Introduction to GIS

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Introduction to GIS

• Layouts

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Layout Design - Cartography

• Printing Quality
• Consider Audience
• Simple is Better
• Identify Purpose and Clearly Display It

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Map Contents

• Screen vs printed
• Required
• Title, Legend, Scale bar, North Arrow, Your name,
  Class and section, Date of creation, Data Source,
  Map, Neat Line Text if necessary for explanation
  of layout, Symbology.
• Optional
• Projection Type, Charts, Tables, Pictures

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Switch to Layout View
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Layout Considerations

• Orientation
• Purpose of map
• Layout Contents

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Layout Setup
Dock Layout toolbar
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Portrait vs Landscape
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Contents of Layout

• All Data Frames in TOC will appear in layout
• All tables and charts in TOC will appear in layout

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To Remove from layout

• Undraw in TOC
• Selecting and deleting it in the layout will
  simultaneously delete in the TOC

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Creating Layout Design
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Add Title
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Create and add legend
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Create and edit legend
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Add North Arrow
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Add Scale Bar
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Add Neat Line
Used around entire perimeter and around any other
items that should be considered together
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Add information Box
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Add second map

• Additional data frame with different scale.
• Can copy first data frame
• Each map needs its own scale bar

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Completed Layout
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• Demonstration
• and Questions