In this lab exercise we will see how feature classes are initially symbolized when loaded into ArcGIS Pro, and we'll see how to change that symbology to two common formats: Graduated Colors and Unique Values. As a bonus, we’ll see how to change the text formatting in the legend to show numbers in Currency format, and we’ll see an easy way to make a duplicate copy of a layer in a map.
In this short lab exercise we will see a bit more of the Symbology pane than we saw in Lab Exercise 1, and we’ll see how we can use the “Format all symbols” tool to change the basic symbology for all symbols currently being used by a feature layer.
In this lab exercise we will see how symbols are often constructed from multiple layers of simple symbols, and we’ll see how to construct our own polygon fill symbol from several different elements. We will also demonstrate how to create and export a layout.
In this lab exercise we will see how to construct the road symbol used by the USGS to represent unimproved roads on their 1:24,000 quad maps. These are usually the roads you can count on to be the most interesting to drive, and often require both a high-clearance vehicle and 4-wheel drive.
Here we’ll see how to turn on labels for a feature class, how to set the attribute field used for the labels, and how to change the text formatting for those labels. As a bonus, we’ll also see how to get rid of the Service Layer Credits that ArcGIS often puts into your map.
In this exercise we’ll take a look at several common map elements, such as the scale bar, north arrow and legend, and see how they are connected to the map and change automatically when the map is changed. We will see how to rotate a map, and we’ll see how to activate a map while in the layout, which makes it much easier to adjust scale and extent while working in the layout. We will see how to create and modify grids on your map, and how to zoom to full extent of layout.
Here we practice building and exporting a complete map layout in ArcGIS Pro, including many of common map elements such as primary and inset maps, extent indicators, legends, scale bars, dynamic coordinate system text, descriptive text that flows to fill a polygon, additional graphics and a title that curves along a line. We will explore the property panes of map elements and see the various ways they can be modified, and we will see how to group elements and generate rectangular boundaries around the group. We will see how to clip maps to a feature class and to graphics, and how to remove rectangular boundaries around map elements. Finally we will see how to export a layout.
This is a long exercise, so you can jump forward to any particular activity at these points in the video. Topics are also marked in upper right corner of video: • Making Primary Map: 1:44 • Clipping Maps to Polygons: 5:32 • Making Inset Map: 8:53 • Making a Layout and Adding Maps: 10:34 • Removing Border Lines from Maps: 11:55 • Adding Extent Indicators: 12:36 • Adding and Modifying a Legend: 14:16 • Service Layer Credits: 19:10 • Adding and Modifying Scale Bars: 20:53 • Grouping Graphic Elements: 26:53 • Adding North Arrow: 28:41 • Adding Coordinate System Dynamic Text: 29:16 • Adding Descriptive Text that Fills a Polygon: 32:52 • Adding Text that Follows a Line: 35:32 • Adding an Image: 37:03 • Manually Adjusting Items on Layout: 38:13 • Exporting Layout: 39:14
In this exercise we’ll see how to use text formatting tags to control how labels are formatted in the map. We can control several text formatting characteristics, including font, text size and color, whether it’s superscript or subscript, whether it’s in bold or italicized, and text and word spacing, and we can apply different formats to different sections in the same label. Most of these text formatting characteristics can also be applied to graphic text in your layout, too. We will also see how to create labels from multiple attribute fields, and how to insert line breaks into the text.
Here we will demonstrate how to do some simple mathematical functions in all 4 languages used by the ArcGIS Pro label expression builder, and look at some of the differences between the languages. We will also see how to zoom into a map by holding the [Shift] key and drawing a box in the map.
In this lab we’ll look at how text formatting can be constructed differently for different groups of features, where each group is defined by a SQL query. We have already seen how to construct symbology and format labels in general, so this example will not ask you to do that again. Instead, we will look at an effective example from Esri, where they used label classes to symbolize and label US Major Highways.
In this exercise we look at a few ways to adjust labels so that they don’t cover objects or areas you don’t want them to cover. We’ll see how to convert the labels to graphics and annotation, which we can move around manually, and we’ll also see how to set additional rules in the labeling engine that will protect some features from being covered up. We will also see how to set labels to follow the path of polyline features.
In this exercise we’ll pick up on what we were doing with text formatting tags in the first optional lab exercise, and see how to apply them to the text you see in a legend. It’s really easy. We’ll also see how to change the column width in a legend, so that it fits better horizontally.
