Go Matsumoto, a graduate student at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale posted his MA thesis on Academia.edu. The work is entitled, "Pachacamac
GIS Project: A Practical Application of Geographic Information Systems
and Remote Sensing Techniques in Andean Archaeology. This thesis is a wonderful case example that incorporates the use of archival maps and new data to produce an outstanding GIS of the site of Pachacamac, Luirn Valley, Peru. Click on the title above or click here to download or read this thesis.
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Had some GPS data and was trying to label it. The labels did not show. Searched in the ESRI form and found the following helpful hint. The post suggests the need to repair geometry. It reads:
Use ArcToolbox to repair geometry.
ArcToolbox --> Data Management Tools --> Features --> Repair Geometry
This procedure fixed the problem
Use ArcToolbox to repair geometry.
ArcToolbox --> Data Management Tools --> Features --> Repair Geometry
This procedure fixed the problem
Sometimes, for cartographic purposes the map maker wants only to label
some features for a given layer. This can be done in ArcMap through the
use of SQL statements.
In the following example, the cartographer has a data layer called "Strat" and the map should not illustrate features on this layer that are called "Bone", "Chert Fla", or "FAR".
To exclude these three specific categories from labels use the following expression:
NOT "Strat" = 'Bone' AND NOT "Strat" = 'Chert Fla' AND NOT "Strat" = 'FAR'
In the following example, the cartographer has a data layer called "Strat" and the map should not illustrate features on this layer that are called "Bone", "Chert Fla", or "FAR".
To exclude these three specific categories from labels use the following expression:
NOT "Strat" = 'Bone' AND NOT "Strat" = 'Chert Fla' AND NOT "Strat" = 'FAR'
This post details notes on how to create multi-field labels using ArcMap
Sometimes it is necessary to have lables that are composed of more than one attribute. In this case, we are dealing with an assemblage of pottery collected from a profile. The pottery was typed by a colleague who assigned them to temporal period, stylistic type, paste type, vessel form, and vessel function. Each time period has different phases: Formative II and Formative III, etc. Each time period is identified by a different symbol, and the phases are represtened by color. Older phases within a period are darker while later phases in a period are colored lighter. The characteristics of paste type, vessel form, and vessel function are based on four different colums.
Be sure to turn on labeling for the theme. Then bring up the labeling properties. Start by subsetting only observations for which there are ceramics. Enter an SQL query like the folloring one:
"PERIODO_11" = 'ALTIPLANO' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'FORMATIVO' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'FORMATIVO' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'HUANA' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'INKA' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'MODERNO'
Once the correct selection set has been established, then set the parameters for the Text String Expression. Here is the one used in the present example:
[CONJUNTO_1] & "/" & [PASTA_1115] & ": " & [CLASE_1115] & " " & [TIPO_11153]
It produces the following:
"Conjunto/Paste: Class Type" for each ceramic entry.
Sometimes it is necessary to have lables that are composed of more than one attribute. In this case, we are dealing with an assemblage of pottery collected from a profile. The pottery was typed by a colleague who assigned them to temporal period, stylistic type, paste type, vessel form, and vessel function. Each time period has different phases: Formative II and Formative III, etc. Each time period is identified by a different symbol, and the phases are represtened by color. Older phases within a period are darker while later phases in a period are colored lighter. The characteristics of paste type, vessel form, and vessel function are based on four different colums.
Be sure to turn on labeling for the theme. Then bring up the labeling properties. Start by subsetting only observations for which there are ceramics. Enter an SQL query like the folloring one:
"PERIODO_11" = 'ALTIPLANO' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'FORMATIVO' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'FORMATIVO' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'HUANA' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'INKA' OR "PERIODO_11" = 'MODERNO'
Once the correct selection set has been established, then set the parameters for the Text String Expression. Here is the one used in the present example:
[CONJUNTO_1] & "/" & [PASTA_1115] & ": " & [CLASE_1115] & " " & [TIPO_11153]
It produces the following:
"Conjunto/Paste: Class Type" for each ceramic entry.
Continue reading Multi-Field Labels In ArcMap.
