Forum: Cartography

I've been given a few CAD layers and projection details are: Projection: Universal Transverce Mercator CM:9°E SPHEROID: International DATUM:...

Is the Bump Map Tool (see http://mappingcenter.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=arcgisResources.modelsScripts) supposed to work in ArcGIS 10.0? I have tried...

At what scale will it be appropriate to show a river as a polygon.

I would like to determine if there are any published standard symbology for international marine boundaries, such as EEZ, 3 mile limit, international...

Does anyone know how to create shapefile using C#? I'd appreciate any help you might give me. Jennie

Hello Arc desktop users/experts/developers/whoever you ares,,, Much appreciated if you could kindly go through the longest question in my forum...

Hi, I'm trying to create a date label on my time enabled map. Basically I want it to show just the year as the slider advances 1 year at a...

Hopefully this is an easy question. I have a shapefile with a field called Direction. I want to replace the values in the field (east, west, north...

Hi all, I am having an issue with the "Convert Labels to Annotation". For the record: - WinXP SP3 - ArcGIS 10.0 SP4 - ArcEditor with just...

Hey Forum, I was wondering if its possible to clip imagery downloaded from ArcGIS Online (like World Imagery or Ocean Basemap)? I've got two...

I would like to export a map to PDF and control which labels are displayed with JavaScript map control. I know how to do this. What I would like is...

Hello all. Please move this if it is in the wrong forum section. I have collected census data which is in LSOAs (Lower Layer Super Output Areas),...

I am hoping this is not too rudimentary a question, but why is it not possible for me to insert a picture (e.g. one-way street sign symbol) in my...

Trying to run the Map to KML Tool; getting this error : "Unable to open MXD for this tool - The document contains secure (password-protected)...

I have a point feature class for which I use map tips to display an attribute. In some places, there are multiple points located close to one...

Hi, Working in Arc10 on a laptop, the layout toolbar has vanished. It is checked in the "Toolbars" menus, but does not appear to be on the screen. ...

I'm looking into the possibility of using cartographic representation to store a standardized symbology for data on our SDE. I've run into a few...

Hello everyone, im working on the creation of a multi-res map (sort of like arcgis explorer and google ones, i have the streets, comercial places and...

Hello all, can someone help me. I want to make a color ramp that starts at 0 and goes to 40. I would like it to be broken into 10 sections. So every...

I need to produce a map of a country showing a particular region using ArcGIS georeferencing tool. Can someone give me guidelines on how to...

I hope I am describing this correctly. I want to set permanent colors for my attributes that will transfer with the map. Presently when I set...

Years ago, I had a cool little VBA script that allowed me to add a 'compass rose,' which was really an azimuth protractor around selected points on a...

Hi, So I have a point dataset on circulation for the whole world. The data is unprojected. One of the attributes is a bearing for the atmospheric...

So I am using ArcMap 10. I geocoded a bunch of addresses, and in the points there is extra information (name, phone number, etc) that comes up when...

Hey everyone! This is my first post. I was wondering if there is a simple way to create a map in the Peirce Quincuncial projection in ArcMap?...

Dear all, if I classify a Polygon with dozens of attributes, they will all be sorted alphabetically. Is there any chance to GROUP these...

Hi, I am trying to automate legal maps for large landowner folios, i need to show these at a max scale of 1:2500 on A3 so for large areas it can...

I have a topographical map made by a LOT of layers and each layer as got a LOT of differnt symbols (some ruled by representation... and I've never...

Hello please help! I have 2 MS Excel tables in a ArcMap layout with different data shown. When I double click one of them to simply change the...

Hello, I just upgraded to ArcGIS 10 Desktop and service pack 3 (for any updates, fixes or enhancements) yesterday April 18th. I created a new...

I am using ArcMap-ArcInfo 10.0 Service Pack 4. When I rotate the data frame the point symbols are not rotated with the data frame. In the ArcMap...

Hello I'm classifying point symbols based on a numeric field . I want to exclude and display differently any data that has a "U" in a separate...

I am trying to display my data using the chart (specifically the column chart) symbology via: Properties > Symbology > Charts >Bar/Column I have...

What is the best way to represent the 2010 ACS 5-year estimates of demographic data in a choropleth map (keeping in mind the margin of error)?

I'm making a map and have to set the line leading for some 21pt text to 24pt, to follow our branding guidelines. Unfortunately, ArcMap represents...

Hy guys, i have a KML file and i have to import it in arcmap as shape. I used the toolbox and other tool that i find online, but all tool import...

Typically, I create E size and 11x17 size maps. Occassionally a D size. Is there anyway to create annotation for one size map that will properly...