing stuff, but it isn't an
advanced data management tool or anything.

Like Stuart stated, at the end of your sketching and conceptualizing, a GIS
analyst takes all of those features and imports them into proper feature
classes, where they have proper data management, like attribute domains,
feature creation dates, who created it, and locational verification
information.

The example I keep thinking of is having a roads and trails data layer for a
park -- you might use ArcSketch to get several interested parties together to
quickly conceptualize a roads and trails plan, but then when you reclassify a
paved road to a dirt road, or a paved trail to a mulched trail, and need to
calculate building supplies or areas to be cleared based upon length of
different road and trail types, you are aren't going to do it by just
changing the symbols in your ArcSketch geodatabase layers. 

Sure makes me miss the days of easily copying and pasting graphics as
features into shapefiles in good ole ArcView 3.x!

Richard Butgereit 
Environmental Manager
GIS Coordinator, WRM, Florida DEP 
richard.butgereit at dep.state.fl.us 
Office: (850) 245-8531 SC 205-8531 
Mobile: (850) 339-9084 

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Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:06 PM
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Subject: shrug-l: Re: ArcSketch

I played with the ArcSketch extension also. I kind of had the same question
so I reread the  announcement for ArcSketch. Looking at some of the key words
like simple sketch, conceptualize, rapidly develop scenarios, and rapid
assessments, I think the tool is more for quickly (not precise) drawing
information or variations of information that requires timely decision
making. The sketch is on it own layer and I would think once decisions have
been made, the final, more precise drawing would then be completed within the
proper feature class.

Stuart Korte
Mapping Analyst
FDOT Surveying & Mapping Office
(850) 245-1581 phone
(850) 245-1556 fax
stuart.korte at dot.state.fl.us

----- Message from "Brandt, Holli" <brandth at tesorocorp.com> on Tue, 2 May
2006 10:40:32 -0400 -----
To: <shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us>                         
Subject: shrug-l: ArcSketch Question                             

Good Morning Everyone -
I spent a good amount of time yesterday playing with ESRI's free extension
ArcSketch.  I have to say I really like it and it is super easy to use.
You can also save out your sketch and it becomes a Personnel Geodatabase and
a Layer file.

So here is my question.....what is the downfall of doing all your data
creation this way?

Obviously, this is for digitizing from aerials etc and not COGO capable but
it is much easier than standard methods, you seem to have most of the same
tools, you can edit the attribute table, and you get a personnel geodatabase.

Please fill me in on what I am missing.
Thanks - Holli

Holli M. Brandt
GIS Project Manager
EnVetCo, Inc.
520 S. Independence Blvd.
Suite 200
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Office:  (757) 456-0028
Fax:  (757) 456-0399
Cell:  (757) 438-0058
http://www.envetco.com
hbrandt at envetco.com
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From: aprimo_bounce at esri.com [mailto:aprimo_bounce at esri.com] On Behalf Of
ESRI Announcements
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:42 AM
To: Brandt, Holli
Subject: Introducing ArcSketch

Introducing ArcSketch

Dear ArcGIS Desktop User:

ArcSketch, a complimentary sample extension for ArcGIS 9.1, is now available
for download. With ArcSketch, you can create features in ArcMap using simple
sketch tools. ArcSketch automatically manages the drawing environment,
allowing you to conceptualize what to draw, as opposed to how to draw it. You
simply select a symbol and an associated sketch tool, then draw the feature.
These features are added to a transparent sketch layer, which is displayed
over a set of background layers.

You can create GIS features by sketching any combination of points, lines,
and polygons on this sketch layer. ArcSketch automatically assigns features
to their appropriate layers, with their appropriate attributes, based on the
user-customizable symbol palette.

ArcSketch gives you the freedom to do vector-based (geobased) sketching using
easy-to-use drawing tools and symbols. You can create and edit features in
ArcGIS in much the same way you would if you were using a felt-tip pen on
tracing paper. This allows you to concentrate on the forms you are trying to
represent, rather than the method of representation.

Example applications: City managers can use ArcSketch to rapidly develop
land-use scenarios for display and analysis. First responders can use
ArcSketch to quickly enter location data about different types of hazardous
materials during an emergency. Transportation planners can integrate
ArcSketch with their traffic flow models to conduct rapid assessment of
actual and potential traffic impedances.

Download ArcSketch today.

 http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/arcsketch/download.html

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