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ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

You're reading from   ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook Over 60 hands-on recipes to help you become a more productive ArcGIS for Desktop user

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783559503
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Designing Geodatabase FREE CHAPTER 2. Editing Data 3. Working with CRS 4. Geoprocessing 5. Working with Symbology 6. Building Better Maps 7. Exporting Your Maps 8. Working with Geocoding and Linear Referencing 9. Working with Spatial Analyst 10. Working with 3D Analyst 11. Working with Data Interoperability Index

Creating a map layout


A map layout is a final map product created in Layout View that can be shared with other users. A map layout is designed for digital view or print. Layout View is the map design environment in ArcGIS.

The main map elements are map body, graticule, scale bar, scale text, north arrow, legend, title, and map border. Some details regarding the map projection, contour interval (for a topographic map), source of data, name of the organization, and some explanatory notes will support the main message of a map.

Getting ready

In this recipe, you will design a thematic poster that presents a topographic map at the scale 1:5,000. Your poster will contain three data frames and a title, scale, legend, and dynamic text. The following table describes the shape and size of an old paper map:

Scale

Trapezoid

 

Grid

 

Latitude

Longitude

 

1:5,000

1' 15"

1' 52, 5"

500 m

1:2,000

37.5"

56.25"

200 m

The following screenshot represents the dimensions and geographic coordinates...

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