Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS
Release Note - 2009
Welcome to Temporal Analyst Release 2009.
Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS is a unique and powerful ArcGIS™ extension for efficient and versatile storage, management, processing, plotting and analysis of virtually any time-related data inside your ArcGIS™ application. The Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS effectively removes the barrier between GIS and fully dynamic data handling, modelling and monitoring.
Hardware Requirements
The recommended minimum hardware requirements are:
| Supported Operating Systems: | XP Professional (32 and 64 bit), Vista Business (32 and 64 bit) |
| Processor: | 2.0 GHz PC (or higher) |
| Memory (RAM): | 2 GB (or higher) |
| Hard disk: | 40 GB (or higher) |
| Monitor: | SVGA, resolution 1024x768 in 16bit colour |
| Graphic Card: | 32 MB RAM (or higher), 24 bit true colour |
| Media: | CD-ROM/DVD drive, 20 x speed (or higher) |
| File system: | NTFS |
Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS is an extension to the ESRI ArcMap™ 9.3 GIS product. An ArcView™ 9.3h license is required to run Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS. ArcGIS Service Pack 1 and ArcGIS .Net components are required by Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS.
Installation^ top
To install Temporal Analyst, please choose 'Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS' in the 'MIKE by DHI Setup' dialog that appears when inserting the MIKE Software 2009 DVD and then press the 'Install' button.
License File and Dongle^ top
To use Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS please follow these steps:
- Make sure that the provided dongle is attached to the computer (parallel or USB port - for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition USB port only)
- The dongle driver is installed automatically during the setup of the program.
- The MIKE software license file (DhiLicense.dat) may be retrieved using the Internet. A working Internet connection and a valid e-mail address are required. The license file may be retrieved either during the installation or afterwards, by launching the License Updater from the start menu
- To retrieve your license file during the installation, select “Local” when prompted fort the type of License Management, and then select “Internet” and follow the on-screen instructions
- To update your license file using the License Updater, simply launch “Start->Programs-> MIKE by DHI 2009 ->License Updater” and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Alternatively, the license file can simply be copied from the supply medium (attachment to e-mail from DHI or CD/DVD/floppy disk) in \Program Files\DHI\2009\License or Program Files (x86)\DHI\2009\License. The License service needs to be stopped and restarted (through 'License Administration' found under 'MIKE by DHI 2009') when doing the latter.
Product Invocation^ top
To start Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS, start ArcMap™. If 'Enable Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS Extension' was selected during installation, Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS shall be ready to use (Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS toolbar and table of contents shall be visible). If Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS extension is not enabled please follow the steps described in the section Enabling Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS Extension section below.
Enabling Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS Extension
If 'Enable Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS Extension' option was selected during installation process, before using Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS in ArcMap™, Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS extension needs to be enabled as follows:
- Select Tools from ArcMap™ menu bar
- Select Extensions
- Check 'Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS' from the list of extensions and click Close button.
Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS table of contents
To turn on visibility of Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS table of contents, proceed as follows
- Select Tools from ArcMap™ menu bar
- Select Options
- Select Table Of Contents tab in the options dialog
- Check Time Series from the list of table of contents and click OK button.
Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS toolbar
To turn on visibility of Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS toolbar, proceed as follows
- Select View from ArcMap™ menu bar
- Select Toolbars
- Make sure 'Temporal Analyst' has a check box. If not, click on 'Temporal Analyst' to show Temporal Analyst for ArcGIS toolbar.
Support^ top
The Software Support Center can be reached by mail, e-mail, phone or fax:
Software Support Center
DHI
Agern Allé 5
DK-2970 Hørsholm
Denmark
software@dhigroup.com
Tel: +45 4516 9333 (Open 7.30-16.00 GMT)
Fax: +45 4516 9292
New features^ top
Known Defects & Workarounds^ top
Temporal Analyst 2009 Service Pack 1 - May 2009
No changes have been applied to Temporal Analyst in Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Temporal Analyst 2009 Service Pack 2 - June 2009
| Module/Type | Error/Inconvenience/New Feature | Status | Remarks |
| Import of data | Import of data with the use of the Excel bridge and saving the template would return error | Fixed | |
| Monthly tables |
|
Fixed | |
| Time series tree | TA: Timeseries tree not refreshed automatically, when a new association is made | Fixed | |
| EUM type | Changes to EUM type are not saved to remote file in TA | Fixed | |
| Resampled time series | Last time step in a resampled time series is not created correctly | Fixed | |
| Calculator | Calculator is not working correctly for time series that are not saved | Fixed |
Temporal Analyst 2009 Service Pack 3 - November 2009
| Module/Type | Error/Inconvenience/New Feature | Status | Remarks |
| TS calculator | Standard deviation function returning error message | Fixed | |
| Import of data |
|
Fixed | |
| Misc. | New warning and error messages added | Improvement | |
| ArcGIS version | Temporal Analyst is supported on ArcGIS 9.3 incl. service pack 1 but with SP3 it has also been executed and tested on 9.3.1. Issues found during this have been corrected. | Fixed |
Temporal Analyst 2009 Service Pack 4 - February 2010
No changes have been done for Temporal Analyst in Service Pack 4 (SP4)
Temporal Analyst 2009 Service Pack 5 - June 2010
| Module/Type | Error/Inconvenience/New Feature | Status | Remarks |
| Import of data | Various minor corrections when importing time seris from xls-files (e.g. when having multiple worksheet in xls file) |
Fixed |
Plotting of timeseries | Plotting timeseries in MIKE BASIN (Chinese Version) causes ArcMap to crash. |
Fixed |