Unintended map art
Useless for it’s intended purpose but somehow interesting in it’s own right, maybe even beautiful. You’re looking at the outlines of 474 satellite images drawn […]
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Fix labels on top of linework
Fix some labels-on-linework problems using Maplex Labelling toolbar >> Weight Ranking. I’ve been using Maplex label engine for years, but didn’t really pay attention to […]
Continue reading »North Arrows and True North
When you insert a north arrow onto a page in ArcMap, by default it will align to north of the data frame, the page in […]
Continue reading »Rich table formatting in ArcMap
The default, plain, way Embedding a table in an Arcmap layout has been around since its inception, and it’s pretty easy, though the menu item […]
Continue reading »Improve Adobe Reader Map Display
It’s always bugged me that most maps in Adobe Reader turn our carefully selected colours and line-weights, optimised for best print quality, into a mishmash […]
Continue reading »Mapbook
DS MapBook is a visual basic 6 developer sample for ArcMap which simplifies the generation of map series (e.g. NTS maps). There is a project […]
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