A question was posed on Ask a Cartographer about using representation rules that you have saved in a style in another map on a different layer.  The online help for this topic didn't provide much assistance. The topic on organizing representation rules in a style explained how to load the rules in to a new layer, but it didn't explain how to ...

The map excerpt shown at right (click on it to see the details) shows an example of hollow cased roads.  The map is from a mosaic of USGS DRG image files.  The map specification requires that the cased road symbol contains a transparent gap.  The examples shown below were created with ArcMap 9.2 and used cartographic ...

This final part of the series will cover using cartographic representations for dashed lines, like the red and white cased lines in the image at the left, and for creating cul-de-sac or squared off ends to streets.  Both of these effects will build on the examples in the previous two portions of this series with one exception.  Because ...

A number of maps, particularly those geared towards outdoor tourism, rely on a convention that uses standard icons to list the services or amenities that are available at some place on the map. Using cartographic representations simplifies what used to be a rather unwieldy task from the perspectives of data modeling, data management, and ...

A number of you have written in to Ask a Cartographer wishing to know how to convert your font-based or EMF-based marker symbols to representation markers. Representation markers (introduced in ArcGIS 9.2) have a number of advantages over font- or graphics-based markers.  For example, you can create or edit their artwork while working in ...

In the United States, the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a way of subdividing land. The USGS topographic map symbols for displaying PLSS data are an excellent way to symbolize PLSS data on not only topographic maps, but because the topographic symbols are  so well recognized, the same symbols can be used on many other kinds of maps. ...

Dash-dot line symbols for polygon outlines should be displayed in a way that consistently shows the pattern of dashes and dots and clearly shows the shape of the polygon. In ArcGIS, a multi-layer line symbol is required. One layer is a cartographic line symbol with a dash pattern.  The second is a marker line symbol that shows ...

This blog entry addresses one of the new features in the ArcGIS mapmakers’ suite of tools. At version 9.2, we added the ability to store representations in your geodatabase; this has wide ranging possibilities for map makers and data publishers. You will definitely be seeing more blog entries about other uses of representations in the coming ...