PLTS for ArcGIS—Mapping Agency Solution
What's New
Latest Release of PLTS for ArcGIS—Mapping Agency Solution 9.3.1 Available
Key features provide a more efficient production environment for the mapping industry.
Key Features
PLTS for ArcGIS—Mapping Agency Solution includes many data models and features to enable information management and database-driven cartographic production specific to mapping agencies.
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000-, 1:63,360-, and 1:100,000-scale data model
- FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) 1:6,000-, 1:12,000-, and 1:24,000-scale data model
- EuroRegionalMap (ERM) 1:250,000-scale data model
- EuroGlobalMap (EGM) 1:1,000,000-scale data model
- GlobalMap 1:1,000,000-scale data model
Some of the key features include
Data Management Tools
- Dynamic rule-based validation for editing, with a configurable, table-based rules engine
- Quality control and data review for logical and spatial checks, statistical sampling, and batch rule-based checks
Product Management Tools
- Centralized product database—The Product Library, used to organize any files, data, reference tables, or rules that may be associated with the products
- Cartographic display—Uses standard ArcGIS symbology or the cartographic representations framework
- Symbology and text—A comprehensive specification manager (Visual Specifications) that allows users to define symbology and labeling for enterprise cartographic production
- Sample maps—Preconfigured map templates and sample data that can be tailored to meet individual specifications or styles
Workflow Management Tools
- Workflow management and tracking—Tools for process control, job status, and metadata tracking of edits including a "task assistant" that can be configured to streamline the production process even further
Map Surround Elements
- Topographic north arrow—Dynamically displays grid north (GN), magnetic north (MN), and true north and updates as your map extent changes
- National grid reference box—Dynamically displays the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid zone designation and the two-letter location identifiers of the 100,000-meter grid, allowing multiple combinations of identifiers and grids to be displayed across zone boundaries
Product Library organizes products and associated files in a centralized product database.
Efficiently produce and maintain database-driven map products.
Add dynamic topographic north arrow and national grid reference box.
