LocationCon 2017
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…
Symbol on line in arcmap
Yesterday, I needed to add an arrow onto the middle of a line, perpendicular to that line. In ArcMap, this can’t be done with line decorations but it can be done via the line labels. I can’t really show what I was working on but the idea is shown below. To set this up, turn […]
Labeling photo bearings
The problem – portray photo point locations, the compass bearing on which the picture was taken, and label the photo ID. The tools – ArcMap 10.1 and maplex. This turned out to be a fun challenge. The data used here are field collected photo points with attributes for photo ID and photo bearing in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
