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These are some of the questions we have received on Ask a Cartographer and our answers. Feel free to comment on our answers. Please remember to be considerate when posting comments.
- How may I keep a new STYLE from sorting alphabetically?
- When reprojecting data to WGS84 which transformation is the best one to use?
- Systematically moving polygons away from a point
- I need to make up some nice maps for my organization. I only have an ArcView license.
- Is there a way to apply transparency to graphics?
- What is more efficient for an IMS site: labels or annotation? And explain why.
- How do I adjust the size of the shield to follow the size of the text?
- Scale bar with custom units (18th century Swedish Miles), are they possible?
- Showing 2d maps in my application
- Is there a workaround for producing multiple layouts within a single MXD document?
- Standard colors for forestry maps
- I need help with "Drawing features to show multiple attributes"
- Does ArcGIS support Plan Oblique as shown in the latest issue of Cartographic Perspectives
- Interpolation and Kriging; the methods behind the tools
- Should a map always have north as "up"?
- I have many small MrSID files and I want to make one big SID file that contains all of them
- Labeling contours ala topographic maps
- Label a parcel with the owner's name, acreage, and parcel ID
- How do I convert polygons (graphics) to a layer/shapefile?
- Is there a way to change the default text values for all of ArcMap's settings?
- Representing overlaying polygons on a 2D map
- Line symbols look "cut up" at the ends
- Is there a push pin graphic available for creating a project location map?
- Aren't all coincident points created equally?
- Pasted table graphic formatting is lost(partially) when exporting the map to PDF
The ability to "Ask a Cartographer" has been disabled while we upgrade our website.
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These are some of the questions we have received on Ask a Cartographer and our answers. Feel free to comment on our answers. Please remember to be considerate when posting comments.
- How may I keep a new STYLE from sorting alphabetically?
- When reprojecting data to WGS84 which transformation is the best one to use?
- Systematically moving polygons away from a point
- I need to make up some nice maps for my organization. I only have an ArcView license.
- Is there a way to apply transparency to graphics?
- What is more efficient for an IMS site: labels or annotation? And explain why.
- How do I adjust the size of the shield to follow the size of the text?
- Scale bar with custom units (18th century Swedish Miles), are they possible?
- Showing 2d maps in my application
- Is there a workaround for producing multiple layouts within a single MXD document?
- Standard colors for forestry maps
- I need help with "Drawing features to show multiple attributes"
- Does ArcGIS support Plan Oblique as shown in the latest issue of Cartographic Perspectives
- Interpolation and Kriging; the methods behind the tools
- Should a map always have north as "up"?
- I have many small MrSID files and I want to make one big SID file that contains all of them
- Labeling contours ala topographic maps
- Label a parcel with the owner's name, acreage, and parcel ID
- How do I convert polygons (graphics) to a layer/shapefile?
- Is there a way to change the default text values for all of ArcMap's settings?
- Representing overlaying polygons on a 2D map
- Line symbols look "cut up" at the ends
- Is there a push pin graphic available for creating a project location map?
- Aren't all coincident points created equally?
- Pasted table graphic formatting is lost(partially) when exporting the map to PDF
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