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Michigan Geographic Michigan Geographic FrameworkFramework

Tony Olkowski & Jim ShivelyTony Olkowski & Jim Shively

Center for Geographic InformationMichigan Department of Information Technology

Accessing MGF MGF “Out of the Box” Custom Mapping GeoDatabases Feature Classes within the GeoDatabases Labeling Fields in MGF Symbol Classes for Features Generating Highway Shields Label Engines Text Placement Options in Maplex Symbology Map Book Output Questions

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Michigan Geographic Data LibraryMichigan Geographic Data Library

Custom Fields Added Type - Identifies Limited Access, Divided, and Two or

More Lane Primary Trunkline Type2 – Identifies Type of Shield, Interstate, US,

Business Loop, etc… Label – Contains Route Number Only

CustomCustom Mapping GeoDatabasesFour Geodatabases useful for Mapping

CivilHydroTransportationMiscellaneous

Unnecessary Fields EliminatedNo Address Ranges

Current Shapefiles vs.Current Shapefiles vs. Customized Mapping GeoDatabase Customized Mapping GeoDatabase

Highway Geodatabase Fields

ArcMap…

Symbolizing MGF RoadsLabeling Based on Defining Classes of Features

MaplexMaplexAdvanced Cartographic Text Placement

and Labeling

Place More and Better Labels

Reduce Manual Editing Time

ArcMap Label EnginesArcMap Label EnginesEsri Standard Esri Maplex

Howell BasemapHowell Basemap

ArcMap…

ESRI Standard vs. ESRI Maplex Label EngineText Placement Options in Maplex

SymbologyStylesMap BookExport

Symbology-Create a unique symbol style.

-Create/Use Styles.(.style)

-Create/Use Layer files.(.lyr)

-Import symbol from another layer.-Import ArcView 3.x Legend files.

(.avl)

StylesCollection of predefined colors, symbols, properties of symbols, and map elements that allow you to follow a mapping standard and help promote consistency in your mapping products.

Create a styleLayer Properties>Symbology tab>Symbol Selector>Save

New symbol saved to current user’s‘documents and settings’ directory

Style ManagerThe tool used to create new styles and edit existing ones. The Style Manager displays the contents of all the styles that are currently referenced by the map, and may also contain personal and custom styles that may be used in ArcMap.

Create StylesheetsTools>Styles>Style Manager>Styles>Create New

Use StylesLayer Properties>Symbol>Category

Layer FilesLayer files reference geographic data stored on disk. They can reference most data sources supported in ArcCatalog. Think of them as a cartographic view of your geographic data. They are separate files on disk and have a .lyr extension.

AV 3.x Legend FilesLayer Properties>Symbology tab>Import

ImportLayer Properties>Symbology tab>Import

Map BookMap Books are multi page documents based on a dataset and an index grid representing the pages.

Index GridThe index grid for a map book represents how the dataset should be divided up for plotting at a more workable scale.

Index Grid cont’dThe Table Of Contents (TOC) in the Map Book tab will reflect the map pages created for each Index Grid.

Map Book ExamplePage created for each unique index grid value.

*Examples using the COUNTY data layeras an Index Grid.

ExportMap Book pages can be exported individually, as an entire

series, or selected pages of a series.

.BMP.EPS.JPG.PDF.TIFFETC…

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