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Why are buildings shown with a distortion instead of directly from above?
It should depend on the Coordinate Reference System (CRS) you are using for your project.
This is one of the very first tasks when working with GIS, so please read here for a gentle introduction to ...
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Represent some value along time with QGIS
As far as I'm aware, there is no alternative to TimeManager and there you indeed need to duplicated the geometries.
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Is there a way to control the legends of cartographic representations with Python?
Unfortunately, you won't be able to access this using arcpy. Currently, your only option is to search for custom tools that other users might have built or develop your own using ArcObjects.
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How to automatically set polygons borders to improve map readability when rendering thematic maps?
There is a simple alternative in QGIS to achieve the same result as "Scale symbols when a reference scale is set" in ArcGIS. You just need to define the symbol width in map units rather than in mm.
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Adding representation rule by object's attribute value in ArcPy
I found the solution myself.
If you use the arcpy.CalculateRepresentationRule_cartography() fucntion on your FeatureClass, it generates a RuleID field in the FC.
Now, you can use SearchCursor() with ...
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QGIS which strategy for multiple presentation of data
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Style are really useful if you use them in combination with theme ( more details here : https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/general_tools.html#configuring-map-themes)...
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Disperse markers with multiple attributes?
Make a new attribute column that's a combination of the multiple fields you want to use. Then you can apply the normal workflow for dispersed markers with single symbology.
For example, if currently ...
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Convert Symbology to Representation in arcpy
It is far from everything in the ArcMap GUI that has been made accessible via ArcPy.
If there were a geoprocessing tool available to convert symbology to representations then I would expect that it ...
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Feature class Representation fails following an append
Well, I previously missed this important section within the Arc help:
Source: http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.6/map/working-with-layers/working-with-feature-class-representations.htm
If I now ...
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Plotting elevation maps from latitude, longitude, and elevation
You need a 3D raster (DEM). I presented solutions and the scripts in:
Plot a surface with a DEM and mplot3d
TIN Interpolation using a vector layer
Plotting elevation maps and shaded relief images ...
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Turning off representation descriptions in ArcMap table of contents?
Since it doesn't seem to be removable as a representation. You could:
Recreate the symbology using e.g. categories. You would then be able to 'F2' rename it as blank.
If it is just for the legend ...
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Placing layer name beside their symbols in legend using representations of ArcGIS for Desktop?
First away is, create a definition query to display just "Rule_1", than create symbology by "Single Symbol", arcmap automatically with show just layer name.
Second away, if you have to use Categories ...
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Placing layer name beside their symbols in legend using representations of ArcGIS for Desktop?
To get a more custom legend, you may want to try these steps once you initially create the legend:
right click and select “properties”
Go to the “items” tab
click on the “style” button at the bottom ...
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