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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bill,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wow sounds like fun. The first things that come to mind to check are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does your line feature class have a coordinate system assigned?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If it does have a projection assigned is it in a Geographic or Projected? If Geographic try projecting to Projected<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Are you in an edit session or not? If not try running in an edit session.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you are using ArcGIS 10, is the field marked as read only?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is it in SDE and if so do you have permissions to right to that field?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If the line is a Geodatabase feature class try converting to Shapefile or visa versus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Have you tried using the field calculator and building an expression to calculate a distance?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just a few ideas off the top of my head. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>| Chief Executive Officer</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#244061'><a href="http://www.keckwood.com/"><span style='color:#244061;text-decoration:none'>eGIS</span></a> Associates, Inc.</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:tcorbin@keckwood.com">tcorbin@egisassociates.com</a> | <a href="www.keckwood.com">www.egisassociates.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>678-710-9710 ext 21 | 866-</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>304-3864 Fax</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Esri Certified Trainer | Esri Certified Desktop Associate</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Alfred<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 09, 2012 9:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> shrug-l: Calculat Geometry->Length Disabled<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p><span style='color:black'>Shruggers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Trying to calculate length in ArcGIS 10, Service Pack 3 on Windows 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Used Calculate Geometry sucessfully to calculate the XY end coordinates of the lines in a 400, 000+ record dbase file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Then used the tool 'XY to Line' to produce a resultant file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Added a field called Distance (data type double) to the result file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Right click on 'Distance', scrolled to Calculate Geometry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>The top dropdown box showed Length-Disabled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>This procedure worked for a file with 4 records.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Here is the procedure: <a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=11338190">http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=11338190</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Had some problems until I got a Unique ID for all the records but after that still got Length -Disabled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Any help will be sincerely appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Please respond to: <a href="mailto:Bill.Alfred@med.fsu.edu">Bill.Alfred@med.fsu.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Happy New Year,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Bill Alfred, MS, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>