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Designing a map layout

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.

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Designing a map layout

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  1. Purpose of map • Audience • Map elements Designing a map layout

  2. Secondary - grid - graticules - latitude / longitude • Supportive - title - legend - scale - location diagram - projection Contents of a map • Primary - main theme or actual subject

  3. other essential elements: dates of survey/compilation source north arrow surveyor/producer information on adjacent sheets Contents of a map

  4. Define the layout page • Add layout frames and set their properties • Add graphics • Create layout templates • Print the layout Creating a map layout

  5. Size • Orientation • Margins • Grid • Zoomingin and out on the layout page Defining the layout page

  6. View Legend Scalebar North Arrow Chart Table Picture Defining frames • each component in the layout has its own corresponding frame • add components using the Frame Tool

  7. Layout1 Start End Creating a frame • Draw a rectangle for the frame on the layout page • Choose one of the Frame tools • Set the properties for the frame

  8. 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

  9. Setting view frame properties

  10. Automatic (view scales to width of view frame) Scaling the view frame

  11. Preserve view scale Scaling the view frame

  12. User specified scale Scaling the view frame

  13. View frame extent • Fill view frame • Clip to view

  14. Layout 1 Bicycle course Redrawing the layout • Display Always • Display When Active

  15. Setting legend frame properties

  16. 20 3 2 Setting scale bar frame properties

  17. 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.

  18. 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

  19. Working with map elements • Select • Move • Resize • Group • Ungroup • Align

  20. 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

  21. Creating a layout template • Choose a layout - Layout\use template -choose the desired template

  22. 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

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