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Presentation Objectives

Defining Data Driven Pages and Map Books

Creating Layout pages with Data Driven Pages

Using Dynamic Text with Data Driven Pages

Using ArcPy to create Map Books

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Data Driven Pages A method to create a series of layout pages from a single map.

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Map BookA collection of layout pages, title page, overview/location map, and otherdocuments such as reports.

Organized and compiled using ArcPy.Mapping

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Mapping and ArcPY

ArcGIS 10 includes a new implementation of Python, using the ArcPy module.

arcpy.mapping has many functions to automate map creation and editing layouts.

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"C:\GIS\TownCenter_2009.mxd")

for textElement in arcpy.mapping.ListElements(mxd, "Text"):

if textElement.text == "GIS Services Division 2009":

textElement.text = "GIS Services Division 2010"arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, r"C:\GIS\TownCenterUpdate_2010.pdf")

del mxd

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Data Driven Pages Key Elements

Detail Data Frame - the Data Frame with the data

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Index Layer - a feature layer that determines the extent of each page.

Can be any existing feature layer, including polygon, line, or point layer.

New Map grid can be created using the Grid

Index Features or Strip Map Index Features tool

in the Data Driven Pages toolset.

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Name Field - Used to name each page.

Sort Field - sets the order of pages for printing.

Page Number - can start with any number, does not need to be sequential.

Page Index - Not necessarily same as page number.

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Data Driven Pages ArcToolbox Toolset

Calculate Adjacent Fields calculates theNorth, Northeast, South, etc. pages.

- 10.0 must be regular grid with

adjacent polygons.

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Calculate Central Meridian and Parallels- Calculates Coordinate System,

Central Meridian, and Parallels

Calculate UTM Zone

- Calculates UTM zone andCoordinate System

Calculate Grid Convergence Angle

- Calculates angle from true north

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Grid Index Features creates a regular polygon grid.

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Strip Map Index Features creates a strip grid

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Data Driven Pages Data Driven Tools Toolbar

Page Setup

Page Navigation

Page Text

Can also use other dynamic text

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Data Driven Pages Page Setup Definition

Enable DD Pages

Data Frame

Index Layer

Name Field

Sort Field

Rotation

Spatial Reference

Page Number

Starting Page

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Data Driven Pages Page Setup Extent

How much space to set around each page

Scale

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Data Driven Pages Process

Create or set an index feature layer andadd the appropriate fields

Calculate fields for page numbers, names,

central meridian, rotation, scale etc.

Enable Data Driven Pages from the

Data Driven Pages Toolbar or from Page and Print setup.

Set Data Driven Pages properties and extent.

Best to have separate MXD for creating a map series.

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Design the layout; might be different than for a single layout.Dynamic Elements - Extent, Scale Bar, Map Scale, North Arrow,

Page Name, Page Number, dynamic text, etc.

Static Elements Size and orientation of layout page and data frame(s),

static text, Neatlines

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Adding Dynamic Text

Editing to add other text elements

preStr = Page , emptyStr = , postStr

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Data Driven Pages Exporting Map Books

Can export as single pages or a multi-page document.

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Data Driven Pages Creating Map Books with ArcPy

ArcPy can create an Adobe document and then append documents as needed. Canalso be used for map books with different right and left pages.

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Demonstrations Creating Map Books


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Linear Referencing

Editing Tips

Spatial Analyst and Raster Analysis

Geodatabase Topology

Suitability Modeling

ModelBuilder

Using the Query Builder

Projections on U Tube

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