Hyperlinks to local docs – ArcMap and Google Earth
As you should know google earth pro is now free. Yesterday, I set up a kml with hyperlinks to local pdf’s via a relative link. I can’t show what I was working on but I’ve recreated it with some public data. In arcmap, I have 4 USGS quad boundaries. I also have the corresponding quad […]
Symbol on line in arcmap
Yesterday, I needed to add an arrow onto the middle of a line, perpendicular to that line. In ArcMap, this can’t be done with line decorations but it can be done via the line labels. I can’t really show what I was working on but the idea is shown below. To set this up, turn […]
NACIS
Decent typography in ArcMap is possible, a crucial element of that is formatting text efficiently. I’ll talk formatting tag usage and syntax, then provide some practical examples, and finish up with some type experiments in ArcMap – including using ArcMap to design a logo. The materials from my talk at the 2014 NACIS Annual Meeting can […]
Labeling photo bearings
The problem – portray photo point locations, the compass bearing on which the picture was taken, and label the photo ID. The tools – ArcMap 10.1 and maplex. This turned out to be a fun challenge. The data used here are field collected photo points with attributes for photo ID and photo bearing in the […]
ArcMap leader tolerance illustrated
One concept in ArcMap that took forever to stick in my head was setting up leader tolerance for dynamic labels. It’s hard to connect the two conceptually because the settings directly correspond but are about a dozen mouse-clicks apart in the UI. I’m on ArcMap 10.1, using maplex in this demo. To add a leader […]
