Tricks

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Tricks ( Treats) with DS Map BookAutomating the
Generation of Map Series Janel A.
BisacquinoBurlington County Department of
Information Technology, GIS Sectionjbisacquino_at_c
o.burlington.nj.us609-265-5968
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DS Map BookDevelopers Sample Map Book A
Visual Basic toolset to create a Map Series Map
SeriesA multi-page document (or book) based on a
single data frame divided by an index
gridExamples ADC Street Atlas or Municipal
Tax Parcel Surveys
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Install the ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit

• When you install an ArcGIS product, you also have
  the option of installing the ArcGIS Desktop
  Developer Kit. To check to see if the kit is
  installed on your computer, click on Start gt
  Programs gt ArcGIS and look for an item called
  Developer Help.
• If the kit has not been installed
• Insert the ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit
  installation CD into your CD-ROM drive and
  navigate to Setup.exe. Double-click the file to
  start installation.
• When the Welcome screen appears, click Next and
  accept the license agreement. Click Next again.
• Select the Complete installation type. (Typical
  will not install the Samples.)
• Click Next twice to install the kit.
• When the installation is complete, click Finish
  and confirm that a Developer Help menu now
  appears under Start gt Programs gtArcGIS.
• Note You may need the help of your system
  administrator.

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OR Download DS Map Book
If you could not installed the ArcGIS Desktop
Developer Kit, you can download DS Map Book from
ArcObjects Online ? Browse to
http//arcobjectsonline.esri.com ? From the
Table of Contents, select Samples gt ArcMapgt Map
Production gt DS Map Book ? Click on Download Now
at the bottom of the page.
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Install DS Map Book

• Navigate to
• C\Program Files\ArcGIS\DeveloperKit\samples\Cart
  ography\DS_Map_BookVisual_Basic.zip
• If your computers operating system is Windows
  XP, select Extract all files from the Folder Task
  menu to unzip the files contents. If you have an
  earlier Windows operating system, download and
  install a zip utility such as the free trial of
  WinZip (www.winzip.com).
• Navigate through the file structure created by
  the zip extraction to the Visual Basic folder
  within the DS_Map_BookVisual_Basic folder and
  double-click the _INSTALL.bat file.
• Select Yes to answer the Registry Editors query
  Are you aure you want to add the information in
  C\ ...\register_component_category.reg to the
  registry?
• Click OK to close the Registry Editors note that
  Information in C\ \register_component_category
  .reg has been successfully entered into the
  registry.

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DS Map Book Customizations
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Index Grid

• Tricks
• A polygon feature class that will be used to
  divide the data frame up into tiles.
• The attribute table must contain at least one
  text field representing the name to be used for
  each tile.
• There is a one to one correspondence between the
  features in the Index Grid and the tiles in your
  Map Series.
• The Create/Update Map Grids wizard steps
  you through the options and choices for creating
  a typical Index Grid.
• Treats
• Additional attribute fields may be included to
  represent the scale and data frame rotation to be
  used for each tile.
• Grids dont have to be of any particular size
  and shape, nor do they need to be interconnected.
• The map document must contain the feature class
  to be used for the Index Grid, but it does not
  have to be visible.

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Generating a Map Series

• The Create Map Book wizard steps you
  through Map Series tile options.

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Generating a Map Series

• Screen 2

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Generating a Map Series

• Screen 3

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Sample Results Municipal Index Grid
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Sample Results GPS Locations
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Before DS Map Book After DS Map Book
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Context Menus

• Right-click an item of the Map Book tab in the
  Table of Contents

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Layout Tricks

• Add Identifier Frame
• Tag as Date tags the selected Text Element, so
  that it is updated with the current date each
  time the tile is activated or printed/exported.
• Tag as Title tags the selected Text Element, so
  that it is updated with the name of the tile
  stored in the Index Grid attribute table each
  time the page is activated or printed/exported.
• Tag as Page Number tags the selected Text
  Element, so that it is updated with the number of
  the tile each time the page is activated or
  printed/exported.
• Tag with Index Layer Field tags the selected
  Text Element with a field from the index Grid
  attribute table, so that it is updated with the
  value for current tile each time the tile is
  activated or printed/exported.
• Clear Tag for Selected Clears any tags that
  have been set on the selected text elements.

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Treats for the Adventurous
Create Strip Map Grids Wizard
DS Map Book Documentation Map Book
Generation.doc