Success Stories

See how cartographers like you are using Maplex for ArcGIS to create maps with optimal label placement as a one-step process.

• Streamlining the cartographic process in Tasmania
  ArcNews—TASMAP, the Tasmanian Mapping Agency, Australia
• Quality, Time to Market Significantly Improved at Rand McNally
  ArcNews—Skokie, Illinois, USA
• Maplex for ArcGIS used to intelligently place ancient and modern place-name labels in reconstructing Aztec political geographies
  ArcUser—Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Traditionally, 'lettering the map'—the process of selecting the type, preparing the names, and placing them in position—was considered among the more complex and time-consuming parts of the cartographic process. Now it is significantly less time-consuming and considerably easier than in the past.

Mark Chilcott, Spatial Operations,
Department of Primary Industries and Water, Tasmania