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Labeling and Annotation
Presentation Overview
• What is text and how do I use it in ArcGIS?
• An improved experience for working with text• Key areas of labeling• Key areas of annotation
• Exercise• Questions
What’s the difference?
Using Text in ArcGIS
A
Geodatabase
A
ESRI Label Engines
Maplex Label Engine
Standard Label Engine
GeodatabaseAnnotationEditing Tools
Convert toAnnotation
LabelMaps
AnnotateMaps
Hardcopy Maps
Digital Maps
Adding Labels to Your Map
The goal of any map is to communicate information in the clearest possible fashion. Adding labels is one way to accomplish this task, but simply placing labels anywhere on a map doesn't necessarily help people understand the information presented. For example, it may not be obvious which feature a label belongs to, labels for different features may overlap, and, in some situations, labels for some features may even be omitted.
ArcMap provides multiple ways to control how and where labels display in relation to point, line, and polygon features. In this topic, you will learn advanced methods for modifying label properties and for creating and placing dynamic labels.
Dynamic Labels
• which features in the layer are labeled• the field, or fields, in the attribute
table that will be used for labeling• font settings such as size, color, and
style• placement of labels relative to the
features• the scale at which labels will be visible
are based on an attribute and display using ArcMap's default settings. If you want to change the appearance, placement, or visibility of the labels, you need to change the layer's label properties, which determine how the labels draw. Label properties you can set include:
Labeling a Feature
• Label features one at a time• Label features that don’t exist in
the database• Data view
The Dreaded Highway Symbol
The Dreaded Highway Symbol
The Dreaded Highway Symbol
Auto Labeling
• Features are labeled automatically based upon a user defined field
Label Toolbar
Open label class
management dialogs
Manage
visibility of
labels in map
Quality placement for Maplex for ArcGIS
• Central location for labeling needs• Moved labeling-related dialogs to
toolbar• Label weight• Feature weight
Label Manager
• Central location for label classes• Easy access to common parameters
Positioning labels
• Points• Relative position to
feature• Preference priority
• Lines• Position relative to
line• Follow curve of line• Orient to page or line
• Polygons• Best position
Label Priority
ArcMap uses label priority ranking to determine the order in which labels will be placed on the map. Labels with a higher priority will generally be placed first. Labels with lower priority that conflict with higher priority labels may be placed at alternate positions or dropped from the map.
Label & Feature Weights
Setting label weights and feature weights establishes a ranking system for labels when there is a conflict with other labels or features on the map. The general rule with weights is that a feature cannot be overlapped by a label with an equal or lower weight.
Map Scale
Set a scale range for labels so that they don't display until the map scale reaches a larger scale.
1:100,000,000
1:20,000,000
Reference Scale
By default, as you zoom in and out on a map, the size of labels does not change. The point size is maintained as you zoom so that labels appear to be the same size relative to your screen. If you want the label text to scale with the map, you can set a reference scale.
Setting a reference scale fixes the size of the labels relative to the other features in the map at a specific scale. When you set a reference scale, the labels will remain at their current size in map units. After you set the reference scale, the text appears larger when you zoom in and smaller as you zoom out.
Set the Reference Scale
The reference scale is a property of the data frame, so labels for all layers are set to the same reference scale.
Label Classes
• Every layer starts with a single label class named "Default", which is symbolized with default symbology. New label classes can be added to the layer. You select the features that you want to group together in each label class by building a Structured Query Language (SQL) expression.
Label Classes - Creating
NOTE: If you convert layers with multiple label classes, each label class becomes an annotation class in the annotation feature class.
The Maplex Extension
Maplex for ArcGIS is an automated high-quality cartographic text placement and labeling extension for ArcGIS Desktop. Maplex for ArcGIS greatly reduces map production time and enhances cartographic quality.
