ArcGIS for Desktop has been developed for Windows Operating systems, but there are many users out there running ArcGIS Desktop on Macs. Two options are available. The user can install Windows in Boot Camp, a native feature of the Apple Inc.’s OS X operating system, or they can use a virtualization program, such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion. In order to assess which option to use, it is important to understand each option, their limitations, then to configure for best performance. The Performance Engineering team has begun testing ArcGIS Desktop, including ArcGIS Pro, on the Apple MacBook Pro in order to develop performance benchmarks and configuration recommendations. In general we have found the UX of ArcGIS Pro in these environments is quite good. In general, the ArcGIS Pro system requirements should be considered best practices no matter if you are running ArcGIS Pro natively within a Windows environment or using the options available for a Mac: http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/get-started/arcgis-pro-system-requirements.htm
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Boot Camp is a utility for Macs that allows users to install and run Windows within a separate bootable partition. Running Windows in Boot Camp is a native feature of the Mac OS X operating system, therefore this is the most financially affordable option since there is no additional software to be purchased. However, users may not prefer this option since they are not able to run both OS X and Windows at the same time and a reboot is required to gain access to the Mac software. The Windows partition is configured during the Boot Camp install; this is an important step for optimal performance. Users should carefully consider how much CPU, Memory and hard disk will be available to the Windows OS, this is of course based upon how many cores and memory is available in the MacBook. The recommended minimum hardware configuration for the windows partition running ArcGIS Pro is:
- 4 virtual CPU
- 6 GB of RAM
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If Windows has already been installed on a Mac using Boot Camp, users can use Parallels to run the Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine within OS X. Users must purchase the Parallels software to use this virtualization option. The advantage is that users can run both Windows and Mac applications without rebooting. This is a suitable option for users whom have newer Macs with more powerful hardware resources in terms of CPU, Memory and an Nvidia graphics card like a GeForce GT 750M. This is not a recommended option for users whom have older Macs with less than 4GB of RAM since Parallels puts more demand on the Mac’s processors and memory as both operating systems are running at the same time. Our testing was performed on Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Business Edition.
In order to gain access to the Windows OS, users work within a Parallels VM. Configuring this VM is critical for optimal performance. By default the VM is configured with 2vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 512 MB of graphics memory. This configuration is not suitable for a graphically intensive, multi-threaded application like ArcGIS Pro. The minimum hardware configuration for running ArcGIS Pro in Parallels is:
- 4 virtual CPU
- 6 GB of RAM
- 1GB of graphics memory
- Disable vertical synchronization
The following screenshot describes how the CPU and Memory can be configured within the Parallels hardware settings.
The following screenshot describes how the Graphics memory be increased and Vertical Synchronization can be disabled within the Parallels hardware settings.
Default optimization settings which should not be changed include “Performance, Faster virtual machine” and Power, Better performance”.
Users who do not have a powerful graphics card have reported flashing in the map display, changing the default display setting from DX11 to DX9 has helped resolved these issues but these users still experience slower rendering times than those with a discrete graphics card present.
VMWare Fusion
VMWare Fusion Pro also provides Mac users with virtualization technology to run Windows and ArcGIS as a virtual machine within OS X. Users must purchase VMWare fusion to use this virtualization option. Similar to Parallels, this is a suitable option for users whom have newer Macs with more powerful hardware resources in terms of CPU, Memory and an Nvidia graphics card like a GeForce GT 750M. VMware Fusion tools is required to be installed within the VM for 3D acceleration. By default, a VMWare Fusion VM is configured with only 1vCPU, 4GB of RAM, and 512 MB of graphics memory. This configuration is not suitable for a graphically intensive, multi-threaded application like ArcGIS Pro. Adobe spark free download for mac. The minimum hardware configuration for running ArcGIS Pro in VMWare Fusion is: https://treesl762.weebly.com/dreamweaver-for-mac.html.
- 4 virtual CPU,
- 6 GB of RAM
- 2GB of graphics memory*
*Preliminary testing has shown 2GB of graphic memory required for optimal performance, more than what it required for Parallels. Esri is continuously working refine the efficiency of the frame buffer and this requirement may change in the future releases.
The following screenshot describes how the CPU and Memory can be configured within VMware Fusion VM settings.
The following screenshot describes how the increase shared graphics memory within the VM display settings.
Default display settings which should not be changed include, accelerate 3D graphics and always use high performance graphics.
In summary, ArcGIS for Desktop can optimally run on Macs, however proper setup and configuration is essential. Mac payroll online. Fortnite for mac free download. Newer Macs, with discrete GPU’s, have more powerful hardware resources, and can optimally support a graphically-intensive program like ArcGIS Pro. A final configuration recommendation is within the Mac OS X setting, where high performance graphics does not perform graphics switching when running on battery power. When this setting is enabled, ArcGIS Pro rendering times are more stable.
