Lab_7_Map Making

How to Create a Map

Prof. Dr. Sajid Rashid Ahmad

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Atiqa Ijaz Khan _ Demonstrator

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Tool Bars

Dealing with map making, one has to consider few new toolbars:

Layout Tool Bar

Drawing Tool Bar

Others are: Standard Tool Bar, Tools Bar, Menu Bar

Friday, December 26, 2014Institute of Geology, University of the Punjab

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Comparison between Tool Bars


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Step by Step Procedure

• Add the required data in Data-view and then switch to ‘Layout-view’.

• Set the page and print setup as required.

• Add data frame/s.

• Activate the data frame to work in it.

• Insert map elements/components.

• Export the Map to save it.

• One can save the symbology under:

• ‘.mxd’ file (Arc Map Document)

• ‘.lyr’ file (Layer File)


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Add Data


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Switch to Layout

View


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Layout _ View


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Set the Page / Print

Go to Menu Bar – File

– Page and Print Setup

– Select ‘Landscape’

from Map Page Size -

OK

Map Elements

To add map elements or components.

Go to Menu Bar : Insert – Select any element to edit and than add.


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Insert Data Frame:

• Every data frame is added to data

as well as layout view.

• Each data frame has its own:

• Coordinate system

• Layers

• One has to Activate the data

frame to work in it, if there are

more than 1.

New Data Frame

Added


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Activation of the Data

Frame

• The active data frame will

be shown with dotted

outline.


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Insert

Legend


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Insert

Title

02 – Data Frames


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Insert

Scale Bar


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Directional

Indicator

Highlighted Arrow-head

is selected for the Map


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Insert Neat-Line

Same Color is on output as

selected in the Background

option of the Neat-line


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Insert Dynamic Text


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Exporting Map

To Save them separately,

other than .mxd file

Same File format, in which I

export the map


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Final Output

Saving of Map Symbology

By saving it using:

‘.mxd’ file (Arc Map Document)

‘.lyr’ file (Layer File)


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23Saving as Arc Map Document:

• Go to Menu Bar – File – Save or

Save As – to Arc Map Doc. with

extension of ‘.mxd’

• Go to Folder

• Right click to open the saved

document.

Saved with the same name as Arc

Map Document


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Saving as Layer File:

• Right click the feature file in TOC to

access the Context menu.

• Select: ‘Save as Layer File’


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Saving to ArcGIS Layer

File. (One can save it in of

the previous version of the

Arc GIS layer file)

Add again, simply using

Add Data.

Saved with extension ‘.lyr’

Adding other elements to Map Layout

Add Graph, and Charts.

Add Table to layout.

Create Report.


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Create GraphAllows to create any type of the graph, editing xy label, adding title and footer, and legend, or too addinto map layout and finally to export as picture, text, excel etc., and other options are available too.


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28Create Graph

• Open ‘Attribute Table’.

• Go to ‘Options’.

• Select ‘Create Graph’.

• This will open the ‘Create Graph

Wizard’.

• Chose any types of graphs, xy

fields, labels, legends, axis

properties, color, header, footer, 3D

look, and

• Finish.


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Create Graph Wizard

Select: Graph Type – Vertical Bar

Select: Layer or table

Value Field: FID (Y-axis)

X-field: Area

Add Title, Footer, Legend

Finish


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Output Graph

Right click to access others options


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Option: Identify

• On clicking the identify option over

any bar,

• It will first show the a cross-hair,

• Then highlight the selected area

• And show its properties


32Areawise District Map of Pakistan

Arc GIS 10.1

Shape_Area

45,00040,00035,00030,00025,00020,00015,00010,0005,0000

FID

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Option: Save as Graphic

After that, just paste it anywhere


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Option: Add to Layout

Allows you to add into your own map

layout.

Adjust and re-size as required.


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Option: Save as Graph File (.grf)

Allows to re-load the graphical file

Note the extension of graph file!


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Option: Export

Export as Picture


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On opening the file,

It ll show the native

programming

Showing file size (above)

Option: Export

Export as Native


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Option: Export

Export as Excel

Showing X values

Vs

Y values (Bar)


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Option: Advance Properties

Allows one to Edit

Select any theme and Apply to see the Result


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Option: Properties

Open the same properties as in the ‘Create Graph Wizard’

Add Table to LayoutOpen Attribute Table, Go to Options, Select Add Table to Layout. It will add Attribute Table to the map.


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Add Table (Attribute Table) to Layout

Create Report WizardGives the overview of attribute table , adding fields as much as required.


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Report Wizard

• Select the fields in which one has to prepare

the report from selected layer or table

• Optional: ‘Datasets Options’ (How much data

one has to show in his report)


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45Finish Report

It will automatically open the ‘Report Viewer’.

After that one has to save it.


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Save as ‘Report Layout File’

Save as PDF

Add to Map Layout

Note the extension of Report File as ‘.rlf’

WORK TO DO … !

You have to make the following maps as they way they are shown in layout.

You can alter the colors, symbols, texture, font, and, size.

Hints are given along with them to help you out.


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Maps layout must have:* Title of the Map* Legend of the Map* Scale of the Map* Directional indicator of the Map* A Graph

Results should be on:* A4 Size Paper* Format: PDF, TIFF, JPEG

Prints:* Black n White, pasted on your copies. MUST

RESULTS OF MAPS SHOULD COVERS FOLLOWING PROPERTIES


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Hint: Use your

own name, date

and time


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Hint: Use

Quantities,

under,

Symbology


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Hint: Use Drawing tool

bar and tool-bar to

focus on PU.


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Hint: Use Graph

Wizard and Add Table

to Layout


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