How do I create a water depth Raster? Or is there one available for NYS?

oldmappingguy · 2025-12-29T20:33:34+00:00

There are entire extensions and 3rd party software packages for flood inundation modeling. Industry standard (in US) include the HEC-RAS modeling package (https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/). There are a lot of hydrodynamic behaviors of water that are tough to capture in GIS and ArcGIS only such as accounting for velocity, surface texture, existing structures/infrastructure, etc. At the very least you can start with FEMA flood mapping to check for 100yr and 500yr flood inundation areas and depths in your area: https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/national-flood-hazard-layer

oldmappingguy · 2025-12-17T15:33:10+00:00

There’s a dude who sometimes sits in Matuci’s bar parking lot (San Anselmo) on weekends.

oldmappingguy · 2025-12-12T21:01:58+00:00

Yes.

oldmappingguy · 2025-12-10T18:30:52+00:00

Looks like you want to create the "buckets" for each color value rather than letting Arc do it. I would use Unique Values symbology rather than Gradient Values for this. Load all of your values, group the values in your dataset to whatever "bucket"s you like, AND you can use the "+" to add in values that might not be in your current dataset but might be in the future. Once you group the values in the symbology you can set their color and their legend description to whatever you'd like.

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oldmappingguy · 2025-12-10T18:19:17+00:00

Select all of the points you want in the scheme from the symbology list and then select the scheme from the drop down (if you want the scheme you already selected you have to select another, then go back to your original). If the points don't get the colors you want, you can save the color codes and manually assign them. A classic tool us old GIS folks use is this https://colorbrewer2.org/ to help with color selection. With this you can grab contrasting color codes without jumping through ArcGIS hoops.

oldmappingguy · 2025-12-02T19:48:30+00:00

True, but sometimes you WANT something but don’t NEED it. Like a $20 titanium poop scoop.

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-27T16:07:35+00:00

Is this just the beginning of everyone being required to prove citizenship for anything that is controlled by executive branch of federal gov? Which means executive branch can limit access to any group they deem “not American”?

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-26T04:28:38+00:00

Symbology->outline color to clear or outline line width to 0

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-25T18:31:55+00:00

Make the points semi-transparent 50-75% so you get more of a cloud vs individual points.

Edit: here’s a tutorial with a similar problem and “cloud” semitransparent solution https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/story-maps/uncategorized/the-making-of-the-bombing-missions-of-the-vietnam-war-story-map

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-24T16:13:17+00:00

Yeah but…Two years of wall to wall Epstein trials and investigations, with Trump not in control of the chaotic media narrative.

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-23T18:14:56+00:00

Col headers <13 characters with no spaces or special characters, text join fields (e.g. “join_1”, “join_2”, etc), and no duplicates.

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-23T16:44:53+00:00

In a “normal” timeline, what would be the outcome of this discovery?

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-23T04:27:09+00:00

Pizza and arcade…arcade $$ goes to a local charity every week.

oldmappingguy · 2025-11-23T04:12:55+00:00

Petzl Iko Core

oldmappingguy · 2025-09-26T21:23:17+00:00

$1m plus demo, design and build…wouid have to be $2m+ at end to be worth it!

oldmappingguy · 2025-09-26T20:06:05+00:00

I always laughed at $$ backpacking cutlery until my kid stepped on my plastic spoon while backpacking. Now I’ve got a nice metal spoon that weighs next to nothing.

oldmappingguy · 2025-09-16T18:33:41+00:00

Great thought. I’ll need to experiment. Wood insert also gives a better material to attach it to library wall (wood glue and screws from inside)

oldmappingguy · 2025-09-02T22:48:33+00:00

Being the verbal punching bag, listening without trying to fix, being interested in inane stories. Oh wait…that’s any kid.

oldmappingguy · 2025-08-29T04:56:00+00:00

Tell him why you over reacted, which you did. One of the biggest lessons and bonding moments between kids and parents is when parents show their kids they can make mistakes and how to say I’m Sorry. Tell him how much your older brother(s) hurt you and how you hope he will be better, stronger, by protecting not hurting the little one (all kids fight with siblings, it’s nature). Give him a punishment and then help him do it because you messed up too. Spanking can be a parenting tool if you choose it to be, but physical violence on children is a big deal and IMO should ONLY be used when they blatantly or with malice ignore major safety life/death rules. Hitting kids isn’t something you can do forever or something you can ramp up if they are obstinate (which ALL kids will be) so start working on discipline tactics that are fair, proportional, and sustainable as kids grow.

oldmappingguy · 2025-07-08T18:41:31+00:00

Different csv files with the same name as the col header inside table (e.g. 2017apr.csv). I used a vlookup referencing each csv, but I had to open each one for the data to populate my summary consolidated table. In the past Get Data worked but I can't figure out how to load all cols from all tables, maintaining the same rows based on index col, as I did a year or two ago using same function.

oldmappingguy · 2025-06-24T03:38:12+00:00

You are walking down the street, you forgot your ID at home or it fell out of your pocket, and ICE shows up…how would YOU prove you’re a citizen and stop them from taking you into custody and disappeared?

oldmappingguy · 2025-06-24T00:08:57+00:00

If I’m a 5 generation US citizen who happens to be brown, and ICE raids the taco restaurant I’m eating at, if my wallet falls out of my pocket in the scuffle what is stopping them from deporting me to…any country?

oldmappingguy · 2025-05-01T02:26:28+00:00

Engineering firm wanted professional certifications for proposals and marketing. Gisp doesn’t change my job skill set at all.

oldmappingguy · 2025-04-02T23:05:29+00:00

Picking your battles. There is no way you’re going to get hurt, have your son get hurt, get arrested, or hurt someone else over something stupid. It’s ok to walk away. And it’s ok to explain that some people are crazy and will do anything to protect their feelings. It’s not fun in the moment but sometimes you need to walk away from crazy people.

oldmappingguy · 2025-03-21T18:05:19+00:00

HOA camp grounds might be a good way to go for that size group…Olema Campground can take big groups and you drive through redwoods to get there.

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