Printed a version of the map - the coast is looking better but the roads look sloppy as well as the labels for rivers/lakes.
- Need to export all of the rivers into one file
- Exported data to individual folders to keep everything better organized so that multiple files, smoothing files, etc. can be deleted from the Ddrive and it is insursed that the data will be there through exporting.
- Text cannot be linked to a layer -
- When applying labels in the layer there is no 'name' assignment
a. Open Attribute Table
b. Add Field
c. Turn on Editor
e. Select each of the lakes and type in 'name'
f. Apply Labels (Label Feature)
g. Go into Properties - labels
h. select 'lake names'
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Convert labels into annotations using ARCGIS help option - main advantage is scale and individual control over annotations.
To turn Annotations 'on' and 'off' go to
a. View
b. Data Frame properties
c. Annotations Groups - tab
d. deselect the annotations
Converted Rivers into annotations using the same steps - annotation overflow was an error and use ARGGIS help option to add the annotation
- for whatever reason Saco River was not included in annotation process - ?
Re-did the label-annotation process - St. John and Allagash were deleted - we think all the rivers need to be in the screen view in order to have the annotations apply (strange) so I zoomed out of the map a little and tried for a third time (while also turning off the roads layer to try and 'give' more room for the labels) and this time all annotations are on the map as well as no having any problem with overflow.
Questions:
- Where is the rest of the Androscoggin (NH?
- Do we want the other lakes in the general vacinity of Richardson Lake?
- Will Annotations work better than labels?
- Roads look awkward - do we still want them?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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