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ArcPy: No Label appear on .pdf output but are present in Layout
Do labels needed to be coded into an arcpy script in order to be visible on an arcpy .pdf output? In ArcGIS the labels are visible for various features, but when I use the arcpy script (either in IDLE ...
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How to create a printable map of labelled markers with OSM background?
I want to create an image of an OpenStreetMap map suitable for printing on A4 at 300dpi.
The map needs to have half a dozen markers/points, and each should be labeled with the name of the point.
I ...
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Importing labels for check in/out from an SDE to file geodatabase
I am working on a large project where I am using the ArcMap 10 'distributed geodatabase' feature to check out a file geodatabase from our SDE file. I have tried several ways to avoid having to ...
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ArcMap - cartographic representation and labels
Cartographic representation in ArcMap is a nice way to temporary change geometry of features, so you can make adjustments just for map making.
In my mapping project I need to move some point features ...
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How to show only some labels sharpmap
I am new to Sharpmap and GIS. Going through the sample code and building simple programs for better understanding. I have a water bodies layer. I want to display only a particular river. I used ...
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How to center the labels in QGis?
I have a shapefile containing some US sections from the Public Land Survey System.
I would like to display the labels in the middle of the sections.
I found the "Placement" option in the "Label" ...
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How to customize label color in QGIS: Data defined label settings? Expressions? Both? What are the steps?
Updated to show more current screenshot and clarified the question (Which tools? What are the steps?)
I'm learning QGIS (1.8 "Lisboa" for Mac).
On the QGIS Layer labeling Settings window there is a ...
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Is there a way to turn on labels with ModelBuilder?
I have a model that creates a feature class and adds it to the map. The properties of the feature class reference a layer file for the symbology. However, I can't seem to find a good way to pass the ...
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How to Convert labels to Annotation
I am a beginner in GIS (for graduate school) and am using the GIS Tutorial Basic Workbook 1 for ArcGIS10. In Chapter 1 of this text, there is a "Convert labels to annotation" section which I cannot ...
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CAD Contour Lines to ArcGIS Attributed Polylines
I'm having a 'CAD to GIS' issue. I have a dwg file which contains large number of contour lines that have been split by labels. I need to import the contour lines from CAD to GIS so that they contain ...
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How to label a lot of nearby points?
I am currently working with a lot of points of which every point has to be labeled.
I am already using the "Easy Custom Labeling" tool to move the labels and create lines to connect points with ...
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How to Center Text in Multiline Labels
I used wrap text on "~" and now I have two lines of text from one attribute field. Is there a way to center that and not just choosing center as the horizontal alignment? QGIS 1.8.
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How to get labels to diplay in Google Earth after saving to KML?
When saving a QGIS layer as kml, is it possible to have labels be displayed when opened in Google Earth?
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Need to give same color for Points and its label
I have 10000 points, using Graduate Color I have given different color for each points in 10000. I want to give a same color for each label according to each points colors using ArcGIS. is it ...
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Have editable label locations (dynamic) on a layer on which there is query
Is it possible to have dynamic labels, set by editable x y parameters in the attribute table, on a layer which also has a query applied, in QGIS?
i.e. I want to set the query and get all the ...
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How can I add two colums for labeling a line in QGIS? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where are the Expression-based Labeling options in QGIS?
How can I label 2 attribute columns? e.g. Diameter and Material at a pipe? And how can choose only the fi
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Convert geojson labels MBR to MapInfo text object
Im using Dymo (https://github.com/migurski/Dymo/) to generate automatic point labels placement. The output of Dymo is a geojson containing MBRs of the positioned labels with the names of the labels in ...
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Polygon label repeated for each tile
I'm using the standalone GeoWebCache to serv tiles from a remote GeoServer. My problem is that the polygon label is added to each one of the tiles served, instead of only once in the polygon centroid.
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Maplex: try different fields
Let's say, a road has the name "William-Bill-Gates-Road".
If the road is too short, the label can only be abbreviated by using a dictionary in Maplex.
Is it possible to make Maplex try several label ...
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How to create curved labels in QGIS
I added an image, that explains my demand (see Schiefelsbach river).
How can I do this?
thanks
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Grid labels in ArcGIS, overlapping issues
I do have 3 grids made by Grids menu in data frame properties. I do need them to display in certain layout and also to behave accordingly to couple of rules (overlapping issues), so I can automate my ...
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How to add labels outside of features?
I'm trying to achieve this kind of labeling using QGIS. Apparently, it doesn't seem to be easily supported. Would you have an idea for a workaround ?
I managed to have circled text using ...
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How do I create a leader line for a label in my bar graph in ArcMap?
I am displaying a bar graph of various tornado watches and warnings along with the actual tornado touchdowns themselves. Since the tornado touchdowns are such a small number compared to the large ...
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Is there a way to prevent labels from being on top of everything else?
I'm having a problem in QGIS 1.7.4. The labels I have produced for one layer are overlapping an entirely different layer that has a higher precedence. This should not happen. Am I doing something ...
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Label inside top left corner of polygons
Does anyone know of a tool or procedure to automatically place a label in the corner of a polygon, rather than at the centroid?
I am using Mapinfo and know that I can manually place the label ...
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How to show labels depending on the zoom scale and save it forever in one project?
I have got a problem in showing labels for a polygon layer :
When I select "Show labels" in the layer's properties, then I select that I want to use the scaling to show or not my labels and I ...
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Labeling Issues in ArcEditor 10.0
ArcEditor 10.0
I am creating a map for a client for a whole state. I finish putting in all the shp files, I label what client requires.
The shps I use are town/range/sections (TRS), Cities ...
