Mapping Center

Please note that we will be on vacation the next two weeks and may not be able to get to your question until the end of August. We're a small team and we really love helping you, but we need to take this break so we can come back energized for the rest of the year! If you need immediate help, please contact your ESRI account representative. Read More...

Last week in the User Conference, I did a demo for a few people.  To a person, they were delighted to see what was possible. If you've got ArcMap 9.3 and a few minutes, do the following Read More...

The ESRI Map Book has become an annual must-have collectors item for ESRI International User Conference attendees and GIS users alike. The twenty-third volume of the ESRI Map Book showcases the innovative and inspiring accomplishments of GIS users around the world. The true excitement of this book lies in the discovery of which maps have made it from the 2007 ESRI International User Conference Map Gallery into publication. More than 100 full-color maps are featured from distinct industry categories such as cartography, environmental management, government, natural resources, planning and engineering, tourism, transportation, and utilities. Read More...

One of the most frequently recurring topics on Mapping Center is what to do with stacks or clusters of point features on maps. In August 2007, I wrote a blog posting on how to use Maplex to display coincident points, and this worked for some scenarios, but not all. Read More...