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What's new in a nutshell:
- After almost 1 year of development the new stable release GRASS GIS 7.6 is available. Efforts have concentrated on making the user experience even better, providing many new useful additional functionalities to modules and further improving the graphical user interface. Furthermore, ZSTD has been added a new raster compression method which is an improvement over ZLIB's deflate method, providing both faster and higher compression than ZLIB. Also a new raster map type has been added: GRASS virtual raster (VRT) which is a virtual mosaic of the list of input raster maps. In addition, support for PROJ v. 5 has been implemented. For details, see below.
Graphical User Interface:
- GRASS GIS 7.6 graphical user interface now displays the computational region extent by default in the Map Display window. This simple new feature allows to always visualize such an important basic concept in GRASS GIS and makes it a lot easier for newcomers. Moreover, a new widget has been implemented for commands including an SQL WHERE parameter to ease selection of features/data.
Modules (commands):
- A series of new modules has been added and many improved as outlined below.
General modules:
- The core G7:g.region module comes with a new grow option that allows to increase or decrease by a certain number of pixels the region extent in all directions.
Raster modules:
- This new GRASS GIS release comes with 3 new dedicated raster modules. The first one, G76:r.path, can be used to trace paths from different starting points following input directions, such as the outputs of G76:r.cost, G76:r.walk or G76:r.watershed, among others. The second one, G76:r.buildvrt, provides the very useful functionality of creating virtual raster (VRT) mosaics from a list of input raster maps. This is very useful when the original data are available in tiles which can now be virtually mosaiked to a single map without overhead for easier analysis. G76:r.buildvrt hence allows processing big areas while avoiding the creation of physical maps, especially useful when space is limited. Finally, there is now G76:r.mapcalc.simple, a tool to calculate a new raster map from a simple r.mapcalc expression.
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Several other raster modules have been improved with new options or flags:
- G76:r.proj offers a new pipeline option for high-accuracy re-projection provided by PROJ v. 5
- G76:r.info recognizes different types of raster maps, i.e., 'raster' (GRASS native), 'reclass' (reclassification of another raster map), 'GDAL-link' (GRASS link to a GDAL raster band), 'virtual' (virtual mosaic of raster maps)
- G76:r.mapcalc comes with new functions floor() and ceil()
- G76:r.slope.aspect has a new -n flag to create aspect as degrees clockwise from North (azimuth) and a new -e flag to compute values at edges
- G76:r.in.srtm now also supports the import of SRTM Water Body Data products (SWBD)
- G76:r.random has a new seed option to set the seed of the RNG, making it possible to reproduce the same random pixels in different runs
- G76:r.cost has a new solver option to control which direction is used in case of multiple directions with equal costs
- G76:r.colors includes inferno, magma and plasma color tables as well as a new flag -d to list available rules with description (e.g. 'srtm: color palette for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation [range: -11000 to 8850]')
Vector modules:
Several vector modules have been significantly improved with new options, flags, fixes and other enhancements. Here are the most significant ones:
- G7:v.proj comes now with a new pipeline option for high-accuracy re-projection provided by PROJ v. 5
- G7:v.in.ogr now also converts OpenStreetMap line topology to GRASS GIS topology, inserting nodes where appropriate (further details can be found in this dedicated wiki page OSM vs GRASS topology)
- G7:v.extract can now dissolve areas not only by category number, but also by attributes, while preserving category values and attribute tables. This is a significant improvement over G76:v.dissolve
- G76:v.overlay has been improved significantly to speedup large and complex input areas processing
- G76:v.rast.stats now also reports the number of NULL cells and it has a new 'where' option. In addition, multiple raster maps can now be passed as input to the module to collect statistics
- G76:v.to.rast now also supports conversion of centroids
- G76:v.buffer now offers to also build squared buffers around points when the -s flag is set
Imagery modules:
- Various imagery modules received fixes and enhancements. A lot of work has been put into G76:i.atcorr to fix numerical instability in the 6S method for atmospheric correction. The module now also supports PlanetScope 0c-0d, 0e, and 0f-10 images. A detailed example to process Copernicus Sentinel 2 bands was added to the manual page to make it easier to use for newcomers. G76:i.segment was improved as well for memory management estimation and avoidance of integer overflow when processing extremely large regions. The writing out of goodness of fit and segment ids was also fixed.
Temporal GIS modules:
- The most important change in the temporal modules was the long awaited suffix option in G7:t.rast.algebra. This allows to get time and granularity based raster map names out of G76:t.rast.algebra calls. G76:t.info includes support to print history and to use its output in combination with eval. A very nice improvement in the temporal plot tool (G76:g.gui.tplot) now allows to set labels for title, x and y axes, and to export the plotted time series data in a CSV file.
Python Scripting:
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- The Python scripting library has been improved (note: Python3 support will be available in GRASS GIS 7.8.0, it is under development in grass77).