LocationCon 2017

Posted by in ArcMap, Design, GIS, Illustrator, InDesign, Labeling, Mapbook, Symbology

Download my slides from LocationCon in Oakland, CA 5/24/2017 at the link below. Workflow and Design of an Emergency Flood Response Mapbook [360MB] More content to come…

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NACIS 2016

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NACIS 2016

Here’s the video of the presentation with slide/content from my original post below. Thanks to NACIS and the PCD coordinators for recording & processing the video and facilitating all the presentations. I presented a workflow using ArcMap, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign this year at NACIS. Below is each slide image and video I used in my […]

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Write ArcMap Layers to Text File with Python

Posted by in ArcMap, Data, GIS

This script came in real handy for creating the start of a quick reference requested by a client who wanted a list of all layers in a few map documents with a description of the layer, how it was made and where it came from. The client’s custom set of metadata was streamlined with the […]

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Mitigating a broken Normal.mxt

Posted by in ArcMap, GIS

For whatever reason, I’m constantly corrupting my Normal.mxt which causes ArcMap to crash before launching. The remedy is to delete the Normal.mxt at: C:\Users\*USER*\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.3\ArcMap\Templates\Normal.mxt which takes with it all my customization settings, the way my toolbars are set up in the interface and all the custom keyboard settings I have. The last time this happened, […]

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My ArcMap keyboard shortcuts

Posted by in ArcMap, GIS

These are the keyboard shortcuts I use to make ArcMap a little more illustrator-like. I think learning keyboard shortcuts is crucial to becoming more efficient and once you get in the habit and practice/force yourself to use them, it will pay dividends in productivity. To set them up, in ArcMap, go to Customize>Customize Mode and […]

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