To create a more complex layout, look for the Change Layout button on the Layout toolbar. Those elements individually, ArcMap has a predefined layout that contains The attribution text (the lab #, course name, your name and student number, The two maps (the 1966 landuse map, and the 1976 land use map), one frame to hold the inset map, another to hold the legend, and a final one for For this map you need to have two equal sized data frames to hold Will create a layout with all three data frames displayed, although not in a cartographically-correct However, since we have created three Data Frames, in this instance it Once you have the three Data Frames prepared, select Layout View from the View menu.īy default, ArcMap creates a layout with a single data frame on it. If you set the Extent of this frame to match that of the first data frame, then the two maps will be zoomed into the same area (as illustrated in the figure below). In the Data Frame Properties window, select the Data Frame tab. (Create a bookmark.) Right-mouse click on the second data frame Landuse 1976), click on Activate, and then (right-mouse click again) on Properties. In the first data frame (Landuse 1966), zoom into an area that will dramatically show how the land uses have changed between 1966 sand 1976. Click on the third data frame (Inset Map), and paste the polygon file there ( Paste Layer). Now, back in the first data frame (Landuse 1966), right-mouse click on the 1976 polygon file, and select Copy. Click on the data frame named landuse 1976 and paste the raster file there ( Paste Layer).
Using meaningful names for the data frames and layers will make things easier in the later steps. You should also rename the original data frame (Layers) to Landuse 1966. Rename the first new data frame (called New Data Frame) to (e.g.) Landuse 1976, and rename the second one (New Data Frame 2) to Inset Map. Under Insert, click on Data Frame (twice, in order to add two new data frames to the Table of Contents).
View with three Data Frames displayed in a meaningful order. Hint: Creating a BookMark once you have the map appropriately displayed in the Data View will enable you to quickly go back to the original display should you inadvertently make a modification in the Data View (i.e., when you have identified a portion of the map that clearly shows how different the 500 m resolution raster is from the 100 m resolution raster, zoom into that area and create a bookmark so that you can consistently return to that view). It is necessary to have your maps properly laid out in the Data View window before proceeding to the Layout View window (and remember-if you make any changes to the display of the layers in the Data View that could significantly View changes accordingly (i.e., they are 'hot linked'). Zoom into an area on the Data View window, the
Representation of the Data View window and the Data Frames (in particular the List by Drawing Order representation)-if you It works much like Adobe Illustrator orĪny other vector drawing program. Recall that in ArcMap the Layout View is where you create publishable maps. I'll lead you through the process of producing a map that shows two zoomed-in raster maps as well as an inset map, along with To produce a more complex layout-this is where naming the Dataįrames with meaningful names becomes very important.
You do have to think carefully about all of the components and steps required To produce a publishable map that combines maps, tables and charts, but More complex map layout is presented below. However, if you wish to produce a more sophisticated map, thingsīecome a bit more complex. You only wish to display a single 'map' without a legend, inset map,Įtc. Producing a map for publication is a fairly simple process in ArcMap-if