Posts Tagged “ESRI”

Sun Glints in ArcMap

Aileen Buckley, at the ESRI Mapping Center, has released a new tutorial on creating what she calls “sun glints”.  These are the reflective glows you sometimes see on water bodies in aerial photographs.  In essence, it’s a tutorial on creating gradient fills in ArcMap – a neat effect that cartographers don’t get to use very […]

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ArcGIS Authorization Error: 7174

When installing an evaluation copy of ArcGIS Desktop 10, you may receive an error message during authorization saying something like “7174: Authorization request for EVA123456 cannot be completed.”  Trial and error suggests that this error is caused by a conflict with a previously authorized installation using a different evaluation code.  Even though you may have […]

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