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How can I draw a vegetation profile on ArcMap or QGIS?
I have two layers: elevation (raster) and vegetation map (polygons). I would like to generate an elevation profile with a line that besides having the elevation form, appears the length of the ...
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Recreating this cartographic style in ArcMap
I am trying to recreate this symbology as shown in the image below. I came across this image on ESRI's service area analysis help page.
From my previous experience and intuition, I can say that ...
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Ways to halo map text over a varying background? [closed]
I am ambivalent with using a halo effect. I am currently working on a small scale map of Africa showing the different types of vegetation and there are some crowded areas.
In terms of consistency, ...
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Displaying multiple quantitative variables without clutter? [closed]
I am working with a set of data which represents total persons at different pay levels. There are 4 different pay grades which ideally would all be displayed on the same map.
I am new to ArcGIS and ...
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Improve quality of exported maps
I would like to export an image from ArcMap to a text document. My problem is that, as you can see, my image
does not show all the colors and the areas, because the geographic area is too big and ...
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Custom rotated polygon labels in ArcMap
Can the following be done in ArcMap? It should be formula based without manual formatting as performed by my predecessor (in MapInfo using a lot of manual steps) to get the following output.
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ESRI ArcMap Legend Formatting
Is there a way in ArcMap Legend Properties to make the legend above look like the picture below?
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Hiding Overlapping Lines in ArcMap?
I am trying to figure out the best solution to hide overlapping lines. I have a layer of polygons representing crustal plates. I have a polyline layer of fault lines that overlap some of the polygon ...
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How do I get my Data Driven Pages Inset Map to center the grid featured?
I'm doing data driven pages manually. I had this working out just fine but I must have changed the settings and can't figure out how to get the locator map to follow the grid featured.
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Insert an online map source (from a website) into ArcGIS?
Is there anyway to insert an online map source into ArcGIS? There are a lot of global maps which only is accessible by their websites, and there is no save option to save a part of these maps and use ...
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Export of a Raster Not Preserving Color [duplicate]
I'm trying to make a pretty shaded relief map using the technique described here.
I've done this process several times in the past without any problems but today am perplexed about what is going on. ...
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Setting symbol descriptions of ArcMap layout legends from table?
ArcMap has the ability to show an extended description for each item in the symbol list. How can I populate that property from a table? The goal is to avoid having to edit each symbol one by one in ...
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How to export map in draft mode?
ArcMap 10.2.
I want to export map in draft mode. Without layers. Only few rectangles displaying main part of map, legend, scale bars, north arrows, margins and guide lines.
E.g. something like this:...
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How to display nebulous boundaries between regions with indistinct edges?
I'm trying to map the boundaries between regions which don't necessarily have a hard edge.
For example, areas where languages predominate don't have a distinct edge, but instead have a degree of ...
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Is there general Earth Projection in ArcGIS for Desktop?
I'm starting a new personal project and I need a little bit of helping on setting it up.
First off I'm trying to determine the area of a rectangle that is 1 mile in width and the circumference of ...
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How to prevent labels from one layer from overlapping features in another layer
I am working ArcMap10.1 software. When I was labeling on point feature automatically label fall on line. Label must not fall on line. I'm not aware how to solve this issues. I have attached an ...
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How to write labels with varying significant figures/decimal places?
I have results that range from ex. 113,009 down to 0.00495 - Can someone recommend a way to write/construct a label expression for the following in ArcMap:
• If less than 1, use 2 decimal places (...
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Export ArcMap cartographic representation to a symbol?
Using Cartographic Representation (CR) I've created a nice feature symbol with a filled interior and sharp outline. It looks great on a map, on screen and printed. However I can't duplicate that ...
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What does 8GK100K mean?
I have a lot of mosaic datasets:
Zone8GK100k, Zone9GK100k, ... , Zone7GK25k, ... , Zone7Gk50K, ... , Zone7GK200K.
As I know, 7GK, 8GK... are utm zone numbers.
1) What does 25K, 50k, 100k, 200k ...
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How to remove white parts in ArcMap 10.1?
This is the part of my map.
On this picture you can see white strips. Some of this white parts are appeared on the intersection of 2 Mosaic Dataset (for eaxample, there is the real map in 1 Mosaic ...
