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Mapping with ArcGIS Pro

You're reading from   Mapping with ArcGIS Pro Design accurate and user-friendly maps to share the story of your data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788298001
Length 266 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Working in the Map View


Map View allows us to compose maps individually. As we have just seen, the information viewable in the map view is controlled by the Contents pane. We can set visibility and stack layers, as well as update layer names to legend-friendly labels.

Symbolizing layers

For this map, we want the state boundaries to serve as outlines for the counties, so if it's not already on top, bring the State Outline layer to the top of the Drawing Order.

Beneath each of the map layers in the Contents pane is the legend for that layer. At this point, each layer has only a single symbol:

  1. Click once on the colored box for State Outline in the Contents pane to reveal the Symbology pane. The Symbology pane is where you set the display characteristics of map features:

Figure 2.10: The Symbology pane, and Gallery and Properties tabs

We want to see both the state boundaries and the counties, so let's change the properties of the States symbol to display just the outline. Switch to Properties on this...

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