Layouts: Creating maps and figures using ArcMap

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LayoutsCreating maps and figures using ArcMap
June 2012, Planetary Mappers Meeting
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Layout View

• Explore and analyze data in the Data View
• Prepare maps for presentation using Layout View
• Allows user to quickly create a new map
• Templates can contain data, custom design, and
  predefined layout arrangements (north arrows,
  scale bars, institutional logos, etc.)
• Can be selected using View menu (selected Layout
  View) or the empty page icon

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Layout View
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Completed map ready for layout
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Virtual clip to map boundary

• 1) Open data frame properties
• 2) Data Frame Tab
• Clip Options
• Also check Clip Grids
• 3) Specify Shape
• Outline of Features
• -select your boundary
• file. Note you can also
• use a selected graphic

optional but recommended
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Switch from Data to Layout view
or
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Layout Toolbar

• When viewing the layout, a Layout Toolbar appears
  to assist with navigation

Fixed Zoom In/Out
Focus Data Frame
Zoom In/Out
Zoom to 100
Zoom Control
Pan
Go to Next/ Previous Extent
Toggle Draft Mode
Change Layout
Zoom Whole Page
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Creating Maps

• Page size and print specifications can be
  adjusted by right clicking on white space in
  layout
• Note that there is a difference between page and
  data frame adjustments, depending on where you
  click

Right click outside frame page size and print
specs
Right click within frame data frame properties
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Creating Maps Data Frame Properties
General tab, set Reference Scale (e.g. 11M) to
lock symbols and font sizes
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Creating MapsChanging Appearance of Frame

• In this example, we will take the general
  appearance of the frame to add depth and
  character to the map
• Select the Frame tab in Data Frame Properties
  dialog box
• Under Border, select preferred from drop down
• Under Background, select preferred from drop
  down
• Under Drop Shadow, select preferred from drop
  down
• Click Apply or OK
• NOTE OK applies the change and closes the
  dialog box the only difference

In this example, Border Triple Line, Background
Yellow, and Drop Shadow Gray NOTE These
elements can be varied using parameters given
above.
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Creating MapsAdding Graticules

• On the Grids tab, click New Grid
• Follow the wizard to set options

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Creating MapsTweaking Graticules

• Change Graticule
• settings. E.g.
• change label fonts
• label intervals
• color
• rotated labels

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Creating MapsAdding Title

• Click Insert in Layout View
• Can choose to add multiple elements
• Add title, choose font size, and move as
  necessary

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Creating MapsAdding North Arrow

• Click Insert in Layout View
• Add North arrow, enlarge and position as
  necessary

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Rotate Data FrameNorth arrow will follow

• In Data Frame Tool bar,
• Set a rotation or use interactive rotation
• Now when adding in a North arrow on the rotated
  data frame, the arrow will be appropriately
  rotated. Good for single images.

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Creating MapsAdding Scale Bar

• Click Insert in Layout View
• Add scale bar, enlarge and position as necessary

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Creating MapsTweaking Scale Bar

• Double click scale bar once it is added to Layout
  to change properties, such as number of
  divisions, units, and format

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Creating MapsAdding Legend

• Click Insert in Layout View
• Select the layers that should be represented on
  the layout
• Click Next

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Legend Wizard
Select relevant layers.
Change specifics of legend.
Add border, color, and shadow.
Change size of symbol patch.
Change part spacing.
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Legendscleaning up legends

• Right click on layer, select
• Layer properties
• Options
• Add descriptive unit label (E-gtejecta)
• Change unit color
• Right click above units on Symbol, select
  Properties for All Symbols, example remove
  outline for all units

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Legendscleaning up legends

• Right click on layer, select
• Layer properties
• Options
• Change order
• Ctrl or shift select many units
• Right click on selected group and Move to
  Heading, New Heading

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Legendscleaning up legends

• Right click on layer, select
• Layer properties
• Options to thin legend
• Click on Count
• Ctrl or shift select many symbology lines which
  are 0
• Click on Remove

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ExtentsAutomatic overview and zoom-in locators

• Right click on layer, select
• Layer properties
• In the Extent Tab set what data frame to point
  at.

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Final Layout Example
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Export to GeoPDF
For posters 200 dpi is usually good enough. For
page size figure up this to 300 or higher (up to
600)
Note you can also choose to export attributes to
PDF.
This will try to create a geoPDF (for lat/lon and
measurements) in Acrobat Reader.
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Questions?

• Additional resources (video tutorials)
• Making Better Map Layouts with ArcGIS - esri
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vYihZzt_lHvE
• ArcGIS 10 Map Layout Demo in ArcMap - Washington
  College
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vOQgM1510i0U
• Others
• Help - esri
• http//resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/inde
  x.html/What_is_a_page_layout/00s90000002z000000/
• Using Table in Layouts - esri
• http//blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/01/19/using
  -tables-in-an-arcmap-layout/
• JPL WMS used in demo http//onmoon.jpl.nasa.gov/w
  ms.cgi? (June 2012)

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