Maplex for ArcGIS
• Better polygon placement styles• Straight• Boundary
• Improved user experience for stacking labels• Justification controlled by user
• New dialog to set up label abbreviations
• Reduce font size to place more labels
Stacking Text With Maplex
• Dynamic stacking• Automatic stacking
• Space, hyphen, comma
• Automatic justification• Left, right, center
• Controlled stacking• User-defined characters• Forced stacking• Controlled justification
Stacking text without Maplex
• How do you stack text from two fields in ArcGIS?• [Field1] + [Field2]
• Use Visual Basic code in expression.• vbnewline (like using the Enter
key)• [Field1] & vbnewline & [Field2]• Returns:
– Field1– Field2
Stacking labels without Maplex for ArcGIS
• How do you stack text in one field?• MyField = “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”
• Visual Basic code in expression
TopHalf = Left (MyField, (InStr (1, MyField, “&”)))
BottomHalf = Right (MyField, ((Len (MyField)) – (InStr (1, MyField, “&”)))
TopHalf + vbnewline + BottomHalf
Stacking labels with Maplex for ArcGIS
• No Visual Basic code in expression• Complete control
Add new
character
Control the line break
Control the justification
Abbreviations without Maplex for ArcGIS
• How do you abbreviate text?• PolyVinyl Chloride = PVC• Ductile Iron = DI
• Use Visual Basic code in expression• Select Case statement
• Select Case [Material]– Case “PolyVinyl Chloride”
» FindLabel = “PVC”– Case “Ductile Iron”
» FindLabel = “DI”
• End Select
Abbreviations with Maplex for ArcGIS
• No Visual Basic code in expression• Simple user interface• Stored in file or in database
Add keyword
s
Add abbreviation string
Maplex Placement Properties
Maplex Placement Properties
POINTS
Maplex Placement Properties
LINES
Maplex Placement Properties
POLYGONS
Additional Maplex Placement Properties
• Reduce font size to place more labels• Steps down one
interval and tries to place the label again
Interval used to
reach smallest font size
Smallest font
size allowed
Maplex Cost
What would you be willing to pay for this time saving, cost effective, magical tool?
MAPLEXMAPLEX
MAPLEXMAPLEX
MAPLEX
$2499.99? $999.99?
3 Easy Payments of $199.99?
$150.00!Bargain Price of
Converting Labels to Annotation
• create unique text symbology to identify a specific feature
• position the annotation exactly where you want it
• place informational text, not associated with a feature, on your map
• include graphics• edit an individual piece of annotation text
or its symbology• share annotation data without necessarily
sharing a map document
After investing time to create labels, why would you want to move on to annotation? Unlike dynamic labels, with annotation you can:
Converting Labels to Annotation
Feature-Linked Annotation
Annotation that is stored in the geodatabase with links to features through a geodatabase relationship
class. Feature-linked annotation reflects the current state of features in the
geodatabase: it is automatically updated when features are moved,
edited, or deleted.
This feature is available only with an ArcEditor or ArcInfo
License
Map Document Annotation
• Visibility of layers is controlled on a layer-by-layer basis in the ArcMap Table of Contents. Visibility of map document annotation is controlled by annotation groups in the properties for the data frame.
Editing Annotation
You can modify annotation stored with the map document right where you see it, without starting an edit session. Any edits you make to this type of annotation apply only to the ArcMap document (.MXD) in which you made the changes.
When you modify geodatabase annotation attributes, you must make those changes in an edit session. You edit a geodatabase annotation feature class just as you edit the feature class of a geometric feature.
Managing Annotation
• Expose annotation properties as individual feature attributes• Supports queries against text
symbol information• Allows for bulk updates to symbol
properties
Editing Annotation - Overview
• Tightly integrated with feature editing environment
• Centralized location for finding tools to edit annotation
• Improved experience when working with unplaced annotation
• Support editing of multiword annotation
• Better leader line support
New Tools for Editing Annotation
• Better tools for constructing new annotation features
• New Annotation toolbar
One-click editing tools
Determine type of text
construction
Enter text for next
construction
Use predefined text symbol
Unplacedannotationmanager
Unplaced Annotation
Unplacedannotationmanager
Adding Annotation
Enter text for next
construction
Hold the cursor over the feature you want to label and press the “W” key on the keyboard and the text will be automatically filled in with the pre-determined label field.
Editing Annotation
Adding Annotation Classes
• Additional classes can be added to an annotation feature class to better organize your data
• From ArcCatalog right-click on the annotation feature and click on “Properties”
South Reefs
Editing Annotation Classes
Annotation classes are edited exactly like all other
annotation.
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