Desktop Mapping: Managing and Editing Annotation

1. Desktop Mapping: Managing and Editing Annotation Wendy Harrison

2. Text on a map Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Labels • Map annotation • Geodatabase annotation

3. What makes geodatabase annotation so special? Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Easy to Manage • Stored in database • Symbol collection • Spatially indexed • Easy to Edit • Dedicated tools • Feature templates

4. Geodatabase annotation Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Feature class • Reuse • Choose from • Standard • Feature-linked • Reference scale • Licensing • Minimum of Standard for creating and editing feature linked annotation

5. Symbol collection Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Named text symbols • SymbolID • Add or delete them • Maximizes performance • Reduces storage size • Promote standards

6. Fields Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Displays information • Text string • Appearance • Bold, italic, underlined • Placement • Offsets, alignments • Status • Queries • Quality control • Batch updates • Knowledge base article 30329 • FAQ: what do the different fields in an annotation feature class mean?

7. Annotation layer Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Substitute values (read-only) • Font • Alignment • Word spacing • Leading property

8. Override symbol properties Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Edit properties of individual features • Maintains link • Change symbol used • Text formatting tags • Inline storage Knowledge base article 30204 How to: Determine which symbol properties are overridden in the annotation feature class

9. Symbol Collection Demo Substitution Overrides

10. Manual Construction and Editing Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Tightly integrated with feature editing environment • Editor toolbar • Feature templates • Annotation Construction window • Edit Annotation Tool • Context menu • Baseline editing • Instant visual feedback • Productivity shortcuts Curved annotation followinguser-defined baseline sketch

11. Editing Annotation Demo Place unplaced annotation Create new annotation Modify existing annotation Shortcut keys for editing

12. Pulling it all together… Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Geodatabase annotation is a great choice for text storage, especially for: • Lots of text • Editing text • Use in multiple maps • It has a unique set of properties • Symbol collection • Fields • Overrides • To edit, use the standard editing environment with optimized tools for annotation

13. Related Presentations Esri UC 2016 | Technical Workshop | Managing and Editing Annotation • Advanced Map Labeling using Maplex • Tuesday 1:30 – 2:45 Ballroom 6F • Thursday 8:30 – 9:45 Sapphire Ballroom I/J • See us at the Mapping and Visualization Area in the UC Expo

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