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How to make Properties > Change Symbol > Symbol Selector > Edit Symbol dialog loading faster?
Is there any way to tweak ArcMap to make the loading of the Symbol Selector and Symbol Editor dialogs faster?
I have a lot of symbols in my style files and I want to keep it that way since it is ...
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Data Frame Property options have changed
I have Googled and searched ESRI help files and experimented until I am blue, not to mention reloading ArcGIS Desktop10 for Repair and adding the SP5 to it. I no longer have the options of border or ...
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Preventing ArcMap from Clipping Neatline when Exporting Map
I cannot seem to keep ArcMap from clipping off a fraction of an inch on the edges of the maps I am exporting:
I would like the 1.5 point border that is set for the legend to be uniform around the ...
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How to improve the cartographic design of graticules?
The attached image shows a conflict between the graticule and the state boundary on a map. I have not found a way to display user-defined lines of latitude, which would solve the 42 degree line ...
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Making a Map with a Legend as a .pdf Without a White Background
I have a shapefile of United States counties. I also have an Excel file of the share of the black population in each county. I'd like to make a map of this using GIS. (Before you say that there are ...
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how does arcmap calculate scalebar inside a WGS84 layout?
ArcMap lets you put a scalebar inside a layout referncing a WGS84 data frame.
How is the scale calculated? Is it a "mean" scale? And, in case it's right, what "mean" scale could mean?
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How do you create Revision Table in Arcmap for OSM contribution?
I have created the following detailed file for upload to OSM in ArcMap but don't know about creating a OSM Revision Table to be able to put the data into OSM.
At 1:10,000
At 1:1000
The tool
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Is the ArcMap style database format available somewhere?
The *.style files are MS Access databases where each style type is a table.
The table has one binary column where the actual style is written.
Is this binary format available?
I would like to import ...
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How to produce a better inset map in ArcMap?
Attached is an example of a generic inset map designed in ArcMap 10. For all the wonderful things that this software can accomplish, there has to be a more sophisticated way to produce better looking ...
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Why does export to AI rasterize all my vector layers?
I have no raster layers in my map document and no transparencies. Yet the map is rasterized when exported to AI. (Map frame and coordinate grid are vector graphics but everything in the map itself is ...
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Symbol Level in ArcGIS 9: 'Broken' look of symbols, how to resolve
I am using symbol levels in ArcMap to style roads so that I have a banded feel. My problem is that at intersections and sharp turns, the cartography gives a broken effect in the road. How can this be ...
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How to calculate forest area of a bitmap (jpeg) map?
I have a map of 1:50,000 scale map in .jpg format. Can i calculate the land area of forest,lakes etc from arcmap.Anybody can give me the step to do it? And I want to know what is the coordinate ...
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How to force polygons to the bottom, without compromizing drawing speed?
I have a large polygon dataset and no time to rebuild it to regoranize the Object IDs. Many polygons are drawing above others, blocking their symbol (for example on one side of the polygon). I tried ...
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How to alter transparency by spatial location
I'm trying to create a map that has a all layers within a subject area having 0% transparency (full opaque), while features outside that area (defined by a polygon shapefile) having a reduced ...
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Forcing long layer names to multiple lines based on specified legend width in ArcGIS Desktop?
Do to various limitations I almost always create static (graphic) legends but I do have the occasional map where impeccable cartography is secondary to functionality hence a dynamic legend is ...
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How can I apply symbology from two layers to one feature class with common features using ArcMap 10?
Say I have two layer files. Layer file 1 has symbology for feature types A, B & C. Layer file 2 has symbology for feature types B, C & D. In these two layer files, feature types B & C are ...
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Arcmap 10 corner label measured grid
I am using the corner label feature in Arcmap 10. This allows you to set the "Numer of principal digits" and the "Number of base digits". What do these properties refer to?
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Creating map legend in ArcMap? [closed]
Finished all my analysis and would like to make a legend to display the data in the map I have.
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Is it possible to sync the extents of two open mxds?
I've never seen it, and it's not vital, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to sync the extents of two open mxds? I'm pulling an old ims service into one mxd, and have another mxd open that i ...
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Is there a way to "disperse markers" across multiple point layers?
I have a bunch of point layers which often have overlapping features. The disperse markers geoprocessing tool works within a layer but is there a way to do it across more than one layer, so none of ...
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