Feature Description
A Map Series is a collection of map pages that produces a set of output pages by taking a single layout and traversing a set of map bounds. For example, Map Series can easily create a series of equally sized pages that cover a town area, based on the Regular Polygon grid layer as an index layer, as shown in the following illustration:
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Enable Map Series
Before starting Map Series, you need to insert a map in Layout. The layout size of the map box defines the display scale of the map for the series of layout pages. Map visible bounds for each page in Map Series will be centered at the center of the index feature and maintain a constant map scale.
If the user needs to output the layout page strictly according to the grid size, please adjust the layout size of the map box reasonably. For Insert Map Box Select Fill Map, detailed description , see Draw a Map.
Function Entry:
- Entry 1: Object Operation Tab-> Map Series-> Map Series Settings
- Entry 2: Right click Layout and select Map Series... in the Context Menu.
By doing so, the Map Series Settings panel pops up. By checking the Enable check box, Map Series is enabled. Unchecking this box disables the Map Series feature.
Parameter Description
- Index Map: To create a Map Series, select a map from the Index Map drop-down menu. This menu displays all map boxes in the layout. Only one map can be selected. The map bounds for the selected map box will change for each page in the Map Series, driven by the spatial range of features within the indexed layer.
- Index Layer: Defines the geographic range of the map frame for each page in Map Series. The polygon features in the index layer control or define each page in the Map Series.
The Create Grid function helps create index layers. By default, the first layer in the map is selected. To use another layer, select it from the drop-down menu.
An index layer can be grid data or another polygon layer. When using polygon layers, index bounds are feature-based spatial rectangles. For example, using administrative boundaries as the index layer will create a page for each administrative division.
- Index Field: Map Series traverses polygon features in the index layer, using attribute values from the Index Field as page names. Page names accept null and duplicate values, but using unique values is recommended to avoid confusion.
This drop-down menu displays available fields in the index layer (short/long integers and text fields). The default field is the first text field named "Name". If unavailable, the system selects the first valid field.
- Current Page: Default display shows the first page name from the Index Field. Use the drop-down list to navigate between pages.
Next, you can add Dynamic Text and Map Locator elements to the Map Series layout.
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