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Stopping graticule labels from overlapping edges using ArcMap
I am using ArcMap.
Every time I make a layout I find myself having to convert the graticule to graphics and then delete the edge coordinate labels for one of the axis (since they overlap with each ...
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ArcPy changing scalebar and grid parameters
I'm trying to use ArcPy in ArcMap, so Python 2.7, to automate the basics for the maps I make on a daily basis. Rather than having myself setout certain elements I want Python via the ArcMap API to do ...
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ArcMap - How to create a grid in acres
In ArcMap, I need to depict points per acre as a layer on my map.
How do I create a grid layer with the grid cells equal to one acre?
My resolution is 1 meter. I've been working with Fishnet and have ...
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Setting reference grid to map layout on ISO A4 page template in ArcMap but grid is not fitting to data frame
I am using ArcMap 10.8.1.
I have attached both the screenshots of the map layouts. When I am working with a previously saved Map Layout which I created in ArcMap 10.5, the grid is showing in proper ...
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Adding decimal degree reference grid in ArcMap
How do I add a decimal degree reference grid to ArcMap that is multiples of 2?
See attached photos for what I have vs. what I would like. I have tried changing the interval under data frame properties ...
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ArcMap 10.5 graticule incorrectly displays positive long tick labels
In ArcMap 10.5 I created a map of my study site and added a graticule. I realized that the longitude tick labels are missing the "-" sign e.g., displayed label 79°19'W should actually be -79°...
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Determining area size of grid (reference grid) in ArcMap [closed]
How do I determine the area size (square kilometres) of a customised reference grid in ArcMap 10.7?
I have tried Data Driven Pages and it is not working for me. The idea is to know the area size of ...
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Adding latitude and longitude around image saved in ArcMap
Is there a way to add latitude and longitude around an image in ArcMap when you are in layout view?
I have attached an example of what I mean. I would like to do this so people looking at a saved ...
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Graticule will not display in layout view
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I am trying to create a graticule for a map in ArcMap 10.7.1. When I create the graticule and hit "apply", the graticule does not display in layout view or when I export the map.
Steps to ...
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Measured grid labeling in ArcMap
Can the grid labels be written along the ends of the grid lines within the data box without Cartography tools and with E / N at the end?
I've been playing with offsets and other options. The only ...
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Rotating labeling of grid in ArcGIS Desktop?
I have a doubt I would like to know if you can rotate the labeling of the grid. Look at the image 1, the grid is rotated but the labeling is still perpendicular, I need the labeling to be parallel to ...
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Facing interior label of grid?
The grid labeling is not going on the border, it always marked on the boundary of vector dataset?
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Creating single squared tile fishnet buffer based off shapefile in ArcGIS Desktop?
I'm interested in creating a fishnet buffer around a current grid I have. The fishnet buffer I'm interested in making needs to be exactly the same cell size and extend just one grid cell around the ...
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Create 10 second grid/graticule ArcMap
I am looking for a way to create a 10 second graticule/grid. I have north west corner coordinates where the grid should start from and spread out based on 10 second intervals. I have looked at two ...
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Clipping Township and Range Grid to a shape in layout view [closed]
What I am trying to do is to create a map of a county with township and range labeled on the outside of the county boundary, specifically I do not want a rectangle frame with tick marks and labels ...
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Add leading zeros to data frame label
This is in ArcMap 10.0.
When using data frames to label UTM coordinates, I'm sometimes asked to add leading zeros (e.g., 590 would become 00590) to the tick or line labels of the data frame. I'd ...
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Conic shaped graticules?
Is there a way to enclose my conic shaped map in graticules on ArcMap? I can only figure out do this which doesn't look very nice:
I want something like this, I think this was done in GMT though:
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How to create a two sided ticks labels grid in layout (ArcMap)?
I'm making a planing map. I want to add to the final layout a specific kind of grid:
The grid needs to be with a 6 character label that is separated in to two labels. Each one of the labels needs to ...
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Placing axis labels inside graticule on data frame of ArcMap?
I'd like to add a graticule in DMS to my map in ArcMap 9.3, having tick marks and label axes inside the main figure/frame (similar to the below map). Although setting it for tick marks is very easy, I ...
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How to show coordinate on the polygon
I try to set and go to search by help GIS but I couldn't find an answer
How to show coordinate on the polygon but I don't show it on dataframe
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Are British National Grid (BNG) 1km grid shapefiles displayed accurately in ArcMap?
I have downloaded the UK Ordinance Survey's 1km grids in shapefile format for ArcMap.
If you need to download them to have a look first you can find them here look for link in the first Answer to the ...
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ArcMap 100k meters square identification - double?
ArcMap - 1:50.000 - 5x3 meters - MGRS
I put on a grid defined with the standard 1:50.000 grid style in ArcMap.
I tick the box for "100,000 meter grid square identification", but it makes it double......
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How to label each gridsquare in MGRS grid individually using ArcGIS for Desktop?
I want to be able to generate an MGRS grid of arbitrary resolution (say, 1km or 100m) and have each grid square individually labeled with its full MGRS coordinate.
This was easy enough to do with 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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Using Make Grids and Graticules Layer in ArcMap?
I'm trying to use the Make Grids and Graticules Layer tool in ArcMap (have a ArcInfo license). I'm looking for a basic example like in North America.
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Start with empty map
Set data frame to ...
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Achieving more than basic labelling of Reference Grids (Graticules, Measured Grids) in ArcMap [closed]
I'm happy to be corrected, but at the moment I do not think it is possible to meet any of the following mapping requirements using either ArcMap or ArcPy:
Label measured grids using a format like ...
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Coordinate grid display on a rotated map
I have a series of maps that require me to rotate my data frame within my layout screen (north "rarely" points up in these maps). I ONLY want to show east coordinates on the top/bottom and ONLY north ...
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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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Adjusting custom grid intervals based on map scale for PMF published from ArcMap for ArcReader
I am preparing a pmf which includes a custom grid overlay. To clarify: a custom grid overlay is marginalia, not a feature class with geometry (so a scale dependecy inside a layer won't work). The ...
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