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ArcGIS MXD Metadata Read/Write

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Forum|Forum|10 years ago
January 29, 2015
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fmelizard
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The reader would return all the metadata descriptions of the layers defined in a .mxd file, and the writer would take this information and create a .mxd file. ArcObjects would have to be available for this to work. Would provide for bulk operations on .mxd files, as well as creation of .mxd files in the same process as geodatabases or shape files were being created.

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geckosolutions
Contributor
Forum|Forum|10 years ago
January 29, 2015

This would be really useful for my specific use cases as I have a lot of MXD's that are pretty formulaic and could be controlled via a spreadsheet and generated on the fly to the benefit of my users. A user in a large corporation can log in and see a newly generated MXD for them to browse the data and it will contain all the latest layers, labeling, formatting, etc..

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ekkischeffler
Contributor
Forum|Forum|9 years ago
April 23, 2016

Great idea. This would be useful for creating map outputs. So having the option to use MXD templates in both an MXD and a PDF writer would be perfect.

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mark_f
Forum|Forum|9 years ago
April 23, 2016

Had a request for this during FMEWT

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nathanatsafe
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Forum|Forum|7 years ago
March 6, 2018

This might be a good option for a hub transformer as functions for this exist in ArcPy.

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bark0s
Contributor
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
February 7, 2019

If it could delve into Grouped layers at the same time, that'd be even better.

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chriswilson
Enthusiast
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
August 8, 2019

Could ArcGIS Pro projects be included in this? Since one day they will be the default rather than MXDs.

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bruceharold
Supporter
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
August 9, 2019

@fmelizard How about making this idea "Create a Web Map Reader & Writer" so that you're not limited to ArcMap going in and coming out?

https://developers.arcgis.com/web-map-specification/

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ce
Contributor
Forum|Forum|4 years ago
August 8, 2021

Being able to extract the layer names from an mxd would be fantastic! Being able to dig a bit deeper and get the data source name would complete what it going to be a tedious manual task.