Flow direction rasters can have integers with values ranging from 0 to 255. When checked, this parameter forces the tool to treat the input backlink raster as a flow direction raster. In the Distance toolset for ArcMap 10.8, the Cost Path and Cost Path As Polyline tools have been updated with a new parameter, Force flow direction convention for backlink raster. The parameter is fully functional in this release and provides a new, third option to resolve the errors in addition to just flagging them. Previously, the parameter was available only through scripting for legacy compatibility and was ignored. This parameter specifies how topological errors, possibly introduced by processing, are handled. The Smooth Line and Smooth Polygon tools have a parameter called Handling Topographical Errors that was previously hidden from the tools' user interfaces.Barrier features can be points, lines, or polygons. Use this parameter to identify one or more layers that contain features that must not be crossed by simplified lines. The Simplify Building tool has a new parameter called Input barrier layers.Use this method when input data contains a relatively small number of complexįeatures, such as high-resolution country polygons, or where longįeatures are likely to cross multiple partition boundaries, such as With the Partition Method parameter set to Vertices, partitioning is dictated by the number and density of vertices rather than the number of features. You can now choose to partition data based on vertex count, in addition to the previously available method of feature count, in the Create Cartographic Partitions tool.The following functionality is new in 10.8: The following new and improved functionality is available in geoprocessing tools in ArcMap 10.8: Cartography toolbox ArcMap 10.8 and 10.8.1 introduce new features and capabilities in mapping, geoprocessing, publishing, and data management.įor information about bugs that were fixed, see the 10.8 issues addressed and 10.8.1 issues addressed lists.

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