Map Typography – Route Station Labels in ArcMap

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Map Typography – Route Station Labels in ArcMap

Setting up labels for stationing in ArcMap can be a little tricky. First, you’ve got to have a route – if your line isn’t a route, use either the Route Editing toolbar or the Linear Referencing tools to turn it into a route. The first step in creating the stationing ticks and labels is to […]

A Batch Download Workflow

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A Batch Download Workflow

I’ve used this hack/technique a couple times now and wanted to share it and document it. I was recently doing some web research on map production guidelines as I’m trying to put some together for my GIS department. I stumbled across this Map productions guidelines PDF from the Australian Local Government. It is a really […]

Map Typography – A Python Label Expression

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Map Typography – A Python Label Expression

Recently, I had to label parcels with APN & owner information. The parcel feature class has the APNs and the ownership table is joined based on the APNs. I’ve been commiting to using python in labeling expressions whenever possible and this was a good chance to use an advanced expression. One problem was that the […]

Map Typography – Formatting Tags in ArcMap

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Map Typography – Formatting Tags in ArcMap

Text formatting can be controlled through the use of formatting tags. The syntax is similar to html or xml tags. Formatting tags make controlling how your type appears much more efficient that using the graphical interface in ArcMap. Instead of going through multiple windos to set the character spacing for a piece of type, you […]

Ohio GIS Cartography Workshop

Ohio GIS Cartography Workshop

I conducted a cartography workshop at the 2013 Ohio GIS Conference. If you attended the conference and would like to download the workshop materials hit the link below to download a zip file with everything you’ll need. Unzip the contents to your desktop and you are good to go. To get started, navigate to the 02_Exercises […]