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Purpose of map. Audience. Map elements. Designing a map layout. Secondary. - grid. - graticules. - latitude / longitude. Supportive. - title. - legend. - scale. - location diagram. - projection. Contents of a map. Primary - main theme or actual subject. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Designing a map layout
• Purpose of map• Audience• Map elements
Contents of a map
• Primary - main theme or actual subject• Secondary
- grid- graticules- latitude / longitude
• Supportive- title- scale
- legend- location diagram
- projection
• other essential elements:dates of survey/compilationsourcenorth arrowsurveyor/producerinformation on adjacent sheets
Contents of a map
Creating a map layout
• Define the layout page• Add layout frames and set their properties• Add graphics• Create layout templates• Print the layout
Defining the layout page• Size • Orientation
• Margins • Grid
• Zooming in and out on the layout page
Defining frames
ViewLegend
Scale barNorth Arrow
ChartTablePicture
-each component in the layout has its own corresponding frame
- add components using the Frame Tool
Creating a frame• Choose one of the Frame tools• Draw a rectangle for the frame on the layout page
Layout1
Start
End
• Set the properties for the frame
View Frames
• Contains the view on the layout page
• You can place any number of view frams in the layout
• Move and resize frames
• Double click inside the view frame to display View Frame properties
Setting view frame properties
• Automatic (view scales to width of view frame)
Scaling the view frame
• Preserve view scale
Scaling the view frame
Scaling the view frame
• User specified scale
View frame extent
• Fill view frame
• Clip to view
Redrawing the layout
• Display Always• Display When Active
Layout 1
Bicycle course
Setting legend frame properties
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Setting scale bar frame properties
North Arrow frame• North arrows are contained within frames in the layout.
When you create a north arrow frame you select a style of north arrow to place on the layout. You can also choose an angle (in degrees) that the north arrow should be rotated.
Text and other graphics
• Use the drawing tool to add graphics such as neatlines, boxes, and other shapes
• Add text for titles and other descriptive information
Working with map elements
• Select
• Move
• Resize
• Group
• Ungroup
• Align
Layout template
• Save any layout as a layout template• Use the layout design as the basis for other
layouts• Use EMPTY frames (views, tables, etc.) for
the different map components• When the layout template is used, any
view/table/etc. can be assigned to the empty frame
Creating a layout template
• Choose a layout
- Layout\use template
-choose the desired template
Save layouts as template
• Layout\store as template
• type a name for your template
• select an icon, OK
• Your new template will be added in the template manager